Citrix NetScaler Named by eWEEK as a Finalist in the Sixth Annual Excellence Awards Program

Business Wire, May 1, 2006

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and one of the IT industry's leading enterprise magazines, has named Citrix(R) NetScaler(R) a finalist in eWEEK's Sixth Annual Excellence Awards program, in the Networking Infrastructure category. Winners will be announced in May and honored at a special ceremony on May 23 in Boston, Mass. Analysis of the winning products and services will also be published in a special report in the June 19th edition of eWEEK and at http://www.eWEEK.com.

"This type of industry recognition validates Citrix's application delivery technology and is a testament to the great work that our research and development teams are doing for our customers and the market," said Wes Wasson, vice president of marketing and product strategy, Application Networking Group. "Citrix is poised to continue its leadership in this space and addresses the growing need for organizations to deliver increasingly complex applications to all end users regardless of location."

The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise professionals with a comprehensive benchmark for assessing a wide range of technology products and services. Evaluating the entries is a panel of experts including eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners - senior enterprise IT professionals who act as reader representatives.

"A high level of innovation - both from start-ups and industry stalwarts - was what impressed us most about this year's field of entries," said Eric Lundquist, editorial director, eWEEK. "It's clear from the hundreds of entries evaluated by the Excellence Awards judges that vendors are responding quickly and effectively to the increasingly complex - and constantly changing - demands put on enterprise IT managers."

eWEEK is the essential technology information source for builders of enterprise infrastructure. eWEEK helps its readers successfully evaluate, deploy and leverage new technology solutions for competitive advantage. The publication and the eWEEK.com web site deliver breaking news, technology evaluations, and strategic analysis on the technologies, platforms and trends that affect enterprise-wide computing.

Products and services were awarded in the following categories:

--Analytics & Reporting

--Application Development

--Business Integration Systems

--Business Relationship Management

--Desktop & Mobile Hardware

--E-Business Foundations

--E-Mail Management & Security

--Enterprise Collaboration

--Enterprise Storage Hardware

--Enterprise Storage Software

--IT Quality Assurance Tools

--Productivity Applications

--Server Hardware

--Networking & Management Tools

--Networking Infrastructure

--System & Application Management

--Authentication & User Management

--Network Data-stream Protection

--Vulnerability Assessment & Remediation

About Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Ziff Davis Media is a leading integrated media company serving the technology and videogame markets. The Company is an information services provider of technology media including publications, websites, conferences, events, eSeminars, eNewsletters, custom publishing, list rentals, research and market intelligence. In the United States, the Company publishes 7 magazines including PC Magazine, eWEEK, CIO Insight, Baseline, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. The Company exports the power of its brands internationally, with publications in 40 countries and 20 languages. Ziff Davis leverages its content on the Internet with a network of highly-targeted technology and gaming sites including PCMag.com, eWEEK.com, ExtremeTech.com and 1UP.com. The Company also produces highly-targeted b-to-b and consumer technology events including DigitalLife. With its main headquarters and PC Magazine Labs based in New York, Ziff Davis Media also has offices and lab facilities in the San Francisco and Boston markets. Additional information is available at http://www.ziffdavis.com.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More than 180,000 organizations around the world rely on Citrix to provide the best possible access experience to any application for any user. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Citrix annual revenues in 2005 were $909 million. Learn more at http://www.citrix.com.

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