New Citrix NetScaler 8.0 Gives Customers Unprecedented Ability to Manage the Experience of Enterprise Application Users

Business Wire, April 9, 2007

* Improved Ease-of-Use: In addition to making policy configuration easier through the new AppExpert Visual Policy Builder, NetScaler 8.0 also incorporates a wide range of usability improvements across all functional areas of the product. Enhancements include new system configuration wizards, a new management dashboard and broader support of enterprise systems management solutions through the addition of SNMP v3.

* Enhanced Optimization and Scalability: As with each new release, NetScaler 8.0 also incorporates numerous optimization and scalability enhancements that extend Citrix's leadership in comprehensive web application delivery. These new enhancements include improved load balancing capabilities based upon origin server SNMP MIBs, support for IBM Server Application State Protocol (SASP), advanced DNS functionality and additional TCP optimizations in areas such as window scaling and selective acknowledgement.

"The pressure enterprises are under to deliver a great experience for web application users has never been higher," said Klaus Oestermann, vice president and general manager, Application Networking Group, Citrix Systems. "As the trend in moving applications to the web evolves across all industries and markets, the Citrix NetScaler product line allows companies of all sizes to optimize, secure, and simplify the delivery of their web applications."

NetScaler is a key offering in Citrix's portfolio of end-to-end application delivery infrastructure solutions. With these products, Citrix offers customers the most complete solution for delivering any application, to any user, in any location with the best performance, security and cost savings.

Pricing and Availability

Citrix NetScaler 8.0 is available today through authorized NetScaler resellers worldwide. Citrix EdgeSight for NetScaler will be available in the new Citrix NetScaler Platinum Edition, which is scheduled for general availability in Q2 2007. Citrix Application Firewall and Citrix Access Gateway are available as standalone appliances, or can be deployed as integrated software modules on a NetScaler 8.0 system.

NetScaler 8.0 pricing begins at a suggested retail price of approximately $17,500. For full pricing and packaging details, please visit www.citrix.com/netscaler.> About Citrix NetScaler

Citrix NetScaler optimizes the delivery of web applications--improving performance, increasing security, and improving web server capacity. This approach ensures the best total cost of ownership (TCO), security, availability, and performance for web applications. The Citrix NetScaler solution is a comprehensive network system that combines high-speed load balancing and content switching with state-of-the-art application acceleration, layer 4-7 traffic management, data compression, dynamic content caching, SSL acceleration, network optimization, and robust application security into a single, tightly integrated solution. Deployed in front of application servers, the system significantly reduces processing overhead on application and database servers, reducing hardware and bandwidth costs.