FutureLink Wins Citrix Solutions Network Northeast Platinum Member of the Year Award - Company Business and Marketing

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, March 19, 2001

FutureLink Corp. (Nasdaq: FTRL), a provider of integrated solutions, hosted application services and one of the first application infrastructure companies to provide software as a service, has been awarded the Citrix 2000 Citrix Solutions Network (CSN) Platinum Member of the Year Award for the Northeast region of the United States from Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS).

FutureLink's Phoenix, Arizona location also won the Citrix CSN Gold Member of the Year award for the West region of the United States while FutureLink Canada received a regional Platinum award and was the sole recipient of a national Platinum award for their outstanding work in Canada.

The Citrix 2000 CSN Member of the Year Awards are issued to recognize the top performing Platinum and Gold CSN Members in the United States, Canada and Latin America who exemplify outstanding performance. Some of the criteria taken into consideration for the Awards include attainment of product and services sales quotas, executing a FY2000 business plan, and meeting Citrix technical certification requirements.

As a CSN member, FutureLink provides consultation, installation, integration and support for the Citrix application server product line, which offers a high-performance, cost-effective way to deploy, access and manage business-critical applications throughout an enterprise.

"We are pleased to award FutureLink, a leading value-added reseller in the United States, a Citrix 2000 CSN Member of the Year Award," said Bill Ferara, Director of Channel Development - Americas, for Citrix. "FutureLink's extensive experience in application server computing, together with the resources of the CSN, benefit enterprise customers by providing broader, more cost-effective access to business-critical applications."

"FutureLink is delighted to have been recognized by Citrix for exemplifying the qualities inherent in being a CSN member," stated Howard Taylor, president and CEO of FutureLink. "Working together with Citrix enables FutureLink to serve customers more effectively by deploying information technology solutions that best fit their needs. This ability, coupled with Platinum level access to Citrix' sales and technical support teams, is a true win for both FutureLink and its customers," Taylor added.

FutureLink is currently the number one Citrix volume reseller in North America and the largest Citrix distributor in Europe. As such, the company helps small to medium size enterprises build and grow their business by providing "anywhere, anytime access" to business-applications. FutureLink is also a Citrix Authorized Learning Center, offering technical instruction for the installation and administration of Citrix products. FutureLink's CALC instructors are also practicing consultants who bring their experiences into the classroom, to the benefit of trainees who require "real world" answers.