September 20, 2002 – Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), a global leader in virtual workplace software and services, announced the availability of Citrix® Secure Gateway (CSG) with support for the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment (OE) from Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW). CSG works seamlessly with Solaris on the SPARC platform to extend secure, simple application access to remote employees, customers and suppliers regardless of location, device or network connection. Addressing growing concerns about data security, CSG provides companies with secure, Internet-based access to vital applications in a way that is simple and transparent to the end user. The addition of support for Solaris OE allows Citrix MetaFrame® customers to host CSG on the Sun platform to help ensure the security of MetaFrame traffic at the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which sits between the Internet and a corporation’s internal network, through encryption and authentication.
“Many Citrix customers require a Solaris platform outside their internal network to secure their MetaFrame-based application access,” said Russ Naples, Citrix’s vice president and general manager of the client-server business unit. “With CSG for Solaris, we’re strengthening our commitment to providing customers with solutions for simplifying and securing application deployment over the Internet, resulting in lower costs, greater geographic reach and faster implementation speed.”
A component of MetaFrame application serving software, CSG helps secure MetaFrame traffic traveling across the network via the industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption protocol. CSG offers authentication through integration with NFuse® Classic application portal software.
“The uncertainty of today’s environment and the movement toward a Web-centric world necessitates that every organization must focus on ensuring that their applications and information be subject to heightened levels of security,” said Tony Lock, senior analyst for Bloor Research. “By delivering CSG for Solaris OE, Citrix is adding significant value to its security offering while reinforcing its commitment to support its customers no matter which platform they use.” “Sun is committed to finding complementary solutions to make certain that our enterprise customers will be safeguarded from internal and external security violations,” said Mark Thacker, product line manager, Solaris Security, Sun Microsystems, Inc. “With the steady rise of remote computing, Citrix offers a secure way for our joint customers to easily and confidently access their corporate applications from any location – with just an Internet connection.” Sun Microsystems is a Premier member of the Citrix Business Alliance™ (CBA). CSG v1.1 for Solaris Operating Environment is free for Citrix Subscription Advantage™ customers and is available for download from the Citrix Secure Portal.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in virtual workplace software and services that provide access to applications, information, processes and people on any device, over any network, anywhere, anytime. Citrix makes today’s digital office completely virtual - instead of having to go to your office, the office follows you. Working with the world’s top industry, integration and consulting partners, Citrix delivers enterprise-ready solutions to business challenges including application deployment, remote office connectivity, workforce mobility and business continuity. More than 120,000 companies worldwide use Citrix Solutions for the Virtual Workplace to give users more mobility, give IT organizations more flexibility and reduce the cost of computing.
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Citrix offers two families of products that enable virtual access to
information: Application Server software, including MetaFrame XP™, MetaFrame for WindowsÒ and MetaFrame for UNIXÒ; and Access Portal software, including NFuse Elite, NFuse Classic and Enterprise Services for NFuse. The Company markets its products through a well-established indirect channel comprising over 6500 resellers, integrators and consultants. Citrix is traded on the Nasdaq Stock MarketSM under the symbol CTXS, and is part of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index. Citrix is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com. For Citrix Investors This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release, which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding planned product introductions, management’s plans, objectives and strategies, and management ’s assessment of market factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, acceptance of the company’s MetaFrame and portal software product line; the company’s product concentration and its ability to develop and commercialize new products and services; the company’s success in expanding into new geographic and vertical markets; the company’s ability to expand its core business in large enterprise accounts; the size, timing and recognition of revenue from significant orders and other revenue recognition changes; increased competition, including potential competition from Microsoft and other companies; the results of the company’s new licensing programs; changes in the company’s pricing policies or those of its competitors, including Microsoft; the costs and risks of developing, acquiring, or integrating new technologies or enhancements to existing products; the risks associated with third party licensing arrangements; the company’s reliance upon its strategic relationships with Microsoft and other strategic partners; management of growth and higher operating expenses; the possibility of undetected software errors; dependence on proprietary technology; charges in the event of the impairment of assets; the maintenance of the company’s growth rate; as well as risks of downturns in economic conditions generally, and in the software industry specifically, and other risks detailed in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. # # #
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