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Citrix Systems Announces Validation with J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe



Citrix MetaFrame XP Software Successfully Interoperates with J.D. Edwards Collaborative Commerce Applications

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), a global leader in application serving and portal software and services, today announced that Citrix MetaFrame XP application serving software has been validated by J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC), a leading provider of agile, collaborative software for the connected economy. A key benefit of J.D. Edwards validation and verification (V&V) of a partners software with its own supply chain management, CRM and ERP software is the ability to help drive more predictable customer implementations.

The interoperability of Citrix MetaFrame XP and J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe enterprise software will give joint customers the ability to access J.D. Edwards collaborative commerce applications from virtually any hardware device running on any operating system. This reduces the administration involved with deploying, managing and supporting the applications, enabling greater employee productivity and IT efficiency.

Citrix is committed to continuously providing our customers with a range of complementary solutions that address their business access needs, said Bruce Cabral, director of corporate development at Citrix. By validating the interoperability of our software with J.D. Edwards leading solutions, we enable customers to extend the value of their Citrix implementation and take advantage of the full range of features available with OneWorld Xe.

OneWorld Xe meets enterprises' demand for high-performance, scalable and affordable solutions with an attractive total cost of ownership, integrated applications, and robust feature/functionality, said Dan Conroy, director of engineering services, J.D. Edwards. Combining our applications with Citrix's technology makes advanced collaborative commerce even more affordable and convenient by allowing customers to access the information they need, regardless of location or device.

J.D. Edwards collaborative business software - supply chain management, CRM, and ERP - greatly enhances a company's ability to optimise collaborative commerce with customers, partners and suppliers. MetaFrame XP, Citrix's most powerful application serving and management platform, offers exceptional growth and management capabilities to entire organizations from small workgroups to large enterprises. MetaFrame XP software is designed to support as many as 100,000 users on 1,000 or more servers.

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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. Thousands of 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. Citrix products include MetaFrame application serving software, NFuse(tm) application portal software, XPS(tm) portal software, application management products, and Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA), a core application serving technology. The company markets its products through a well-established indirect channel comprising more than 7,000 resellers, integrators and consultants. The company's net revenues for fiscal 2001 were $591.6 million. 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 www.citrix.com <http://www.citrix.com>.

For Citrix Investors
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