Citrix and Microsoft Unveil New Branch Office Application Delivery Solution at Citrix...

Citrix and Microsoft Unveil New Branch Office Application Delivery Solution at Citrix Synergy 2008

New Citrix Branch Repeater Combines Innovative Staging Technology
with Windows Services to Enhance Application Delivery for Branch
Office Employees
HOUSTON--(Business Wire)--
Today at Citrix Synergy(TM), the event where virtualization,
networking and application delivery meet, Citrix Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CTXS) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced the
immediate availability of Citrix Branch Repeater(TM), an innovative
new line of branch office appliances developed and marketed as part of
a strategic alliance between the two companies. By staging the
delivery of applications and Windows services closer to branch office
users, Citrix Branch Repeater helps make branch office computing
faster and more cost-effective for companies of all sizes.

Citrix Branch Repeater will be sold as part of the Citrix Delivery
Center(TM) product family, an end-to-end infrastructure designed to
help customers transform static datacenters into dynamic delivery
centers. Just as digital television repeaters amplify and retransmit
media signals to homes in a given neighborhood, Citrix Branch Repeater
sits between corporate datacenters and branch offices, amplifying and
retransmitting applications to branch office users. Based on Windows
Server and available with Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration
(ISA) Server software, the Citrix Branch Repeater provides an ideal
complement to application virtualization solutions, enhancing
application delivery and performance while simultaneously delivering
critical Windows Server infrastructure services in the branch.

"This type of alliance will give companies more flexibility for
managing their branches, and it will address never-ending bandwidth
demands from branch workers," said Robin Gareiss, executive vice
president and senior founding partner, Nemertes Research. "The
adoption of managed services at the branch is increasing. Today, 63
percent of companies use some form of managed services at the branch,
compared to 46 percent in 2007(1)."

Citrix Branch Repeater optimizes the branch through:

-- Staging Streamed Applications Closer to Branch Office Users:
Windows applications streamed to branch employees by Citrix
XenApp(TM) (previously known as Citrix Presentation
Server(TM)) can now be staged at the front door of the branch
by Citrix Branch Repeater. Once an application has been
received at the branch, it can be delivered rapidly to branch
employees directly from the Branch Repeater, eliminating
unnecessary traversal back to the datacenter across expensive
and often slow WAN links. As new or updated applications are
staged in the datacenter by XenApp administrators, they can be
easily delivered to each Branch Repeater for fast, efficient
and secure "rebroadcast" to each branch employee's desktop as
needed.

-- Consolidating Windows Branch Services: Citrix Branch Repeater
is built on Windows Server, enabling the consolidation and
delivery of native Windows services such as file, print,
Active Directory, domain name system (DNS), and dynamic host
configuration protocol (DHCP) plus ISA Server 2006 Web caching
in a single, easy-to-manage appliance. IT staff also can use
native Windows management tools to remotely manage Citrix
Branch Repeater, helping minimize support costs in remote
offices(2).

-- Accelerating All Applications Delivered over the Wide Area
Network: Citrix Branch Repeater accelerates the delivery of
application traffic to and from the branch using advanced wide
area network (WAN) optimization technology from Citrix. In
addition to improving application performance for branch
office users, this optimization can reduce bandwidth
consumption by up to 75 percent(3).

"We have been customers of both Citrix and Microsoft for many
years, and their respective technologies have continuously benefitted
our growing company," said Tom Allen, director of IT, Ozinga Brothers,
Inc., a leading materials supply company with branch offices
throughout the US Midwest. "Citrix Branch Repeater will allow us to
further enhance our use of Citrix XenApp and Windows Server to deliver
applications to our branches without increasing our IT overhead while
keeping our branch users satisfied."

"Branch office employees should have the same productive computing
experience as employees at headquarters," said Bala Kasiviswanathan,
director of branch and storage solutions, Windows Server division at
Microsoft. "Windows Server-based branch office solutions help
customers deliver core infrastructure services that are required to
keep branch office applications and operations running efficiently.
The Citrix Branch Repeater streamlines and consolidates the
application delivery infrastructure while delivering on the
performance and availability expectations of the most demanding branch
office environments."

"Citrix Branch Repeater is an impactful addition to the toolkit of
enterprise IT departments, because its easy integration with the
application delivery infrastructure helps solve the key challenges
facing IT administrators," said Troy Trenchard, vice president and
general manager, Access and Acceleration Group at Citrix. "The
seamless environment allows customers to place the technology where it
makes the most sense for the business."

Pricing and Availability

Citrix Branch Repeater is available today in three easy-to-deploy
appliances designed for small, medium and large sized branch offices
with list pricing starting at $5,500. Microsoft ISA Server 2006 and a
Fail-to-Wire Ethernet interface options are also available starting at
$1,000. Citrix Branch Repeater is available through Citrix-authorized
resellers.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worldwide leader
in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses
realize their full potential.

Citrix(R), Citrix Delivery Center(TM), Citrix Presentation
Server(TM), Citrix XenApp(TM), Citrix Branch Repeater(TM), and Citrix
Synergy(TM) are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more
of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and
registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

About Citrix Synergy 2008

Born as a user conference more than 10 years ago, Citrix Synergy
has been completely reconceived as the industry's premier event for
application delivery. Citrix Synergy is where virtualization,
networking and application delivery meet in a three-day
mega-conference with a broad industry focus. Attendees get the benefit
of four events with one registration: a traditional user conference
with the latest on Citrix products; an application delivery expo of
breakout tracks, products and solutions; an IT 2.0 business symposium
exclusively for C-level professionals; and Geek Speak Live, an
un-conference where tech geeks, analysts and bloggers pick the topics
and facilitate the sessions. Citrix Synergy will be at the George R.
Brown Convention Center in Houston, from May 20 to May 23, 2008. More
information is available at http://www.citrixsynergy.com.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the global leader and the
most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than
215,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any
application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest
security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100 percent of the
Fortune 100 companies and 99 percent of the Fortune Global 500, as
well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers.
Citrix has approximately 8,000 partners in more than 100 countries.
Annual revenue in 2007 was $1.4 billion.

For Citrix Investors

This release contains forward-looking statements which are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and 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, involve a number of factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with
the uncertainty in the IT spending environment and the risk of a
downturn in economic conditions generally, revenue growth and
recognition of revenue, products, their development and distribution,
product demand and pipeline, competitive factors, the Company's key
strategic relationships, acquisitions and related integration risks as
well as 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.

(1) Nemertes Research's Advanced Communications Services benchmark
5/1/08

(2) Supporting Microsoft Case Study:
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=49210

(3) http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/customerStory/
Citrix_CS_Ferm.pdf

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Citrix Systems, Inc.
Media contact:
Stacy St. Louis, 408-790-8634
stacy.stlouis@citrix.com
or
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Carolina Grimm, 650-762-2923
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or
Rapid Response Team, Waggener Edstrom for Microsoft Corp
Phone: 503-443-7070
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