CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY BACKGROUNDER

Citrix Systems, Inc.  is the industry's leading supplier of Application Server
software.  Founded in 1989, the privately held firm is headquartered in Coral
Springs, Florida.  Mission Statement

Citrix Systems is committed to leading and developing the emerging Application
Server marketplace.  Citrix offers powerful, yet intuitive Application Server
software that allows multiple users to simultaneously access Windows, DOS and
OS/2 applications, r egardless of the type of PC workstation used or whether
it is local or remote from the network.

Market OverView
Due to rapid advances in remote computing and wireless communications, today's
office can exist virtually anywhere.  Since most businesses require their
employees to travel, the challenge is to stay in touch while on the road,
without experiencing a loss in productivity.  Corporations face the challenge
of providing local and remote users alike with 24-hour access to
mission-critical databases, customer files, sales data, manufacturing
information, and e-mail.  Network managers are under increasing pressure to
provide their constituents with high-performance remote computing for industry
standard Windows, DOS, and OS/2 applications.  At the same time, they must
ensure that equipment budgets, network security, ap plication licensing, and
individual client productivity remain in proper balance.  This complex
balancing act has, out of necessity, created a new network paradigm:
Application Servers.  Application Servers fulfill the disparate needs of
Corporate America, providing administrators with the security, scalability and
management tools necessary to support mission-critical applications for a
growing number of remote and mobile users.

Application Server Technology Overview
Complementing the existing local area network (LAN) infrastructure,
Application Servers distribute program execution and operation among multiple
computers in a network or data communication environment.  Application servers
are based on a form of client/server computing called Distributed Presentation
Management (DPM).  Under a system employing DPM, application execution occurs
on the Application Server, while only compressed screen images are displayed n
intelligent client workstations.  Just as file servers provide centralized
file and directory resources and print servers provide shared printing
resources for network users, Application Servers offer shared processing power
for Windows, DOS and OS/2 ap plications.  As a result, multiple users can
simultaneously access an Application Server, regardless of the type of PC
hardware used or whether it is local or remote from the network.  In their
simplest form, Application Servers address both the communication and
application needs of remote/mobile LAN users.  In their more advanced
configurations, Application Servers facilitate the development, deployment and
management of modern applic ations, and provide the flexibility and
functionality to meet a whole host of other PC LAN problems.

Product Overview
Citrix Systems' WinView for Networks Application Server software is the first
remote computing solution to provide remote and mobile users with performance
comparable to what they would experience if they were running Windows, DOS,
and OS/2 applications locally.  High speed is achieved over low bandwidth
connections through WinView's exclusive Intelligent Console Architecture
(ICA).  ICA's client/server architecture minimizes data traffic by sending
only keystrokes, mouse and screen updates between the re mote client and
server.  Because of WinView's distributed client/server architecture, a 486
application server can support up to ten concurrent Windows users, providing a
cost-effective solution for users requiring remote access to the corporate
network.

By adding a single WinView Application Server to a wide-area network, the
amount of data traveling over the bridge/router can be reduced dramatically.
Instead of transferring large amounts of data across the WAN, WinView enables
remote offices to run appl WinView's unique distributed Windows architecture
(including Windows 3.1 under license from Microsoft) allows any remote PC,
even 286 machines not capable of running Windows, to access today's
sophisticated Windows applications.  The processing power requ ired to run
WinView's small client program (640KB RAM on a 286 system) is actually much
less than that needed to run Windows 3.1 natively.

WinView offers a fully secure, reliable and manageable remote computing
solution to meet the expectations and requirements of even the toughest
network administrator or system integrator.  It's advanced multi-level system
security, including dial-back, pr otects the network while maintaining tight
integration with existing NetWare security.  With WinView's disconnect
recovery feature, disconnected remote sessions are maintained and password
protected, allowing remote users to reconnect, and with the proper password,
pick right up where they left off.  WinView is built around a
high-performance, 32-bit preemptive multitasking system with full support for
Windows, DOS and OS/2 text applications, so misbehaving applications can crash
without affecting system integrity.

WinView's extensive set of integrated network utilities, including resource
management, event logging, user messaging, and print spooling, enables
administrators to manage all the resources and security privileges of the
WinView application server from a ny workstation on the network or from any
remote PC.  When remote users need help, WinView provides remote assistance,
administration, and DOS session shadowing capabilities.  The WinView
Application Server technology complements Novell's NetWare Connect
Communication Server, as well as communication servers and remote node
products from other leading vendors.  NetWare Connect can manage the modem
pool for dial-in or dial-out p urposes, while WinView provides application
services to users connected to the NetWare Connect server.

Financial and Strategic Partner Information
Citrix is privately held and venture capital backed.  Its lead investors
include Sevin Rosen Funds; Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers; and Mayfield
Fund.  Citrix and Novell, under a 1992 Application Access Agreement, are
working together to deliver server products that provide NetWare users with
high performance remote access to Windows, DOS and OS/2 applications.  This
relationship has recently been streng thened under a 1993 Enterprise
Application Services agreement.  Under this agreement, Citrix and Novell will
collaborate on the development of Enterprise-wide Application Server products,
to be based on Citrix's WinView for Networks core technology and to include
significant extensions in server scalability, management, administration, and
security.  Citrix and Microsoft are partners in a 1992 Strategic Alliance
Agreement, in which both companies are collaborating on development of
next-generation Application Server technology to be based on the Windows NT
operating systems.  Microsoft has licensed Ci trix Systems source code for
Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, and Windows NT.

Management Profiles

Edward E.  Iacobucci, Founder and Chairman of Citrix Systems, Inc., is a
prominent system software and networking expert and author of the best-selling
OS/2 Programmer's Guide.  Iacobucci oversees the strategic development of
Citrix and has assembled one o f the finest technical teams in the software
industry.  While at IBM, Iacobucci led the joint IBM/Microsoft design team
that conceived the original OS/2 product.  Other key positions held by
Iacobucci during his years with IBM included lead networking designer, lead
network management designer, and OS/2 design manager.  Mr.  Iacobucci holds a
BS in Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Roger W.  Roberts, President and Chief Executive Officer, joined Citrix after
a 20-year proven track record at Texas Instruments, where he held technical,
marketing, and general management positions.  Most recently, he was Product
Marketing and Channel Man ager for the Peripherals Product Division, where he
was responsible for the award winning MicroLaser printers and TravelMate
notebooks.  Other positions held by Roberts included General Manager for the
Data Terminals Division and Marketing Manager for the Personal Computer
Division.  Earlier in his TI career, he led the engineering and development of
TI's operating systems and real-time mi nicomputer transaction processing
systems.  Mr.  Roberts holds an MBA from the University of Texas, an MS in
Computer Science from Southern Methodist University, an MS in Mathematics from
Florida State University, and a BS in Math/Physics from Valdosta Sta te
College.

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Citrix and WinView are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc.  All
other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective
owners.  For more information, contact:

Vicky Gore Harris
Marketing Communications Manager
Citrix Systems
(305)755-0559

Dave Kitchen
Copithorne & Bellows
(617)252-0606