FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITRIX ENHANCES WINVIEW APPLICATION SERVER SOFTWARE WinView Now Offers Transparent Access to LAN-Based Workstation Drives, Windows Enhanced Mode Support, Automated Client Scripting, Simplified Installation, and More. CORAL SPRINGS, FL -- NOVEMBER 1, 1993 -- Citrix Systems, Inc. today announced an upgrade to their application server, WinView for Networks version 2.2. This version offers many enhanced features while further simplifying product installation and configu ration. WinView for Networks allows multiple users to simultaneously access Windows, DOS and OS/2 applications, regardless of the type of PC workstation used or whether it is local or remote from the network. "This release demonstrates Citrix Systems' continued customer commitment to providing the highest-performance application server software to solve everyday corporate computing problems," said Edward Iacobucci, founder and chairman of Citrix Systems, Inc. "The enhancements we have made in WinView 2.2 are in direct response to customer feedback received since WinView's introduction. This version adds considerable product strength and versatility, giving our users greater ease of use, performance improveme nts and broader compatibility." New features of WinView for Networks version 2.2 include: {SYMBOL 183 \f "Symbol" \s 10 \h} Client drive support -- gives users transparent access to LAN-based workstation drives. Version 2.2 allows the drives of a LAN-based or remote node workstation to be visible and accessible by applications running on the WinView application server. With this support now available, end users and their applications can refer to workstation disk drives with the usual A:, B:, C: nomenclature, even when the applications are running on a separate application server. This enhan cement eliminates file uploads and downloads by replacing them with simple drive references or drive-to-drive copy commands. {SYMBOL 183 \f "Symbol" \s 10 \h} Support for applications running in Windows Enhanced Mode -- allows most Windows Enhanced Mode applications, such as Lotus Notes and Microsoft FoxPro, to operate on a WinView application server. The WinView Windows kerne l has been upgraded in this release to include 32-bit memory operations, supporting Windows Enhanced Mode applications. {SYMBOL 183 \f "Symbol" \s 10 \h} Simplified Windows Set-up -- eases the administrative overhead involved in configuring WinView. Now network users can share a common Windows 3.1 desktop setup, whether they are running Windows 3.1 locally on their workst ation or remotely by connecting to a WinView application server. {SYMBOL 183 \f "Symbol" \s 10 \h} Automated Client Scripting -- automates the connection process to an application server through the creation of batch files. Script files are ASCII text files. Each line in the script begins with a SCRIPT command followed by any arguments. {SYMBOL 183 \f "Symbol" \s 10 \h} Expanded Remote Node Client Support -- provides extended compatibility with remote node and communication servers such as Novell NetWare Connect, DCA RLN, and CentrumRemote. WinView for Networks complements remote node a nd communication products by providing high-speed Windows remote access for data intensive applications and by separating application services from communication services. "WinView 2.0 provides us with a solution to remote access that was not previously available," commented Daron Dixon, lab director for The Computer Group/US Connect, an end user and reseller of WinView for Networks, located in Columbia, South Carolina. "W e have eight remote offices whose primary connection into the corporate network is through WinView. WinView makes us highly productive. Version 2.2 promises to be an even better solution with its many new features that offer greater simplification for en d users." 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 lo ICA's client/server architecture minimizes data traffic by sending only Windows graphics commands, mouse and screen updates between the remote client and server. Because of WinView's distributed client/server architecture, a 486 application server can su pport up to ten concurrent Windows users, providing a cost-effective solution for users requiring remote access to the corporate network. The product will begin shipping October 30, 1993 through Citrix Authorized Resellers. The suggested retail price for WinView is $2,645 for a ten-user system. Additional users can be added to a WinView application server with Citrix's Server Five Pack, wh ich increases the user count in increments of five. The Server Five Pack has a suggested retail price of $695. Current registered WinView users may upgrade to version 2.2 for $695 through January 31, 1994. Customers should contact their local reseller fo r more upgrade information. Citrix Systems, Inc. is the industry's leading supplier of application server software. Founded in 1989, the privately held firm is venture capital backed by three of the industry's leading investors: Sevin Rosen Funds; Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and By ers; and Mayfield Fund. Citrix Systems is headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida and has regional sales offices throughout North America. - ### - Citrix and WinView are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective others. For more information contact: Vicky Gore Harris Citrix Systems, Inc. (305)755-0559 David Kitchen Copithorne & Bellows (617)252-0606