Citrix Announces Promotion to Existing Customers: Upgrade toMetaFrame Access Suite 3.0 and Save 33 Percent A Limited Time Promotion FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ? 10/6/2004 ? Today at Citrix iForum? Global 2004, Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, announced a limited-time promotion for existing customers that upgrade from MetaFrame XP® Presentation Server to MetaFrame® Access Suite 3.0. Customers that take advantage of this offer will receive 33 percent off the price of the MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0, Step-Up Edition. The MetaFrame Access Suite capitalizes on innovations across the portfolio of Citrix access infrastructure solutions for customers seeking to provide a secure, single point of access to enterprise applications and information. It offers a consistent experience to end users regardless of their connection or device. MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0, Step-Up Edition supplements MetaFrame Presentation Server with the three newest products in the Citrix portfolio: MetaFrame Password Manager, MetaFrame Secure Access Manager and MetaFrame Conferencing Manager. The complete MetaFrame Access Suite eases the burden of managing and deploying heterogeneous applications, further centralizes IT control over end-user passwords with a robust single sign-on solution, and itself creates an integration platform for the products in the suite ? unifying a corporation?s entire access infrastructure. ?MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0 offers our valued channel partners a complete portfolio of options that organizations need to execute a well-defined access strategy,? said Ross Brown, vice president of worldwide channels and operations for Citrix. ?Business intelligence today depends largely on depth of information, and the value of that information is really only as good as employees? ability to effectively access and work with it. The MetaFrame Access Suite unlocks that full value of information for organizations.? During the promotional period customers are eligible for 33 percent off the suggested retail price of Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0, Step-Up Edition. The promotion applies to purchases made between now and Dec. 31, 2004 in the United States, Canada and Latin America, and also applies to purchases made between now and Dec. 31, 2004 in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia excluding Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Further details are available at http://www.citrix.com. About Citrix iForum Global 2004 Now in its seventh year, Citrix iForum is an intensive knowledge exchange that brings together current and future Citrix customers, resellers and partners from around the world. The forum, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla., from October 4-7, 2004, will focus on the strategic power of access. Citrix iForum includes a variety of well-known industry speakers, hands-on technical workshops, roundtable discussions and product demonstrations, as well as sessions geared toward key Citrix vertical industries, including government, healthcare, finance and education. More information is available at http://www.citrixiforum.com. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions and the most trusted name in secure access for enterprises and individuals. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Our software gives people secure and well-managed access to business information wherever it lives?on demand. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies, 99% of the Fortune 500, and 92% of the Fortune Global 500. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Citrix has offices in 22 countries, and approximately 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit 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. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the company?s business involving the company?s products, their development and distribution, economic and competitive factors and the company?s key strategic relationships 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. ### Citrix®, MetaFrame®, MetaFrame XP® and Citrix iForum? are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners