Citrix Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for 2009 Application Delivery Controllers Magic Quadrant

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

SANTA CLARA, CA » 9/25/2009 » Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) today announced that Citrix® has been evaluated and positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the 2009 Application Delivery Controllers Magic Quadrant*  report authored by Mark Fabbi, Gartner VP Distinguished Analyst, and Joe Skorupa, Research VP. The report evaluates NetScaler®, a key component of the company’s virtualization, networking and cloud computing strategy.  Gartner defines a vendor in the Leaders Quadrant as one who has “the ability to shape the market by introducing additional capabilities in its product offerings, and by raising awareness of the importance of these features. Key capabilities for a leader revolve around the advanced platform ADC capabilities that focus on enterprise application capabilities. We expect a leader to have strong or growing market share, especially in the advanced platform ADCs, and to have solutions that resonate with an increasing number of enterprises. Expertise in complex data center application deployment also is a necessity to be a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers.”

Citrix NetScaler reduces the total cost of web application delivery, optimizes the user experience and makes applications run up to five times better. In addition to accelerating and securing web applications for thousands of corporate customers, Citrix NetScaler is the delivery infrastructure of choice for most of the world’s largest cloud providers and consumer websites, touching an estimated 75 percent of all Internet users each day.

“With organizations of all sizes increasingly reliant upon web applications to run their business efficiently, the fast, dependable and secure delivery of these applications is paramount,” said Klaus Oestermann, vice president and general manager, NetScaler Product Group at Citrix.  “The recent introduction of our next-generation NetScaler® nCore™ technology and launch of our NetScaler® VPX™ virtual appliance is evidence of the continued commitment from Citrix to lead the industry in innovation, both in the enterprise datacenter as well as the emerging cloud computing market. We are honored that Citrix was placed in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant.”
The full 2009 Gartner Application Delivery Controller Magic Quadrant, report can be viewed on the Gartner website or on the Citrix website.