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Citrix in the Leaders Quadrant for 2008 Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs

^{Published on 2008-12-15 16:16:42 - Market Wire}
 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced that the Citrix Access Gateway™ has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for SSL VPN 2008¹ report. Gartner defines leaders as demonstrating "balanced progress and effort on all execution and vision categories. Their actions raise the competitive bar for all products in the market, and they can change the course of the industry." The report can be accessed, compliments of Citrix, at: [ http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/citrix/163232.html ].

Citrix Access Gateway is a strategic component of the Citrix Delivery Center™, which simplifies IT operations by managing desktops and servers, accelerating application roll outs and reducing IT operation costs. Citrix Access Gateway is the only application access solution to securely deliver any application with granular policy-based Citrix® SmartAccess controls. By tightly integrating with the Delivery Center, Citrix Access Gateway enables organizations to cost effectively extend access to datacenter resources from outside the office while maintaining unprecedented control through comprehensive SmartAccess policies.

"We see the continued leadership of Citrix Access Gateway in the SSL VPN market as validation of our strategy of providing secure and intelligent access to applications, desktops and datacenter resources," said Troy Trenchard, general manager of the Access and Acceleration Group at Citrix Systems. "Even as many organizations are scrutinizing IT expenses given the current economic climate, secure application delivery remains a high priority. By providing simple, secure and integrated access solutions within Citrix Delivery Center, Citrix Access Gateway provides our customers with the best value and security."

¹ Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs" by John Girard, December 11, 2008

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted December 11, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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.

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