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Citrix Selects Idiom Worldserver
To Deploy Localized Versions Of Mycitrix Web Content

Idiom Web Solution Helps Citrix Improve Global Effectiveness of E-Commerce Web Portal

Waltham, MA USA - May 24, 2004 - Globalization Management Systems (GMS) leader Idiom^® Technologies, Inc., today announced that Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS),the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, has selected WorldServer™ Global Website Deployment  to deliver fully localized versions of the MyCitrix™ Web Portal application around the globe.

The MyCitrix application allows Citrix users to collaborate online and conduct e-commerce with customers and partners. Citrix is using WorldServer to translate, localize and publish MyCitrix content throughout its English-, French-, German- and Spanish-speaking markets simultaneously. Global content for features such as software activation, Citrix Subscription Advantage™ management, online product support, automated sales tools, and lead management will now be managed using WorldServer.

"Automating our translation and localization processes has improved the effectiveness of online tools like lead management and license management, used by our customers and partners worldwide," said Trenton Cycholl, Citrix director of Web and business intelligence. "WorldServer not only improves our international service and support to customers and partners, but it also increases opportunities in geographies by promoting global adoption of online licensing and subscription tools. Its ease of integration with our established Microsoft.NET platform enabled us to efficiently manage Web content translations in several languages while maintaining core business rules and logic in a central location."

Asset Integration with Existing Content Management Systems: By seamlessly integrating with Citrix's existing Web solutions, content and customer management systems, WorldServer enables new and existing content to be created once, and published simultaneously in a variety of print and Web-based formats, in multiple languages. In addition to communicating with other data repositories, WorldServer provides workflow automation capabilities that enable collaboration between Citrix content owners and partners worldwide. As a result, WorldServer helps Citrix streamline its globalization efforts, and localize content quickly, easily and effectively.

"Citrix recognizes that the ability to simultaneously deliver content in a variety of formats, across numerous languages, can have a direct effect on global revenues," said Idiom president and CEO, Joe Fiorentino. "Idiom WorldServer not only provides the capabilities needed to accomplish these objectives, but it does do so in a way that saves Citrix's globalization team time and effort. We're thrilled to work with Citrix, and we look forward to a lasting relationship aimed at serving their global customers."

About WorldServer Global Website Deployment
WorldServer Global Website Deployment is designed to meet the specific needs of the entire globalization team—including content creators, translators, reviewers, operations managers, and IT managers—through a variety of capabilities, including:

- An enterprise-class translation memory server that maximizes translation reuse and speeds translated content to market.
- An asset integration system that enables customers to fully leverage their previous investments in enterprise content management systems.
- Process automation that automates much of the translation and localization process.
- And desktop translation tool integration that maximizes translator productivity.

About Idiom:
Idiom^® Technologies creates simultaneous enterprises that deliver business-critical content in different forms, different markets, and different languages simultaneously. Since 1998, Idiom has been helping companies such as Adobe Systems, Baxter Healthcare, eBay, General Electric, Motorola, and Oracle become simultaneous enterprises, and achieve worldwide competitive advantage by:
- Automating content globalization to speed time-to-market.
- Assuring global content quality to improve customer satisfaction.
- Accelerating international revenue while decreasing globalization costs.

To learn more, contact Idiom today at +1 781.464.6000, send email to PR@idiominc.com, or visit www.idiominc.com.

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