| Citrix
and Documentum Form Multi-Tiered Alliance to Bring Content Management Functionality
to Portal Users Across the Enterprise Companies
Cooperate on Joint Sales and Marketing Activities
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. and CHICAGO - October 2, 2001 - Citrix Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CTXS), a global leader in application serving and portal software and
services, and Documentum (Nasdaq: DCTM), a leading provider of enterprise content
management, today announced a multi-tiered alliance that will bring content management
functionality to portal users across the enterprise. By using Documentum eContent
Services for Portals to expose content management capabilities through the portal
interface, portal users will be able to manage business-critical content and participate
in business workflows. To energize the product initiatives, Citrix has joined
the Documentum Signature Partner Program, and Documentum has become a premier
member of the Citrix Business Alliance™ (CBA) Internet Solutions Program, spurring
joint sales and marketing activities. The
initial focus of the alliance will be the integration of Citrix® XPS™ portal software
with Documentum 4i™ eBusiness Platform. This will be accomplished through the
development of a new Content Delivery Agent (CDA), an individual, easy-to-use,
Web-based application that snaps directly into a user's XPS homepage. The CDA
is based on Documentum eContent Services for Portals, a comprehensive set of content
management user functions that are exposed through the portal interface. "We're
excited about going to market with Documentum," said Barry Davis, vice president,
business development for Citrix. "Our alliance offers joint customers several
choices for rapidly distributing powerful Documentum content management services
to any content contributor in a secure and highly-manageable manner, accelerating
content creation and ROI." Davis
added, "Citrix's partnership with Documentum is important, because it builds upon
the full range of our application and information delivery capabilities. Today,
Citrix is providing IT infrastructure that supports better and faster decision
making, the delivery of new services, and collaborative business relationships-across
the Web or any other corporate network." In
addition to the Citrix XPS integration, Documentum will certify the Documentum
4i platform in the MetaFrame® environment. This will allow customers with a range
of network connections to take advantage of the full functionality of Documentum
4i, providing access through Citrix ICA client as well as Web access using Citrix
NFuse™ application portal product. Citrix
offers two classes of portal solutions to serve its broad customer base: - Citrix
NFuse application portal software provides MetaFrame customers with the ability
to integrate and publish interactive Windows, UNIX or Java applications into any
standard Web browser - instantly "Webifying" them without a single application
rewrite.
- Citrix
XPS portal software gives users a single, personalized and secure point of
interaction with the applications and information helping them work smarter and
faster, and supporting the delivery of new services within and beyond the enterprise.
"The integration
of Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform with Citrix XPS creates a best-of-breed solution
that allows portal end users to access and manage accurate enterprise content
in any format and participate in business workflow processes," said Steve Pattison,
vice president of technology partner alliances. "Using Documentum eContent Services
for Portals, Citrix and Documentum can deliver these powerful content management
functions through the portal quickly and easily, reducing time-to-portal and improving
productivity for customers." For
more information about Documentum eContent Services for Portals, please visit
http://www.documentum.com/products/editions/portal/portlets.html.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in application serving and portal
software and services that provide personalized access to any application or information
source - whether Windows®, UNIX® or Web-based - through any device, over
any connection. Companies worldwide use Citrix technologies to integrate applications,
content and business processes into a pervasive digital environment - a virtual
workplace - offering seamless connectivity and a consistent user experience across
the Internet, intranets, extranets, WANs, LANs and wireless networks. Citrix solutions
drive cost efficiency, productivity and enhanced e-business opportunities by enabling
companies to leverage existing IT resources and extend personalized information
access to employees, partners, customers and suppliers.
Citrix
products offer rapid, cost-effective deployment and include MetaFrame® application
serving software, NFuse™ application portal software, XPS™ portal software,
application management products, and Citrix Independent Computing Architecture
(ICA®), a core application serving technology. The company markets its application
serving products through a well-established reseller channel and sells its portal
software products directly to customers to provide the level of customization
they need. Citrix is traded on the Nasdaq Stock MarketSM under the symbol CTXS,
and is part of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index. Citrix is headquartered in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at
http://www.citrix.com. About
Documentum Documentum
is the industry's leading enterprise content management provider, automating the
production, exchange and personalization of all types of content, making it easier
for the Global 2000 to gain competitive advantage by connecting employees, business
partners and customers, worldwide. Built on an Internet-scale, XML-enabled and
standards-compliant platform, Documentum products manage Web content, power portals,
enable collaborative commerce, and solve regulatory content challenges. Over 300
partners across all major industries, including high tech, pharmaceutical, healthcare,
consulting services, government, manufacturing, financial services, automotive,
retail, and consumer goods, build and implement specialized applications using
Documentum's content management infrastructure. For information, please visit
www.documentum.com. Media
Inquiries Contact David
Schreiber, Citrix Systems (410) 423-4071 or
Gillian
Farquhar, Greenough Communications Group, Inc. (617) 275-6514
Janet
Scott, Documentum, inv.rel@documentum.com
Kimberly Devine, UpStart Communications
(for Documentum) (510) 457-3000 ext. 3124 For
Citrix product information: 1-800-437-7503 For
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