Xyvision Enterprise Solutions Joins Citrix Solutions Network

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Xyvision Enterprise Solutions Joins Citrix Solutions Network

Citrix software enables Internet access to XyEnterprise’s XML content management and publishing products

READING, MA – AUGUST 10, 2000 – Xyvision Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (XyEnterprise), a leading developer of XML content management and publishing software, announced today that it has joined the Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) Citrix Solutions Network ™ (CSN) as a Gold Solutions Provider. XyEnterprise will sell and support Citrix application server computing solutions, including the MetaFrame™ product to industry-leading companies in the aerospace, automotive, high technology, financial, and commercial publishing markets.

Through this agreement, XyEnterprise will offer its Parlance Content Manager and XML Professional Publisher (XPP) software solutions via Citrix thin client connections. This solution will provide users with remote access to desktop or server based applications such as Parlance or XPP without requiring the installation of client software on the local desktop. It will also enable XyEnterprise Professional Services to deliver a full line of customer services through remote system control, diagnostics and software updates. As a CSN member, XyEnterprise will provide consultation, installation, integration and support for the Citrix application server product line, which offers a high-performance, cost-effective way to deploy, access and manage business-critical applications throughout an enterprise.

"Citrix application server software enables deployment of applications from a central server to users on any device, including thin clients, over any network connection," said Scott Kaplan, director of sales for Citrix Systems. "XyEnterprise combines our products with expertise in XML-based content management and high-speed publishing to deliver a robust solution that provides customers with the cost and productivity benefits of application server computing."

Ralph Lloyd, Director of Business Development for XyEnterprise said, "Citrix enables remote access to XyEnterprise products via a ‘thin client model’ Using Internet connections, our customers can access the full feature set of our powerful XML content management and enterprise publishing applications with an unbeatable ease of deployment. Citrix also provides an extremely powerful toolset which allows XyEnterprise to offer large scale, enterprise deployments within one company or Internet access to our XML software solutions in a multi-site environment."

Several XyEnterprise customers have selected Citrix to provide distributed, thin client access to their XyEnterprise content management and publishing applications. Specific announcements are scheduled to follow shortly.

About the Citrix Solutions Network

The Citrix Solutions Network includes more than 7,500 value-added resellers, distributors and systems integrators worldwide. CSN members deliver complete, server-based computing solutions that can include sales of servers, client devices of all types, and networking equipment, as well as technical consulting, integration and support for Citrix®, MetaFrame™, WinFrame®, NFuse™, and other application server computing solutions.

About XyEnterprise

With headquarters in Reading, Mass., Xyvision Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (XyEnterprise), provides organizations of all sizes with content and document management solutions that streamline the information creation and delivery process. XyEnterprise combines its own XML content management, workflow and publishing software with integration services to build enterprise wide solutions for the collaborative creation, management, assembly, and multi-channel distribution of information. Its customer base includes industry-leading companies in the aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, standards and publishing markets. These customers include Boeing, IBM, Gulfstream, Telcordia, Sun Microsystems, Lucent, ASTM, and many others. XyEnterprise is a majority-owned operating company of Azul Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZUL), Denver, Colorado. For more information, please contact XyEnterprise at 781.756.4400 or www.xyenterprise.com.

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