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                                  EXHIBIT 99.1
                                FUTURELINK CORP.


         FUTURELINK ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF UK-BASED KNS DISTRIBUTION,
                   A LEADING INTERNATIONAL CITRIX DISTRIBUTOR

        Leading North American ASP Becomes Global With Strategic European
                Acquisition That Adds Over 360 Channel Partners

IRVINE, CALIF. AND LONDON, ENGLAND NOV. 16, 1999-- FutureLink Corp. (OTC: FLNK),
the leading Application Service Provider (ASP) with the largest installed base
of application hosting platforms, today announced the acquisition of UK-based
KNS Distribution Limited (KNS), the largest distributor of Citrix products
outside of the US, in a transaction worth approximately $44.3 million (27
million pounds). For the fiscal year ended February 28, 1999, KNS' distribution
operations had revenues of $14.5 million (8.8 million pounds), and for the six
months ended August 31, 1999, KNS' distribution operations recorded revenue of
approximately $10.5 million (6.4 million pounds), representing a growth rate in
excess of 50 percent over the same period last year

Under the terms of the agreement, KNS will receive $11.9 million (7.25 million
pounds) in cash and deferred cash consideration, and $32.4 million (19.75
million pounds) in FutureLink stock in a transaction that is expected to close
in late 1999.

The acquisition creates a dominant global force in the rapidly expanding ASP
market, coupling FutureLink's vast array of strategic partnerships and
relationships with KNS' product know-how and excellent industry reputation. It
also establishes FutureLink as one of the largest worldwide ASPs with a
significant presence in the US, Canada and now Europe. KNS' positioning in the
UK provides an excellent platform for growth throughout Europe and provides a
critical link in providing customers truly global ASP hosted services. Current
management team will continue in their present roles. Phil Ladouceur will join
the KNS Board as chairman.

KNS, Europe's leading distributor of Citrix technology and consulting services,
has more than 360 resellers for its product lines, which include remote access,
server-based computing solutions and radio Ethernet. The Newbury,
Berkshire-based company, with offices in Edinburgh, also offers video
conferencing, e-business, training, consultancy and maintenance services and
currently employs a technical and professional staff of 44.

The target market for the ASP offering from FutureLink is small and medium-sized
companies comprised of 10 to 1,000 employees. The services will be sold
exclusively via the KNS channel of 360 active U.K. resellers and a new ASP
division will be set up to sell and support the business unit utilizing existing
skill sets within KNS and recruiting additional staff. With this acquisition,
FutureLink has the first international and largest ASP channel in the world.

"FutureLink is committed to building a world class application hosting platforms
organization," said Philip R. Ladouceur, chairman and CEO of FutureLink. "KNS is
a key part of that strategy; their technical expertise and superlative business
practices made them our first choice for entering the European market."

"Teaming with the top thin-client technology experts at FutureLink is a
tremendous technical and business opportunity," said KNS Founder and Chairman,
John Bennett. "We're looking forward to expanding our presence in the worldwide
market and, as part of FutureLink, growing our already significant presence in
Europe."

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ABOUT KNS
KNS Distribution Limited (KNS) is a leading distributor of technology solutions
to the United Kingdom. KNS has been the top Citrix distributor in the world,
excluding the United States in l996, l997 and l998. KNS has headquarters in
Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland. KNS has
over 360 active resellers for six product lines and employs a professional and
technical staff of 44.

ABOUT FUTURELINK
FutureLink, The Computer Utility Company(TM) is a founder of the Application
Service Provider (ASP) industry and a founding member of the ASP Industry
Consortium. The company has the largest installed base of application hosting
platforms with thousands of customers worldwide.

FutureLink's Application Hosting Services Division provides businesses with
off-site, Internet-based computing, allowing subscribers to escape costly
hardware/software upgrade cycles, precisely control total cost of technology
ownership and focus on their core businesses. The division offers customers an
all-inclusive, trouble-free ASP service at a predictable price and provides
computing service as transparently and reliably as today's utilities deliver
electricity, water and telephone service.

The company's Application Hosting Platforms Division builds application server
farms and provides Citrix application server software integration services. With
Application Hosting Platform solutions, FutureLink customers manage their own
server farms, and provide ASP services to users with their own IT staff and
FutureLink consultants.

For more information, contact FutureLink toll-free at (877) 216-6001; e-mail:
sales@futurelink.net; or visit the FutureLink Web site at
http://www.futurelink.net.

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Forward-looking statements and comments in this news release are made pursuant
to safe harbor provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such
statements relating to, among other things, the prospects for the companies to
complete the transaction and enhance operating results, are necessarily subject
to risks and uncertainties, some of which are significant in scope and nature.
These risks may be further discussed in periodic reports and registration
statements to be filed by the company from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in the future.

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