I have a picture here of the original team: Of this picture, only Brad Pedersen is still with Citrix. This picture was taken February 1990. It was taken the day that Citrix moved to 210 University (upside-down building). By 1993 quite…
Historically, our worst acquisition was Sequoia Software. It was a lot of money for something that really didn’t pan out. The official number was $184 million but I believe it was a bit higher. Internally we saw this a failure…
From what we heard, Citrix was looking for a new CEO. The search was not going well. In mid 2001, Citrix announced the results: http://www.citrix.com/site/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=2062 Press Releases Citrix Names Mark Templeton CEO Current president appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately…
We were all surprised when Ed left and Mark was not the CEO. The story of what happened was never completely clear. The official connection was related to earnings statements. These were very interesting times: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/401631 June 23, 2000…
Citrix started as an engineering based company and later became a marketing based company. This transition happened around 2001 (This is based on my observations and conclusions, your opinions may vary). The focus shift has made it much more difficult…
There is a long term relationship between Citrix and Microsoft. It started in 1989 when Citrix was founded. Without Microsoft’s backing in funds and licensing, it probably would not have been possible for Citrix to start. I have heard that…
Datapac was an Australian company purchased by Citrix in 1997. It was the core of the current development done in Australia for Citrix. Datapac was not only the key to help open up the Asia Pacific market, but it also…
Citrix is a company that specializes in being able to do computer work remotely. In fact, it has been a consistent strength throughout our history. So, can you imagine that the programmers would not be able to work from home…
Hopefully this will be fairly short. Internally Citrix has a product ideas database for employees to submit new ideas. It has been going a number of years and I have submitted a number of ideas (along with lots of other…
In the world of lawsuits, many things have changed. Obviously the most visible result is incredibly stupid warning labels like “Don’t stand on top of the ladder” or “Contents might be hot”. The more insidious type of changes actually affect the productivity…
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