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My Favourites (Best of)

I’ve been meaning to do this for some time but not sure what was the best way. And then the idea appeared. Why not collect all the posts I liked the most in one place. Why not add a page

Posted in Announcements

Citrix Desktop Server (Trinity) Interview with Brian, Brian, and Sumit

Brian Madden interview of Brian Nason and Sumit Dhawan about Trinity Brian Madden was on an interviewing roll when he came to Citrix headquarters late last year. I’ve already covered two of these interviews in previous blogs (Mark Templeton and

Posted in Citrix Desktop Server, Interview, PortICA

Too Clever

When do things become too clever?  When is it time to stop being too clever?  Most places that have cultures that embrace progress also fully believe in becoming more clever.  This usually is through encouraging further education and rewarding intelligence

Posted in Observations

Citrix Acquisition – NetScaler 2005

Citrix acquired NetScaler in June 2005. For $300 million dollars, Citrix bought the company that specializes in improving the performance of applications across remote networks. The NetScaler acquisition filled a gap related to guaranteeing decent throughput between the users and

Posted in Acquisition, Citrix History, Observations

Creative Business Bliss

You never know where business is going to take you. You always hope that things are going to get better and that problems will not be difficult but they don’t always turn out that way. In a strange twist of

Posted in Favourite, Media, Observations

Citrix Revenue Chart 1989-2006

Here is a chart of Citrix revenue from 1989 to 2006 since I couldn’t find one on the web. Maybe some pay service has this kind of charting but I could not find it.The data was already tucked away in

Posted in Citrix History

Another Angle on 1997 Citrix/Microsoft

Found this while looking for other things on the net. It’s an article from the South Florida “The Business Journal”. The article was intended to highlight Citrix’s commitment to South Florida but also managed to capture elements of the dilemma

Posted in Citrix History

Citrix Acquistion – Net6

Net6 was a company based out of San Jose, California that Citrix acquired in November 2004. I was part of the due diligence team that was sent to analyse the company from a technical point of view. This is a

Posted in Acquisition, Citrix History

Microsoft Press Release 1997 – Joint Development Agreement

I was searching the web for some old Citrix pictures and came across this Microsoft press release from 1997.  Given the circumstances of what happened, this is certainly positive spin.  It is also interesting that Prologue is mentioned in the

Posted in Citrix History

Cubicle Reality

That which is not an office is a cubicle. That which is a cubicle is not really a cube. It can get quite confusing really. It makes me wonder where the concept of cubicle came from? Was it some manager’s

Posted in Favourite, Observations
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