If you had told me in 1993 that in the year 2006 we would be a 3000 employee company with close to $1B in revenue, I don’t think I would have believed you. I would have especially disbelieved you the…
Networld Interop 1994 was a real sign that things were looking up for Citrix. This is where we won not only the Internet category but also the show category from McGraw Hill. The catalyst was being able to do TCP/IP…
As you might have guessed by now, I kept a lot of the material for Citrix between 1993 and 1997. I often wondered what I would do with it all and now there is finally a purpose. I was just…
I imagine that very few few people would remember what some of the early marketing slogans were. I only remember them because they were so bad. Between 1993 and 1995 we had someone running marketing before Mark came. He was…
Citrix didn’t win the Networking Software category (Microsoft did) but we were one of two finalists. I’ve included the original article where it mentions WinView and why it was selected. Also note all the names of the developers. Not everyone…
Recently at iForum, the Trinity project was announced. The concept was presented in the context of Dynamic Desktop Initiative. There seems to be a number of alternative names (VDI, DVI) but the basic concept is the same. Administrators want the…
As you may have heard, we have a project code-named Pictor. This project is derived from work done with Boeing to improve the responsiveness of OpenGL three dimensional drawing programs (CATIA). The Boeing/Citrix project (codenamed K2) was a large success…
This timeline is based on what is currently at the Citrix web site. It looks to be fairly accurate. I’ve taken the time to get all the years onto one page to take away the annoyance of having to pick…
Anil Roychoudhry has just written a great writeup on how the Seamless feature began. Anil was one of the original Datapac developers and is now a manager within the Sydney site for Citrix. http://citrite.org/blogs/anilr/2006/10/20/history-of-seamless/ I highly recommend this article to…
I just found this by accident. It is a phone list from March 4, 1996 for Citrix employees. Not only is it the correct spellings for everyone but it also is a good indication of the size of the company…
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