Citrix was not always called Citrix. Originally it was called Citrus Systems. This tale has been passed down for a number of years. When I first started at Citrix in 1993, I remember seeing letterhead with the Citrus name. Obviously…
This is something which I’ve wanted to do for quite some time. Here are the three official logos Citrix has had over its history beginning in 1989. The first logo lasted from 1989 to 1996. The second logo was…
Citrix has had many different promotional phrases over the years. Around 2000, the most popular catch phrase was “Digital Independence”. The phrase was first introduced by Ed Iacobucci at iForum 1999. By itself, the concept does not mean much. However,…
In 1999, Citrix released a product called VideoFrame. This new product was designed to make up for the audio and video shortcomings of server-based computing. In essence, it was an early audio/video streaming server. As good as it sounded, the…
Last year at the Citrix Solutions Conference in Europe, Brad Pedersen gave a presentation about “The User Experience“. If look at the slides, you will notice that the first several slides cover early Citrix product history. From experience, this kind…
There are a few Citrix videos available on the Internet. I have not found that many yet but persistence usually pays off. Just yesterday I found one via Veoh that featured Russ Naples. I worked with Russ in the old…
Back when I worked at IBM, there was a push to have more patents. They gave classes about what was valuable and how to best present new ideas for the sake of a patent. Until recently, I kept this material.…
Some things are hard to find. I’ve been working on this blog since September 2006 and this is the first time I have found an excellent report on Citrix history from an independent source. If you have about ten minutes,…
It is fairly well known that certain Citrix employees in the past have gone on to join or form other companies. The most obvious recent example is Myxer which has a large number of early ex-Citrix people. Things continue to…
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