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20
1989 - 1 9 9 0
Citrix began life as
Citrus Systems
Debuted Citrix
Multiuser OS/2
Introduced Independent
Computing Architecture
(ICA)
Microsoft granted
Citrix OS/2 license
20
1991 - 1 9 9 2
Signed licensing agreement
with Microsoft for NT Server
Completed application
access agreement with Novell
1992 employee
count exceeded 50
Article from South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, 1992
Secured third-round
financing of $5M
Shipped Citrix
Multiuser v.2.0
20
1993 - 1 9 9 4
Shipped WinView
for Networks
Launched Authorized
Reseller Program
INDUSTRY
100
1994 employee
count grew to 65
Microsoft released
Windows NT, Microsoft Office 4.0
and MS-DOS 6.0
20
1995 - 1 9 9 6
Signed Ingram Micro
as distributor
Signed Tektronix and
Wyse as Citrix OEMs
Launched WinFrame
Microsoft introduced
Internet Explorer 1.0
Google founded by
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Client Server
Magazine, 1995
20
1997
Opened offices in Sydney,
London and Paris
Announced 5-year joint
marketing, development and
licensing deal with Microsoft
Completed Datapac
acquisition
Net revenue
neared $125M
Opened new
headquarters building in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Market Capitalization:
$2.2B
Employee count
exceeded 300
20
1998
Shipped MetaFrame
Thin-Client/Server software
Mark Templeton
named President of Citrix
Completed Insignia
acquisition
Net revenue
approached $250M
Recognized as top-growth
company on Soft*Letter
Industry 100
Opened offices in Munich,
Tokyo and Cambridge
+
Craig Barrett of Intel predicted that
there will be one billion connected
PCs in the next decade
HP purchased Digital
Equipment Corporation
20
1999
Employee count
hit 1,000
Over 500
industry partners
$4B market
capitalization
20+ registered
U.S. patents
20
2000
Launched Citrix MetaFrame for Solaris
Operating Environment, MetaFrame for
AIX Operating System and MetaFrame
for HP-UX Operating System
Announced Citrix
Software Limited
subsidiary in India
Net revenue
exceeded
$450M
Distribution agreement
with Beijing Stone Investment
Co. for China market
20
2001
Launched Citrix MetaFrame
XP for Windows
Citrix Independent
Computing Architecture (ICA)
adopted by 35 million users
worldwide; over nine million
concurrent user licenses
Won Best of Breed 2001
award from Computerweek
South Africa
ComputerWeek
Won Excellence in
Technology award at Gartners
Midsize Enterprise Summit
for Citrix MetaFrame XP
and NFuse
Launched Citrix
Secure Gateway
Net revenue
neared $600M
The PC turned 20
20
2002
Signed agreement with
Microsoft, giving Citrix
access to key Windows server
operating systems code
Opened offices in
Malaysia and Korea
Established Center
of Excellence for SAP
in Walldorf, Germany
Employee count
topped 1,600
Named on KM World
Magazines 100 Companies
that Matter in Knowledge
Management
Agreed to collaborate
with IBM on server
consolidation solutions
friendster
20
2003
Selected by Microsoft as first-ever
Global Independent Software
Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year
Introduced Citrix
Certified Integration Architect
(CCIA) certification
expertcity
Announced MetaFrame
Access Suite of products
and MetaFrame
Secure Access Manager
20
2004
Won PC Magazine,
CNET and PC World awards
for Citrix GoToMyPC
2003 Global
2005
ISV Partner of
the Year
WINNER
Previewed Citrix
GoToMeeting
at IDGs DEMO event
Net revenue
approached $750M
Employee count
exceeded 2,500
20
2005
Completed NetScaler Inc.
acquisition
+
Lenovo acquired the
PC division of IBM
20
2006
Launched Citrix
GoToMyPC 5
Completed Reflectent
Software, Inc. acquisition
Completed Orbital
Data Corp. acquisition
Released Citrix
NetScaler Application Firewall
Standard Edition
Employee count
hit 3,500
Surpassed $1B
net revenue goal
20
2007
Launched Citrix
Presentation Server 4.5 and
all-new Platinum Edition
Net revenue
grew to $1.4B
Unveiled industrys
first comprehensive
end-to-end Application
Delivery Infrastructure
Employee count
reached 4,600
20
2008
Launched Citrix NetScaler MPX
Announced XenApp,
the new name for Citrix
Presentation Server,
and launched XenApp 5
Introduced Synergy:
Where Virtualization + Networking +
Application Delivery Meet
Launched Citrix
XenDesktop product line
20
2009
Citrix XenDesktop 3 enhances
multimedia experience,
doubles scalability and adds
streamed desktop support
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