Citrix
Enterprise digital workspace, virtualization, secure access, application delivery, and hybrid-cloud software provider.
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Overview
Citrix is an American enterprise software brand focused on delivering, securing, and managing applications, desktops, data, and digital workspaces across on-premises infrastructure, private clouds, public clouds, and hybrid environments. The brand is associated with virtual application and desktop delivery, secure remote access, enterprise browsers, zero-trust controls, application networking, endpoint management, content collaboration, analytics, and related infrastructure software. Citrix products are used by organizations that need to centralize sensitive applications and data while giving employees, contractors, clinicians, students, public-sector workers, and other users dependable access from a wide range of devices and locations. The company was founded in 1989 in Richardson, Texas, by former IBM engineer Ed Iacobucci. It was originally named Citrus, but changed its name after a trademark conflict; Citrix has described the name as a combination of Citrus and UNIX. Its early business centered on remote access to software running on servers. The company licensed Microsoft source code and developed the Independent Computing Architecture protocol, which became the technical foundation for delivering applications and graphical desktops over networks. Citrix's first major product, Citrix Multiuser, was designed for OS/2, but Microsoft announced a strategic shift from OS/2 to Windows shortly before the product's launch. Citrix survived the resulting crisis with financial support from investors including Microsoft, Intel, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and redirected its engineering effort toward DOS and Windows compatibility. During the 1990s, Citrix became one of the most important companies in thin-client computing. Products including Multiuser, WinView, WinFrame, and MetaFrame allowed multiple users to access centrally managed applications and desktops without requiring every endpoint to run the full software stack locally. The company's partnership with Microsoft was central to this development. Citrix technology was licensed for Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, and MetaFrame supplied capabilities that complemented Microsoft's native remote-access technology. Citrix went public in 1995 and experienced rapid revenue growth as enterprises adopted server-based computing and centralized application delivery. Citrix subsequently broadened its portfolio through internal development and acquisitions. ExpertCity added web-based remote-support and online-meeting products, including GoToMyPC and GoToAssist. NetScaler expanded Citrix into application delivery controllers, traffic management, and application security. XenSource brought the Xen virtualization platform and helped establish the company's server- and desktop-virtualization business. ShareFile added cloud file storage and collaboration, while Zenprise contributed mobile application and device-management technology that became XenMobile. Other acquisitions, including Cloud.com, Kaviza, ByteMobile, Framehawk, Scalextreme, Sapho, and Wrike, expanded the company's reach into cloud infrastructure, virtual desktop delivery, wireless performance, micro-applications, workflow, and digital work management. The product portfolio underwent a major naming and packaging transition in 2018 as Citrix emphasized a cloud operating model. XenApp and XenDesktop were rebranded as Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops; XenMobile became Citrix Endpoint Management; XenServer became Citrix Hypervisor; ShareFile integrations were presented under Citrix Content Collaboration; and NetScaler application-delivery products were marketed for a period as Citrix ADC. Following the 2022 change in ownership, the application-delivery portfolio again adopted the NetScaler name, while the former Citrix Hypervisor business was separated and rebranded XenServer under Cloud Software Group. Citrix's GoTo collaboration portfolio followed a different path. After acquiring ExpertCity, Citrix developed GoToMeeting and related remote-support and online-event products. In 2016, Citrix separated the GoTo portfolio into GetGo as part of a transaction with LogMeIn. In 2017, GetGo merged with LogMeIn's products, taking the GoTo business outside Citrix's core workspace portfolio. In January 2021, Citrix agreed to acquire Wrike for approximately $2.25 billion, adding collaborative work-management software to its digital-workspace strategy. In 2022, Citrix entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $16.5 billion including assumed debt. The transaction closed on September 30, 2022, and Citrix became private. It was combined with TIBCO Software under Cloud Software Group, a new enterprise-software holding company. Citrix now operates within that group alongside NetScaler and other software businesses. Under Cloud Software Group, Citrix continues to position itself around secure application access, virtual desktops, digital workspaces, hybrid and multi-cloud deployment, endpoint control, application networking, and enterprise security. The brand's current messaging emphasizes reliable access to critical applications, governance over how applications are secured and experienced, support for distributed workforces, data sovereignty, and deployment flexibility. In June 2026, Citrix announced an expanded collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise focused on Citrix Desktop-as-a-Service with HPE GreenLake, including private-cloud, on-premises, sovereign-cloud, virtualization, orchestration, and observability use cases. Citrix remains an active global enterprise-software brand and a business unit of Cloud Software Group.
History
Citrix was founded in 1989 in Richardson, Texas, by Ed Iacobucci, a former IBM engineer, with approximately $3 million in initial funding. Iacobucci recruited several former IBM colleagues to form the early engineering team and later moved the company to South Florida. Roger Roberts became chief executive officer in 1990, while Iacobucci remained chairman. The company was initially called Citrus, but changed its name after encountering an existing trademark claim. The Citrix name is commonly described as a blend of Citrus and UNIX. The original product concept was server-based multiuser computing. Citrix licensed OS/2 source code from Microsoft and spent approximately two years developing Citrix Multiuser, an extension that allowed several users on separate computers to access applications running on a central server. The company also developed the Independent Computing Architecture protocol, or ICA, to transmit screen information, keyboard input, mouse input, and application interaction over a network. This architecture allowed relatively lightweight or purpose-built client devices to use applications without locally running the complete operating system and software stack. Citrix encountered a severe early setback when Microsoft announced, only days before the launch of Citrix Multiuser, that it was moving its strategic emphasis from OS/2 to Windows. The change threatened to make Citrix's first product commercially obsolete. The company considered closing, but investments from Microsoft, Intel, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and other backers provided the resources needed to adapt the technology. Multiuser version 2.0 added support for DOS applications and supported up to five simultaneous users. In 1993, Citrix introduced WinView, a remote-application server capable of running DOS and Windows programs. By 1994, annual revenue had reached approximately $10 million. Citrix's breakthrough came with WinFrame, released in 1995. Based on Microsoft Windows NT, WinFrame allowed multiple users to access Windows applications from remote clients and became an early commercial example of thin-client computing for Windows environments. Citrix completed its initial public offering in December 1995. The share price doubled from $15 to $30 on the first trading day, according to contemporary accounts, and the company benefited from rapidly growing interest in centralized computing. Between 1995 and 1999, revenue increased sharply as enterprises adopted server-based application delivery and thin-client architectures. The relationship with Microsoft remained decisive. Citrix persuaded Microsoft to license Citrix technology for Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, announced for 1998. Citrix released MetaFrame alongside the Microsoft product, using ICA to provide capabilities that complemented Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol. The arrangement included an upfront payment and a royalty structure and enabled Citrix to remain compatible with Microsoft's server platform. During this period, Citrix expanded internationally, opening or enlarging offices in locations including Sydney, London, and Paris, and established a headquarters in Fort Lauderdale in 1997. Mark Templeton, previously a Citrix marketing executive, became chief executive officer in 1998. Citrix also licensed ICA technology to IBM, Key Tronics, and Motorola for selected products and devices. The collapse of the dot-com bubble created pressure at the beginning of the 2000s. Ed Iacobucci left Citrix in 2000, while Templeton was temporarily removed from the chief executive role before later returning to senior leadership. Citrix responded by broadening its product base and acquiring complementary technologies. Sequoia Software was acquired in 2001, and ExpertCity was acquired in 2003. ExpertCity brought GoToMyPC and GoToAssist and became the Citrix Online division. Citrix subsequently introduced GoToMeeting, building a large remote-support and online-collaboration business that operated alongside its enterprise virtualization products. From 2005 through the early 2010s, acquisitions changed Citrix from a remote-application specialist into a diversified enterprise-software company. NetScaler, acquired in 2005, provided application delivery, traffic management, and acceleration technology. XenSource, acquired in 2007, brought the Xen virtualization platform and strengthened Citrix's server- and desktop-virtualization strategy. Citrix later acquired VMLogix, Cloud.com, Kaviza, ShareFile, Zenprise, ByteMobile, and other companies to expand into cloud infrastructure, virtual desktop infrastructure, file collaboration, mobile management, network optimization, and software as a service. The company also developed XenApp, XenDesktop, XenMobile, XenServer, Citrix Cloud, ShareFile, and related products around a broader workspace vision. The company continued to expand through acquisitions in the 2010s. Framehawk improved delivery of virtual applications and desktops over difficult wireless connections. Scalextreme added cloud automation, patching, and auto-scaling capabilities. Citrix acquired Sapho in 2018 to add micro-applications and workflow-oriented employee experiences. In 2021, it acquired Wrike for approximately $2.25 billion, adding collaborative work management to its digital-workspace portfolio. Meanwhile, Citrix continued to invest in analytics, security, cloud management, and application-performance monitoring. Citrix reorganized and rebranded much of its product portfolio in 2018 as it shifted toward a cloud operating model. XenApp and XenDesktop became Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, XenMobile became Citrix Endpoint Management, XenServer became Citrix Hypervisor, and ShareFile capabilities were positioned within Citrix Content Collaboration. The NetScaler name was temporarily replaced in application-delivery marketing by Citrix ADC. These changes were intended to present a more unified workspace platform in which organizations could create, manage, and deliver applications, desktops, and data through centralized cloud services. The GoTo business followed a separate corporate path. In 2016, Citrix spun the GoTo product family into GetGo as part of a transaction with LogMeIn. The GoTo products included GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToTraining, GoToAssist, GoToWebcast, and GoToMyPC. In 2017, GetGo merged with LogMeIn's products, separating the collaboration and remote-support portfolio from Citrix's core virtualization and workspace operations. Citrix faced repeated restructuring and leadership changes as it sought to improve focus and adapt to changing enterprise-software markets. Workforce reductions were announced in 2002, 2009, 2015, 2017, and later periods. Mark Templeton retired as chief executive in 2015; Robert Calderoni served as interim chief executive, followed by former Microsoft executive Kirill Tatarinov in 2016 and David Henshall in 2017. Henshall stepped down in October 2021, and Calderoni again became interim chief executive. On January 31, 2022, Citrix announced an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $16.5 billion including assumed debt. The transaction closed on September 30, 2022. Citrix became private and was combined with TIBCO Software under Cloud Software Group. Tom Krause became chief executive of Cloud Software Group, while Citrix continued as a major operating business. The former Citrix ADC portfolio was subsequently re-established under the NetScaler brand, and the Citrix Hypervisor line was separated and rebranded XenServer under the same parent group. In its current form, Citrix focuses on secure application and desktop delivery, digital workspaces, enterprise browsers, zero-trust access, endpoint control, network intelligence, and hybrid-cloud deployment. The company continues to serve heavily regulated and mission-critical sectors such as healthcare, financial services, government, and education. In June 2026, Citrix announced an expanded strategic collaboration with HPE around Citrix DaaS with HPE GreenLake, emphasizing private-cloud, on-premises, sovereign-cloud, virtualization, orchestration, and observability use cases. This direction reflects Citrix's continuing effort to combine centralized application governance with deployment flexibility across public, private, and hybrid infrastructure.
- 2026
Citrix and HPE deepen hybrid-cloud collaboration
[5]Citrix announced expanded collaboration with HPE focused on Citrix DaaS with HPE GreenLake for private, on-premises, and sovereign-cloud deployments.
- 2022
Citrix is taken private and combined with TIBCO
[4]Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital completed the approximately $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix, which was combined with TIBCO under Cloud Software Group.
- 2021
Wrike acquisition
[1]Citrix agreed to acquire Wrike for approximately $2.25 billion, adding collaborative work management to its digital-workspace strategy.
- 2018
Cloud-oriented product rebranding
[1]Citrix renamed major products, including XenApp to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, XenMobile to Citrix Endpoint Management, and XenServer to Citrix Hypervisor.
- 2017
GetGo merges with LogMeIn products
[1]The GetGo and LogMeIn product businesses were combined, taking GoTo outside Citrix's core enterprise-workspace portfolio.
- 2016
GoTo portfolio is spun into GetGo
[1]Citrix separated the GoTo product portfolio into GetGo as part of a transaction involving LogMeIn.
- 2014
Framehawk acquisition
[1]Citrix acquired Framehawk to improve virtual application and desktop delivery over wireless and cellular networks.
- 2013
XenMobile launches
[1]Zenprise technology was released within Citrix's XenMobile mobile application and device-management portfolio.
- 2012
Mobile and cloud portfolio expands
[1]Citrix acquired Virtual Computer, ByteMobile, and Zenprise, adding intelligent desktop virtualization, mobile-video technology, and mobile-management capabilities.
- 2011
Cloud.com, Kaviza, and ShareFile expansion
[1]Citrix expanded into cloud infrastructure, virtual desktop infrastructure for smaller organizations, and cloud file sharing through acquisitions including Cloud.com, Kaviza, and ShareFile.
Products and positioning
Enterprise-grade digital workspace and application-delivery platform for organizations that need secure, governed, and reliable access to applications, desktops, data, and services across distributed workforces and hybrid-cloud environments.
Virtual application and desktop delivery · 2018
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops delivers Windows applications and virtual desktops from centralized infrastructure to users across computers, mobile devices, thin clients, and browsers. It evolved from the company's MetaFrame, Presentation Server, XenApp, and XenDesktop product families. The platform is designed to centralize application administration, improve control over sensitive data, support flexible access models, and provide a consistent user experience across on-premises and cloud environments.
Desktop-as-a-Service
Citrix DaaS
Citrix DaaS is the cloud-oriented delivery model for virtual applications and desktops. It provides management and control services for organizations that want to deliver applications and desktop environments while placing some or all infrastructure in public cloud, private cloud, or customer-controlled environments. The offering is positioned for hybrid-cloud adoption, distributed workforces, and organizations that need centralized governance without operating every control-plane component themselves.
Digital workspace platform
Citrix Workspace
Citrix Workspace provides a unified access experience for applications, virtual desktops, files, content, and other work resources. It is intended to give employees a single entry point while allowing IT teams to apply identity, security, policy, and analytics controls across multiple services and infrastructure locations. Workspace became the central expression of Citrix's strategy to combine application delivery, desktop virtualization, content collaboration, and secure access.
Application delivery and networking · 2005
NetScaler
NetScaler is Citrix's application-delivery and networking portfolio, descended from the NetScaler business acquired in 2005 and marketed for several years as Citrix ADC. It supports application traffic management, load balancing, availability, acceleration, application security, and related networking functions. After the formation of Cloud Software Group, the portfolio returned to the NetScaler brand while remaining part of the same corporate group as Citrix.
Zero-trust and secure access
Citrix Secure Private Access
Citrix Secure Private Access is designed to provide controlled access to private applications and enterprise resources without relying solely on traditional network-perimeter access. It forms part of Citrix's broader secure-access strategy, combining identity-aware policies, application-level access, risk controls, and user experience considerations for hybrid and distributed work environments.
Enterprise browser and application security
Citrix Enterprise Browser
Citrix Enterprise Browser is intended to provide a managed browser environment for enterprise work. It allows organizations to apply security policies and controls to web applications and browser-based workflows, particularly where users access sensitive business systems from distributed locations or unmanaged and mixed device environments.
Endpoint and mobile-device management · 2013
Citrix Endpoint Management
Citrix Endpoint Management evolved from XenMobile and Zenprise technology. It provides capabilities for managing mobile devices, applications, and data, with the objective of extending workspace governance beyond virtual desktops to smartphones, tablets, and other endpoints. Its role within the Citrix portfolio is to connect device policy, application access, identity, and data protection.
Enterprise content collaboration · 2018
Citrix Content Collaboration
Citrix Content Collaboration incorporates ShareFile technology and supports enterprise file sharing, storage, content access, and collaboration. It is designed to help organizations exchange files and manage business content while applying administrative controls, permissions, and integration with broader digital-workspace environments.
Security and performance analytics · 2017
Citrix Analytics
Citrix Analytics combines security and performance-oriented analytics for Citrix environments. Security capabilities are intended to identify threats and anomalous activity, while performance capabilities help quantify user experience and troubleshoot virtual application and desktop delivery. The portfolio uses machine-learning and analytics techniques to support operational visibility and response.
Server virtualization · 2018
Citrix Hypervisor
Citrix Hypervisor was the Citrix-branded successor to the XenServer virtualization product line. It provided server virtualization and infrastructure capabilities for organizations running virtual machines and virtual desktop environments. Following the Cloud Software Group combination, the product line was separated from the Citrix portfolio and rebranded XenServer.
Virtual application delivery · 2008
XenApp
XenApp was Citrix's long-running virtual application-delivery product, descended from MetaFrame and Presentation Server. It allowed organizations to host applications centrally and present them to users across networks. In 2018, Citrix folded XenApp into the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops naming structure as part of its cloud-oriented portfolio reorganization.
Virtual desktop infrastructure
XenDesktop
XenDesktop was Citrix's virtual desktop infrastructure product for delivering centrally hosted desktop environments to users. It became part of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops product family in 2018. Its technology and concepts remain represented in Citrix's current virtual desktop and Desktop-as-a-Service offerings.
Online meetings and collaboration · 2004
GoToMeeting
GoToMeeting was an online meeting and screen-sharing service developed within Citrix Online after the acquisition of ExpertCity. It allowed participants to join meetings remotely and view or interact with shared screens. The GoTo product family was separated from Citrix through the GetGo transaction and subsequently combined with LogMeIn's products.
Multiuser operating-system extension · 1991
Citrix Multiuser
Citrix Multiuser was the company's first major product. It extended OS/2 to permit multiple users on separate computers to access applications running on a central server. After Microsoft's strategic shift from OS/2 to Windows, Citrix adapted the product for DOS and Windows environments, establishing the technical and commercial direction that led to WinView and WinFrame.
Windows thin-client and remote-access software · 1995
WinFrame
WinFrame was a multiuser operating system based on Microsoft Windows NT. Released in 1995, it allowed multiple users to access Windows applications remotely and became one of Citrix's defining early thin-client products. WinFrame helped establish Citrix as a leading provider of centralized Windows application delivery.
Brand decisions
2026
Deepen HPE collaboration around private and sovereign cloudStrategyBackground
Customers increasingly seek hybrid-cloud and virtualization deployments that combine cloud-like operations with on-premises control, data sovereignty, and predictable performance.
Action taken
Citrix announced expanded collaboration with HPE around Citrix Desktop-as-a-Service with HPE GreenLake, including engineering, integration, validation, orchestration, observability, and joint go-to-market work.
Aftermath
The announced collaboration reinforced Citrix's strategy of supporting multiple deployment models, including private-cloud, on-premises, and sovereign-cloud environments.
2022
Accept acquisition by Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast CapitalM&ABackground
Citrix entered a period of leadership transition, restructuring, and strategic pressure while enterprise software markets were shifting toward cloud and hybrid work models.
Action taken
Citrix agreed to an all-cash acquisition by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital at approximately $16.5 billion including assumed debt, with shareholders receiving $104 per share.
Aftermath
The transaction closed on September 30, 2022. Citrix became private and was combined with TIBCO under Cloud Software Group. NetScaler and XenServer subsequently regained or adopted standalone product identities within the group.
Transaction value. Approximately $16.5 billion including assumed debt (2022)
2021
Acquire Wrike to expand into collaborative work managementM&ABackground
Citrix aimed to broaden its digital-workspace portfolio beyond access and virtualization into employee collaboration and work management.
Action taken
Citrix agreed to acquire Wrike for approximately $2.25 billion and completed the transaction in 2021.
Aftermath
Wrike became part of Citrix's broader digital-work strategy and represented the company's largest acquisition at that time.
Acquisition consideration. Approximately $2.25 billion (2021)
2018
Rebrand the portfolio around a cloud operating modelStrategyBackground
Citrix wanted its product names and packaging to reflect a unified cloud workspace strategy rather than a collection of historically separate Xen, NetScaler, and ShareFile products.
Action taken
Citrix renamed XenApp and XenDesktop as Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, XenMobile as Citrix Endpoint Management, XenServer as Citrix Hypervisor, and related products under Citrix Workspace and Citrix Content Collaboration.
Aftermath
The rebranding emphasized centralized cloud management and a unified workspace experience, although some legacy technology names later returned under Cloud Software Group.
2016
Separate the GoTo product family into GetGoM&ABackground
Citrix decided to separate its online-meeting and remote-support business from its core enterprise workspace and virtualization operations.
Action taken
Citrix placed GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToTraining, GoToAssist, GoToWebcast, and GoToMyPC into the wholly owned GetGo entity as part of a transaction with LogMeIn.
Aftermath
GetGo subsequently merged with LogMeIn's products in 2017, taking the GoTo business outside Citrix.
Transaction value. Approximately $1.8 billion (2016-2017)
2007
Acquire XenSource and expand into virtualizationM&ABackground
Server and desktop virtualization were becoming central to enterprise infrastructure and application-delivery strategies.
Action taken
Citrix acquired XenSource and integrated the Xen virtualization platform into its product strategy.
Aftermath
The transaction strengthened Citrix's position in server virtualization and provided the technology lineage for XenServer, Citrix Hypervisor, and related virtual desktop infrastructure products.
2005
Acquire NetScaler to enter application networkingM&ABackground
Citrix wanted to broaden its business beyond remote application delivery and participate in the infrastructure layer that controls application traffic and availability.
Action taken
Citrix acquired NetScaler and incorporated its application-delivery, acceleration, and traffic-management technology into the Citrix portfolio.
Aftermath
NetScaler became a foundation of Citrix's application networking business and was later marketed as Citrix ADC before returning to the NetScaler brand under Cloud Software Group.
2003
Acquire ExpertCity and build Citrix OnlineM&ABackground
Citrix sought to extend its remote-access technology beyond enterprise server and desktop delivery into web-based support and collaboration services.
Action taken
Citrix acquired ExpertCity for approximately $225 million in cash and stock and made it the Citrix Online division.
Aftermath
The acquisition added GoToMyPC and GoToAssist and led to the launch of GoToMeeting, creating a substantial online collaboration and remote-support business.
Acquisition consideration. Approximately $225 million (2003)
1998
License Citrix technology for Microsoft Terminal ServerStrategyBackground
Microsoft's Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition required stronger remote-access capabilities, while Citrix needed a durable route to remain compatible with Microsoft's server platform.
Action taken
Citrix licensed its technology to Microsoft and released MetaFrame with ICA-based capabilities alongside Terminal Server Edition.
Aftermath
The agreement helped Citrix maintain a strong position in Windows terminal services and created a long-running technical and commercial relationship with Microsoft.
Upfront payment and royalty arrangement. (1998)
1991
Redirect development from OS/2 to DOS and WindowsStrategyBackground
Citrix's first product was built around OS/2, but Microsoft announced a shift toward Windows shortly before its launch. That decision threatened the viability of Citrix Multiuser and forced Citrix to reassess its product strategy.
Action taken
With support from investors including Microsoft and Intel, Citrix adapted Multiuser and subsequent products for DOS and Windows applications, preserving the company's remote-access business.
Aftermath
The transition led to Multiuser version 2.0, WinView, and eventually WinFrame, establishing Citrix's long-term position in Windows thin-client and application delivery.
Recent events
- 2026
Citrix enters expanded collaboration with HPE for private-cloud and virtualization solutions[5]
Other
Citrix announced plans to deepen its strategic collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise around Citrix Desktop-as-a-Service with HPE GreenLake, including on-premises, sovereign-cloud, product-integration, engineering, and joint go-to-market initiatives.
- 2022
Citrix operates as a business unit of Cloud Software Group[7]
M&A
Following the completion of the Citrix acquisition and combination with TIBCO, Citrix became part of the newly formed Cloud Software Group. The group presents Citrix as a core business focused on secure application and desktop delivery.
- 2022
Vista and Evergreen announce agreement to acquire Citrix[4]
M&A
Citrix entered an all-cash merger agreement valued at approximately $16.5 billion including assumed debt. The transaction provided for $104 in cash per share and the delisting of Citrix from Nasdaq after completion.
- 2021
Citrix announces Wrike acquisition[1]
M&A
Citrix announced an agreement to acquire Wrike for approximately $2.25 billion, adding collaborative work-management capabilities to its digital-workspace portfolio. The acquisition was completed in 2021.
- 2021
Citrix CEO David Henshall steps down[4]
Leadership change
David Henshall stepped down as president and chief executive officer in October 2021. Chairman Robert Calderoni became interim chief executive officer and president during the transition preceding the company's sale.
- 2019
Citrix launches Citrix Analytics for Performance[1]
Product launch
Citrix introduced an analytics product designed to measure user experience for virtual application and desktop users and apply machine learning to help identify and troubleshoot performance issues.
- 2017
Citrix introduces Citrix Analytics for security[1]
Product launch
Citrix unveiled security analytics capabilities intended to use artificial intelligence to detect and respond to threats across its workspace and access environment.
- 2017
Citrix completes GetGo and LogMeIn combination[1]
M&A
Citrix completed the merger of its GetGo business with LogMeIn's products. The transaction separated the GoTo collaboration and remote-support portfolio from Citrix's core application-delivery and workspace operations.
- 2015
Citrix announces major workforce reduction[1]
Other
Citrix announced the elimination of approximately 700 full-time and 200 contractor positions, representing roughly 10 percent of its workforce at the time. The company expected annual savings of approximately $90 million to $100 million.
- 2015
Citrix adds full Windows 10 support to desktop-virtualization products[1]
Product generation · Product launch
Citrix announced full support for Windows 10 in its desktop-virtualization products, extending its long-running integration with Microsoft's operating-system ecosystem.
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