I have outlined in a previous article written on Frameworkx.com named "Citrix leaves adolescence, enters adulthood" the history of Citrix and how far they have come, pointing out the long road for the 19-year-old company that is now reaching maturity; I see this new post as sort of an extension to that one and I hope you can do the same.

I browse Citrix website a lot and once and awhile I find things that are really valuable, like this page that lists every single significant event in the history of Citrix.

1989:
Incorporated in Delaware (April)
Edward Iacobucci (founder) set up first office in Richardson, Texas
Microsoft granted Citrix OS/2® license
Introduced Citrix ICA
Secured $3 million in first-round venture capital ($1 per share)
Relocated to Florida (Coral Springs)
Hired first 5 engineers
Employees: 18

1990:
$3 million second-round financing secured
Attended first tradeshow: COMDEX Spring
Debut of Citrix MULTIUSER OS/2
Employees: approximately 30

1991:
Shipping of first product: Citrix Multi-User
$5 million third-round financing secured
Net revenues: $300,000
Employees: approximately 40

1992:
Citrix multi-user V.2.0 shipped.
Licensing agreement with Microsoft for Windows NT Server
Application access agreement with Novell
Introduction of A+ Server Series, delivering Netware support
650 resellers signed up
Net revenues: $1.8 million
Employees: approximately 50

1993:
WinView for Networks shipped
WinView v.2.2 shipped
Tech-Data signed as first national distributor
Launch of Authorized Reseller Program
Net revenues: $5 million
Employees: approximately 65

1994:
Five-year anniversary celebration
WinView v.2.3 and TCP/IP for WinView shipped
Internet initiative with FTP software
Networld + Interop: Best of Show for WinView 2.3
Named to the Industry 100 (Soft*letter)
Net revenues: $10 million
Employees: approximately 65

1995:
Launch of Citrix WinFrame
Tektronix and Wyse became Citrix OEMs
Launch of the Windows-based Terminal (WBT) concept
Citrix named remote computing market leader (GartnerGroup)
IPO Dec. 8; stock opened at $15, closed at $30
Net Revenues: $14.5 million
Employees: approximately 80

1996:
Expansion of Citrix WinFrame® product line (WinFrame/Access, WinFrame/Enterprise)
Ingram-Micro signed as distributor
Launch of CSN channel program (Citrix Solutions Network^TM)
Citrix ICA agreements with Microsoft (for Internet Explorer) and Sun Microsystems
Inc. 100: Citrix ranked #18
Market capitalization: $1.1 billion
Net revenues: $44 million
Employees: approximately 146

1997:
Opened new headquarters building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Citrix and Microsoft announced 5-year joint marketing/development and licensing of Citrix MultiWin^TM for $175 million
Datapac acquisition completed; the first acquisition by Citrix which established Citrix's Pacific sales, marketing and development organization
Market capitalization: $2.2 billion
Net Revenues: $123.9 million
Employees: approximately 300

...The list of years go on and on until present day (1989-2008). It's so cool to see the evolvement of the company and better yet I can say that I'm proud to be someone who made part of this history, in fact many of my friends that are still working for Citrix are very proud of that as well.

To continue learning about Citrix achievements over the years, check out Citrix website here.

regards,

Gus Pinto - Technology Evangelist
Microsoft MVP | gus.pinto@citrix.com