<s>
Citrix	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
multinational	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
technology	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
server	B-General_Concept
,	O
application	O
and	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
,	O
networking	O
,	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
products	O
were	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
use	O
by	O
over	O
400,000	O
clients	O
worldwide	O
,	O
including	O
99%	O
of	O
the	O
Fortune	O
100	O
,	O
and	O
98%	O
of	O
the	O
Fortune	O
500	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
by	O
developing	O
remote	O
access	O
products	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
licensing	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
throughout	O
its	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
came	O
to	O
prominence	O
as	O
an	O
industry	O
leader	O
in	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
technology	O
,	O
enabling	O
purpose-built	O
devices	O
to	O
access	O
remote	O
servers	O
and	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
Sequoia	O
Software	O
Corp	O
.	O
in	O
2001	O
and	O
ExpertCity	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
remote	O
desktop	B-Protocol
products	O
,	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
dozen	O
other	O
acquisitions	O
from	O
2005	O
to	O
2012	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
Citrix	B-Application
to	O
expand	O
into	O
server	B-General_Concept
and	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
,	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
Framehawk	O
and	O
used	O
its	O
technology	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
delivery	O
of	O
virtual	O
desktops	O
and	O
applications	B-Application
over	O
wireless	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
US	O
$1.8	O
billion	O
product	O
deal	O
with	O
LogMeIn	B-Application
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
spun	O
off	O
the	O
GoTo	B-Application
product	O
line	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
business	O
entity	O
,	O
entitled	O
GetGo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
completed	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
GetGo	O
with	O
LogMeIn	B-Application
's	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
had	O
its	O
corporate	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Fort	O
Lauderdale	O
,	O
Florida	O
,	O
with	O
subsidiary	O
operations	O
in	O
California	O
and	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
development	O
centers	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
Denmark	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
generated	O
$3.2	O
billion	O
in	O
revenue	O
and	O
had	O
9,700	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Vista	O
Equity	O
Partners	O
and	O
Evergreen	O
Coast	O
Capital	O
Corp	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
merged	O
with	O
TIBCO	O
Software	O
under	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Software	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
spun	O
off	O
the	O
re-branded	O
Citrix	B-Protocol
ADC	I-Protocol
back	O
into	O
a	O
standalone	O
entity	O
Netscaler	B-Protocol
under	O
the	O
same	O
parent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Richardson	O
,	O
Texas	O
,	O
in	O
1989	O
by	O
former	O
IBM	O
developer	O
Ed	O
Iacobucci	O
with	O
$3	O
million	O
in	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iacobucci	O
served	O
as	O
chairman	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
Roger	O
Roberts	O
became	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
Citrix	B-Application
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
named	O
Citrus	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
after	O
an	O
existing	O
company	O
claimed	O
trademark	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Citrix	B-Application
name	O
is	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
Citrus	B-Operating_System
and	O
UNIX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
was	O
Citrix	B-Application
Multiuser	B-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
OS/2	B-Application
developed	O
over	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
licensed	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
source	O
code	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
developed	O
its	O
own	O
Independent	B-Protocol
Computing	I-Protocol
Architecture	I-Protocol
(	O
ICA	O
)	O
protocol	O
for	O
Citrix	B-Application
Multiuser	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiuser	B-Operating_System
allowed	O
multiple	B-Operating_System
users	I-Operating_System
working	O
on	O
separate	O
computers	O
remote	O
access	O
to	O
software	O
on	O
a	O
server	B-General_Concept
,	O
even	O
from	O
computers	O
not	O
built	O
to	O
run	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
days	O
before	O
the	O
product	O
launched	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
switching	O
from	O
OS/2	B-Application
to	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
switch	O
made	O
Multiuser	B-Operating_System
nearly	O
unusable	O
without	O
significant	O
changes	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
or	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
discussed	O
closing	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
but	O
investments	O
from	O
Intel	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Kleiner	O
Perkins	O
Caufield	O
&	O
Byers	O
among	O
others	O
,	O
allowed	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Multiuser	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
DOS	B-Device
applications	B-Application
and	O
allowed	O
up	O
to	O
five	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
released	O
a	O
new	O
remote	O
applications	B-Application
server	B-General_Concept
,	O
WinView	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
launched	O
WinFrame	O
,	O
a	O
multi-user	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
based	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
product	O
allowed	O
up	O
to	O
15	O
users	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
had	O
its	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
in	O
December	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
became	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
its	O
growing	O
industry	O
with	O
very	O
few	O
competitors	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
revenues	O
doubled	O
year	O
over	O
year	O
between	O
1995	O
and	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
weeks	O
of	O
discussions	O
,	O
Iacobucci	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
persuade	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
agree	O
to	O
license	O
Citrix	B-Application
technology	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
Server	I-Device
4.0	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
Terminal	O
Server	B-General_Concept
Edition	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
agreement	O
allowed	O
Citrix	B-Application
to	O
keep	O
its	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
marketplace	O
and	O
be	O
NT	O
4.0	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
also	O
earned	O
$75	O
million	O
through	O
the	O
agreement	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
royalty	O
arrangement	O
that	O
was	O
valued	O
at	O
approximately	O
$100	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
released	O
MetaFrame	O
1.0	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Terminal	O
Server	B-General_Concept
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
weaknesses	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Remote	B-Protocol
Desktop	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
RDP	O
)	O
,	O
Terminal	O
Server	B-General_Concept
Edition	O
worked	O
best	O
using	O
the	O
ICA	O
protocol	O
developed	O
by	O
Citrix	B-Application
and	O
found	O
in	O
MetaFrame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
Citrix	B-Application
technology	O
was	O
purchased	O
and	O
installed	O
on	O
most	O
machines	O
running	O
Terminal	O
Server	B-General_Concept
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Mark	O
Templeton	O
became	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
Citrix	B-Application
after	O
serving	O
as	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
licensed	O
its	O
ICA	O
protocol	O
to	O
Motorola	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
digital	O
wireless	O
handsets	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
thin-client	B-Device
model	O
Citrix	B-Application
used	O
,	O
became	O
a	O
software	O
trend	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
customers	O
increased	O
to	O
15	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
the	O
Sequoia	O
Software	O
Corp	O
.	O
for	O
$185	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
later	O
rebranded	O
by	O
Citrix	B-Application
as	O
Presentation	O
Server	B-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
9	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
10%	O
job	O
cut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
ExpertCity	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
remote	O
desktop	B-Protocol
products	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
for	O
$225	O
million	O
in	O
cash	O
and	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
gained	O
ExpertCity	O
's	O
existing	O
products	O
GoToMyPC	B-Protocol
and	O
GoToAssist	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
ExpertCity	O
became	O
the	O
Citrix	B-Application
Online	O
division	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
introduced	O
Citrix	B-Protocol
GoToMeeting	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
acceleration	O
hardware	O
maker	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
in	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
offer	O
optimized	O
application	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
entered	O
the	O
server	B-General_Concept
and	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
market	O
with	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
XenSource	B-Operating_System
in	O
August	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
expanded	O
cloud	B-Architecture
and	O
Infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
Service	I-General_Concept
(	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
offerings	O
in	O
August	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
VMLogix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
entered	O
the	O
European	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
market	O
with	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Netviewer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
its	O
Presentation	O
Server	B-General_Concept
product	O
line	O
to	O
XenApp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
an	O
expanded	O
alliance	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
on	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
460	O
employee	O
positions	O
would	O
be	O
cut	O
,	O
comprising	O
10%	O
of	O
its	O
workforce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
bring	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
products	O
to	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
added	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
to	O
its	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
became	O
a	O
leader	O
in	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Cloud.com,	O
provider	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
infrastructure	O
for	O
companies	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
began	O
offering	O
VDI-in-a-box	O
to	O
small	O
and	O
medium	O
businesses	O
with	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Kaviza	O
in	O
May	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
acquired	O
technology	O
for	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
file	O
sharing	O
and	O
storage	O
through	O
its	O
purchase	O
of	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
in	O
October	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
Virtual	O
Computer	O
,	O
maker	O
of	O
intelligent	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
entered	O
the	O
mobile	O
video	O
and	O
telecom	O
markets	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
when	O
the	O
company	O
acquired	O
ByteMobile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenprise	O
's	O
Mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
management	O
(	O
MAM	O
)	O
technology	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
XenMobile	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
Framehawk	O
in	O
January	O
2014	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
technology	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
delivery	O
of	O
virtual	O
desktops	O
and	O
applications	B-Application
over	O
wireless	O
networks	O
,	O
including	O
cellular	O
,	O
where	O
speed	O
and	O
quality	O
may	O
be	O
poor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
acquired	O
Scalextreme	O
to	O
bolster	O
its	O
cloud	B-Architecture
capabilities	O
for	O
its	O
core	O
business	O
unit	O
of	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
and	O
Xenapp	O
such	O
as	O
auto	O
scaling	O
,	O
patching	O
and	O
automation	O
of	O
complex	O
deployments	O
from	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
700	O
full-time	O
and	O
200	O
contractor	O
positions	O
would	O
be	O
eliminated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
employed	O
approximately	O
9,500	O
people	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
its	O
November	O
restructure	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
eliminate	O
nearly	O
700	O
full-time	O
jobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
had	O
approximately	O
9,700	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
reported	O
net	O
income	O
of	O
$251.7	O
million	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
down	O
from	O
$339.5	O
million	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Kirill	O
Tatarinov	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
Microsoft	O
executive	O
,	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
Citrix	B-Application
and	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Boston-based	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
company	O
LogMeIn	B-Application
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
spun	O
off	O
its	O
GoTo	B-Application
product	O
line	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
GoToMeeting	B-Protocol
,	O
GoToWebinar	B-Protocol
,	O
GoToWebcast	O
,	O
GoToTraining	O
,	O
GoToAssist	B-Protocol
and	O
GoToMyPC	B-Protocol
,	O
into	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
called	O
GetGo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
completed	O
a	O
merger	O
through	O
which	O
GetGo	O
became	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
LogMeIn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
expanded	O
its	O
partnership	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
add	O
support	O
to	O
run	O
Citrix	B-Application
XenApp	O
on	O
its	O
Chrome	B-Operating_System
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
including	O
graphics	O
processing	O
unit	O
acceleration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
,	O
the	O
companies	O
announced	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
to	O
allow	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
to	O
deploy	O
virtualized	B-General_Concept
apps	O
and	O
desktops	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
told	O
regulators	O
of	O
plans	O
to	O
lay	O
off	O
staff	O
"	O
across	O
most	O
functions	O
"	O
and	O
consolidate	O
offices	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
2017	O
into	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
unveiled	O
its	O
Citrix	B-Application
Analytics	O
security	O
software	O
at	O
the	O
2017	O
Citrix	B-Application
Synergy	O
conference	O
in	O
Orlando	O
,	O
Florida	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
software	I-Application
detects	O
and	O
responds	O
to	O
security	O
threats	O
by	O
relying	O
on	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
unveiled	O
its	O
Citrix	B-Application
Analytics	O
for	O
Performance	O
at	O
the	O
2019	O
Citrix	B-Application
Summit	O
conference	O
in	O
Orlando	O
,	O
Florida	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
changed	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
to	O
represent	O
its	O
shift	O
to	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
operating	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
dropped	O
its	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
and	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
brand	O
names	O
:	O
XenApp	O
and	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
became	O
Citrix	B-Application
Virtual	O
Apps	O
and	O
Desktops	O
;	O
XenMobile	B-Application
became	O
Citrix	B-Application
Endpoint	I-Application
Management	I-Application
;	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
integration	O
became	O
Citrix	B-Application
Content	O
Collaboration	O
;	O
XenServer	B-Operating_System
became	O
Citrix	B-Application
Hypervisor	B-Operating_System
;	O
Cedexis	O
became	O
Citrix	B-Application
Intelligent	O
Traffic	O
Management	O
;	O
and	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
products	O
kept	O
their	O
identities	O
,	O
yet	O
the	O
"	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
"	O
brand	O
name	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
"	O
Citrix	B-Protocol
ADC	I-Protocol
"	O
for	O
Application	O
Delivery	O
Controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Tom	O
Krause	O
would	O
succeed	O
Robert	O
Calderoni	O
as	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
following	O
its	O
merger	O
with	O
TIBCO	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
$4.55	O
billion-equivalent	O
cross-border	O
term	O
loan	O
to	O
back	O
Vista	O
Equity	O
and	O
Evergreen	O
Coast	O
Capital	O
's	O
$16.5	O
billion	O
buyout	O
of	O
Citrix	B-Application
and	O
merger	O
with	O
Vista	O
portfolio	O
company	O
TIBCO	O
Software	O
to	O
form	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Software	O
Group	O
(	O
CSG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
merge	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
Hypervisor	B-Operating_System
product	O
split	O
from	O
Citrix	B-Application
making	O
it	O
a	O
standalone	O
business	O
under	O
CSG	O
and	O
rechristened	O
as	O
XenServer	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
is	O
governed	O
by	O
a	O
ten-member	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
has	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Fort	O
Lauderdale	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
research	O
and	O
development	O
centers	O
are	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
Greece	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
licenses	O
its	O
services	O
and	O
products	O
directly	O
to	O
clients	O
,	O
including	O
IT	O
professionals	O
,	O
SMEs	O
,	O
and	O
through	O
companies	O
called	O
value-added	O
resellers	O
that	O
resell	O
the	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
after	O
adding	O
additional	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
was	O
publicly	O
traded	O
under	O
the	O
ticker	O
symbol	O
CTXS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
generated	O
$3.01	O
billion	O
in	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Citrix	B-Application
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
in	O
a	O
$16.5	O
billion	O
deal	O
by	O
affiliates	O
of	O
Vista	O
Equity	O
Partners	O
and	O
Evergreen	O
Coast	O
Capital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
all-cash	O
acquisition	O
will	O
see	O
Citrix	B-Application
merge	O
with	O
TIBCO	O
,	O
a	O
Vista	O
portfolio	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
already	O
been	O
reported	O
that	O
Citrix	B-Application
will	O
go	O
private	O
through	O
this	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
has	O
expanded	O
and	O
added	O
new	O
products	O
,	O
technologies	O
,	O
and	O
services	O
through	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
acquisitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
first	O
acquisition	O
was	O
DataPac	B-Protocol
in	O
1997	O
,	O
which	O
Citrix	B-Application
purchased	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
utilize	O
DataPac	B-Protocol
's	O
technology	O
and	O
its	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
Asia-Pacific	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
major	O
acquisitions	O
include	O
ExpertCity	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
in	O
2005	O
,	O
XenSource	B-Operating_System
in	O
2007	O
and	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
has	O
acquired	O
nearly	O
50	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
paid	O
$200	O
million	O
to	O
acquire	O
Sapho	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
startup	O
that	O
develops	O
micro	O
apps	O
for	O
workers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
acquire	O
Wrike	B-Application
for	O
$2.25	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
creates	O
software	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
individuals	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
to	O
work	O
and	O
collaborate	O
remotely	O
regardless	O
of	O
device	B-Operating_System
or	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
areas	O
the	O
company	O
works	O
in	O
are	O
desktop	B-Protocol
and	O
apps	O
;	O
Desktop	B-Protocol
as	I-Protocol
a	I-Protocol
Service	I-Protocol
(	O
DaaS	O
)	O
;	O
networking	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
;	O
and	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
products	O
related	O
to	O
desktop	B-Protocol
and	O
application	B-Operating_System
virtualization	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
tools	O
allow	O
access	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
desktops	O
and	O
applications	B-Application
independently	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
they	O
are	O
actually	O
on	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
any	O
device	B-Operating_System
with	O
any	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
XenApp	O
provides	O
application	B-Operating_System
virtualization	I-Operating_System
(	O
now	O
integrated	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
and	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
XenDesktop	I-General_Concept
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
VDI-in-a-Box	O
and	O
XenClient	O
all	O
provide	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DesktopPlayer	O
for	O
Mac	O
allows	O
online	O
and	O
offline	O
access	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
virtual	O
desktops	O
from	O
Macs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
Cloud	B-Architecture
is	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
building	O
and	O
delivering	O
desktops	O
and	O
applications	B-Application
from	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
allows	O
companies	O
and	O
organizations	O
to	O
sync	O
and	O
share	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XenMobile	B-Application
offers	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
and	O
device	B-Operating_System
management	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
Receiver	I-Application
is	O
a	O
client	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
that	O
allows	O
universal	O
access	O
to	O
virtual	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
desktops	O
,	O
and	O
AppDNA	O
,	O
software	O
that	O
provides	O
application	O
migration	O
and	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
users	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
HDX	O
protocol	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
RDS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
this	O
protocol	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
buffer	O
between	O
the	O
users	O
and	O
the	O
server	B-General_Concept
,	O
compressing	O
the	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
meantime	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
technology	O
enables	O
service	O
providers	O
to	O
provide	O
Desktop	B-Protocol
as	I-Protocol
a	I-Protocol
Service	I-Protocol
(	O
DaaS	O
)	O
offerings	O
to	O
their	O
customers	O
,	O
including	O
business	O
apps	O
and	O
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
products	O
include	O
:	O
Worx	O
Mobile	B-Application
Apps	I-Application
for	O
secure	O
email	O
,	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
and	O
document	O
sharing	O
;	O
and	O
Citrix	B-Application
Workspace	I-Application
Suite	O
for	O
mobile	O
workspaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
products	O
related	O
to	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
networking	O
include	O
Citrix	B-Application
XenServer	B-Operating_System
for	O
server	B-General_Concept
virtualization	I-General_Concept
and	O
its	O
NetScaler	B-Protocol
brand	O
of	O
network	B-Architecture
appliances	I-Architecture
,	O
including	O
WAN	O
optimization	O
devices	O
,	O
Software-Defined	B-Architecture
WAN	I-Architecture
delivery	O
equipment	O
,	O
Application	O
Delivery	O
Controllers	O
(	O
ADC	O
)	O
,	O
Gateways	O
,	O
and	O
AppFirewall	O
web	O
application	O
firewall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
this	O
are	O
managed	O
by	O
their	O
cloud	B-Architecture
management	O
software	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
has	O
ByteMobile	O
Adaptive	O
Traffic	O
Management	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
optimize	O
mobile	O
video	O
services	O
through	O
traffic	O
management	O
,	O
policy	O
control	O
and	O
caching	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
ByteMobile	O
Insight	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
mobile	O
data	O
and	O
subscriber	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
products	O
are	O
focused	O
on	O
collaboration	O
and	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
offerings	O
include	O
Podio	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
collaboration	O
service	O
,	O
and	O
OpenVoice	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
audio	O
conferencing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
employees	O
are	O
allowed	O
to	O
take	O
two	O
paid	O
volunteer	O
days	O
each	O
year	O
and	O
participate	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
annual	O
"	O
Global	O
Day	O
of	O
Impact	O
"	O
—	O
an	O
event	O
that	O
encourages	O
Citrix	B-Application
employees	O
to	O
volunteer	O
in	O
their	O
local	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
its	O
Fort	O
Lauderdale	O
headquarters	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
has	O
provided	O
business	O
training	O
to	O
non-profit	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
philanthropic	O
activities	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
has	O
donated	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
open-source	O
technology	O
to	O
non-profit	O
software	O
organizations	O
to	O
continue	O
its	O
development	O
and	O
gain	O
more	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
gave	O
Cloudstack	B-General_Concept
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Foundation	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
hypervisor	I-Operating_System
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
