‘It’s a sad day for a company that pioneered the VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) market. It’s a terrible day, with a lot of good Citrix employees with families and kids leaving the company,’ one source tells CRN
The vendor confirmed it was being snapped up by two private equity firms in February
Vista Equity Partners and Elliott Investment Management will combine Citrix with TIBCO to create ‘one of the world’s largest software providers’
Distie celebrates 30th birthday with record year of growth
The exiting CEO had headed up the company since 2017
Bloomberg reports that the software vendor is working with advisors on a potential sale
Carol Valette has also held roles at HPE, Cisco, WorldCom and IBM
Pilkku Aasma has been appointed as vendor’s new vice president for partner sales in EMEA
Purchase of Wrike expected to speed up vendor's cloud and SaaS ambitions
Bytes, SBL and Softcat among selected suppliers