Editing Citrix Systems (section)

===Rise in popularity===
Citrix had its [[initial public offering]] in December 1995.<ref name=MiamiHerald12>{{cite news |title=Citrix through the years: A timeline |work=[[The Miami Herald]] |date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref> On its first day of trading, the company's share price doubled from $15 to $30.<ref name=NetIndustries/> During the mid-1990s, Citrix became the leader of its growing industry with very few competitors, and the company's revenues doubled year over year between 1995 and 1999.<ref name=Gibbs99/>

After weeks of discussion, Iacobucci persuaded Microsoft to license Citrix technology for Windows NT Server 4.0, resulting in Windows Terminal Server Edition in 1998.<ref name=Gibbs99/><ref name=Freer97/><ref name=ESJ98/> This agreement allowed Citrix to keep its position in the marketplace and be NT 4.0 compatible.<ref name=Maney97/> Citrix also earned $75 million and a royalty arrangement valued at approximately $100 million.<ref name=Maney97/><ref name=MiamiHerald12/>

Citrix released MetaFrame 1.0 in conjunction with Terminal Server Edition. Due to weaknesses in Microsoft's [[Remote Desktop Protocol]] (RDP), Terminal Server Edition worked best with Citrix's ICA protocol which MetaFrame used. This meant that Citrix technology was purchased and installed on most machines that ran Terminal Server Edition.<ref name=Freer97>{{cite news |title=Citrix rebounds – after a close call with Bill Gates |author=Jim Freer |url=http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1997/06/23/focus6.html |work=[[American City Business Journals|South Florida Business Journal]] |date=June 23, 1997 |access-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201074543/http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/1997/06/23/focus6.html |archive-date=1 February 2009 }}</ref><ref name=ESJ98>{{cite news |title=WinFrame, MetaFrame and Terminal Server: The Difference Is ICA |url=http://esj.com/articles/1998/07/15/winframe-metaframe-and-terminal-server-the-difference-is-ica.aspx |work=Enterprise Systems Journal |date=July 15, 1998 |access-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142726/http://esj.com/articles/1998/07/15/winframe-metaframe-and-terminal-server-the-difference-is-ica.aspx |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref>

In 1997, the company opened a new headquarters in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]. It also opened offices in [[Sydney]], [[London]], and [[Paris]] that same year.<ref name=MiamiHerald12/>

In 1998, [[Mark B. Templeton|Mark Templeton]] became the CEO of Citrix after serving as vice president of marketing.<ref name=MiamiHerald12/> That year, Citrix also licensed its ICA protocol to IBM and Key Tronics.<ref name=NetIndustries/> In 1999, Citrix licensed its ICA protocol to [[Motorola]] for use in digital wireless handsets.<ref name=Gibbs99/>

During 1999, Citrix's thin-client model became a software trend, and the company's customers increased to 15 million.<ref name=NetIndustries/> Major clients included [[Sears]], [[AT&T]], and [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]].<ref name=Freer97/><ref name=Maney97/> In 2000, the burst of the [[dot-com bubble]] led to Iacobucci leaving the company and CEO Mark Templeton being demoted to the president and senior executive officer. Templeton was later reinstated in 2001.<ref name=MiamiHerald12/><ref name=Bryant12>{{cite news |title=Paint by Numbers or Connect the Dots |author=Adam Bryant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/business/mark-templeton-of-citrix-on-the-big-career-choice.html?_r=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=16 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165410/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/business/mark-templeton-of-citrix-on-the-big-career-choice.html?_r=1 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref>