Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization

1. ORGANIZATION

Citrix Systems, Inc. ("Citrix" or the "Company"), is a Delaware corporation founded on April 17, 1989. The Company designs, develops and markets technology solutions that enable IT services to be securely delivered on demand – independent of location, device or network. The Company’s customers may achieve lower IT operating costs, increased information security, and greater business agility using the Company’s technologies that enable virtual computing. The Company markets and licenses its products directly to enterprise customers, over the Web, and through systems integrators (“SIs”), in addition to indirectly through value-added resellers (“VARs”), value-added distributors (“VADs”) and original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”).