Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS)

Lots of upside here.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/01/26/citrix-buys-in-to-the-future.aspx

Citrix Buys In to the Future

Virtualization specialist Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS ) continues to chug along, riding the cloud to riches, albeit with the occasional speed bump.

The company reported fourth-quarter earnings recently, with total revenue climbing 17% to $619.4 million. After everything was said and done, non-GAAP earnings per share jumped by a fifth to $0.78. Unfortunately, investors aren't too impressed, with shares finishing the day down 3.8%. Are shareholders asking for too much? Or is their skepticism deserved?

One reason Citrix lagged today is that first-quarter profit guidance came in on the light side. While the expected revenue range of $555 million to $565 million plays reasonably well with the consensus estimate of $561.4 million, the bottom-line forecast of $0.49 to $0.51 per share was shy of the $0.56 the Street is looking for.

The scaled-back bottom line projection is due to Citrix's investment in development, consulting, and sales teams meant to facilitate growth in the future. Citrix has also been acquiring smaller players here and there this quarter to strengthen its cloud and data sharing offerings, such as App-DNA and ShareFile.

CFO David Henshall said he expects some of the acquisitions to be dilutive to consolidated earnings in the near term, but they should become accretive toward the tail end of this year as Citrix builds out capacity.

Citrix also partnered with Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO ) near the beginning of the quarter to accelerate large-scale deployments of desktop virtualization.

Citrix's guidance differs slightly from rival VMWare's (NYSE: VMW ) , which reported earlier this week. VMWare's guidance was healthy enough to top forecasts and brush aside fears of broader IT spending growth, although it said it was still a tad cautious.

Investing in the future is the right call to make, especially with a space as important as virtualization. Shareholders dumping shares today because Citrix may take a short-term dip on the bottom line for the sake of long-term growth up top are myopic.

I'm even following up my words with a thumbs-up CAPScall today. Virtualization isn't slowing down anytime soon, and neither will Citrix.

no debt

Technical breakdown in the CLOUD

valuation crazy due to 'its cloud credentials'

earnings beat

Consistent performer.

Cloud tech is way to go, particularly with the mobilization of computing. Our company just switched from NetMeeting to Go To Meeting with this as one of the factors.

Citrix has most advanced Terminal Server solutions and one the best VDI solutions. As thin/virtual desktop is becoming more and more important for enterprises I guess Citrix will do good in this area. Even Microsoft today for large deployments recommends Citrix as VDI platform to run on top of their Hyper-V.

One of the most important producer of VDI(Virtual Desktop infrastructure)..the new era for the pc

"Go To" company for remote meetings, tech support, and PC access

Cloud Computing is the future.....

Like VMWare, Citrix is set to benefit from the move to cloud computing which really has only just got going. Small business will outsource all IT and maintain their data on the cloud, giving low costs and access anywhere from any device. They also have a solid relationship with Microsoft.

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Citrix Systems is an early Pioneer in the Server-Dumb Terminal computer archecture Model where the user communicates with the Server Network over a relatively Dumb terminal. All of or at least most of the Application software resides on the server, the client accesses the software applications through at terminal.

A newer Citrix Systems offering is Go-To-Meeting(R) where meetings are held over the network rather than aboard a Cruse Ship to Paradise, otherwise known as Hawaii. Personally, KCFA would prefer the cruse to the vertual meeting over the network; the virtual meeting IS more cost-effective; way, way less Fun.

Kahuna, CFA

open sharing / collaboration / sharing

Virtualization of IT infrastructure is the way to go, to decrease costs.

Rumours on overtake. Already a bit pricy but anyway Citrix is a long term benefactor of the IT trend of providing software as a service as it provides virtualization technology.

good products