List of mergers and acquisitions by Citrix

Citrix Systems is an American computer software company that was founded in 1989 by Ed Iacobucci. ^[1] Citrix creates and sells virtualization, cloud computing, networking and SaaS products that aim to provide remote connectivity to workers on a variety of devices. ^{[2] [3]}

The company's first acquisition was DataPac in 1997, which Citrix purchased in order to utilize DataPac's technology and its position in the Asia-Pacific region. ^[4] Key acquisitions that contributed to the company's expansion include ExpertCity in 2004, NetScaler in 2005, XenSource in 2007 and ShareFile in 2011. As of 2015, Citrix had acquired nearly 50 companies. ^[2]

Mergers and acquisitions

No.	Acquired	Company	Business	Country	Derived products	References
1	September 1997	DataPac Australasia	Server-based computing	AUS	Citrix WinFrame	[5] [6] [4] [7]
2	March 1998	Insignia NTrigue	Server-based computing and consumer electronics	USA	Citrix WinFrame	[8] [9]
3	June 1998	APM [10] Ltd.	Java developer	England	Citrix WinFrame and MetaFrame	[11] [12]
4	July 1998	VDOnet	Internet film broadcasting	ISR	Video/audio server technology	[13] [14] [15]
5	July 1999	Viewsoft	Software developer for web-based application	USA	Application Linking and Embedding (ALE) software	[16] [17] [18]
6	February 2000	Innovex Group	Internet consulting company	USA	Citrix Worldwide Customer Service	[19]
7	May 2001	Sequoia Software Corporation	XML-based portal software developer	USA	Citrix NFuse and Metaframe	[20] [21]
8	March 2004	Expertcity	GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting platform developer	USA	SaaS	[22] [23]
9	December 2004	Net6	SSL VPN technology	USA	SSL Access Gateway and Citrix’s MetaFrame Access Suite	[24] [25]
10	August 2005	Netscaler	Application acceleration hardware vendor	USA	Citrix NetScaler	[26] [27]
11	November 2005	Teros	Firewall vendor	USA	Citrix NetScaler Application Firewall	[28] [29]
12	May 2006	Reflectent	Edgesight desktop applications performance-monitoring software developer.	USA	Citrix Web applications performance-measuring software, core client-server applications, Presentation Server	[30]
13	August 2006	Orbital Data	WAN optimization	USA	Citrix WANScaler	[31] [32]
14	January 2007	Ardence Inc.	Server provisioning software developer	USA	Citrix’s Management Systems Group, Provisioning Server	[33] [34]
15	March 2007	thinGenius	Load testing software	USA	Presentation Server and virtual software delivery	[35]
16	February 2007	Aurema	E-commerce	AUS	Greater support for Presentation Server running on Microsoft Longhorn Server	[36]
17	June 2007	Caymas Systems	Identity-based access control	USA	Citrix SSL VPN (enhanced)	[ citation needed ]
18	September 2007	QuickTree	XML security	USA	NetScaler application-acceleration platform, WANScaler WAN-optimization gear, and Citrix Access Gateway SSL VPN device	[37]
19	October 2007	XenSource	Desktop and server virtualization	England	Desktop and server virtualization. XenSource became part of Citrix’s Virtualization & Management Division.	[38] [39]
20	May 2008	sepagoPROFILE	Profile management technology developer	GER	Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp, and User Profile Manager	[40] [41]
21	March 2008	Deterministics Network	Software-based scalable secure network acceleration and bandwidth management	USA	Citrix Deterministics Network	[42]
22	2009	Vidsoft	High definition video streaming	GER	HDFaces within GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and GoToTraining	[43]
23	November 2008	Vapps	High definition audio conference call equipment	USA	GoToMeeting	[44]
24	February 2010	Paglo Labs	SaaS-based IT management	USA	GoToManage	[45]
25	August 2010	VMLogix Inc.	Virtualization automation and management	USA	XenServer	[46] [47]
26	February 2011	Netviewer	SaaS vendor in collaboration and IT services	GER	Citrix’s online services division	[48] [49]
27	February 2011	EMS-Cortex	Cloud services provisioning and management	NZ	XenApp, Cloud Portal Services Manager	[50] [51]
28	May 2011	Kaviza	Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) developer	USA	VDI-in-a-box	[52] [53]
29	July 2011	Cloud.com	Cloud computing	USA	Citrix CloudPlatform OpenStack, open source cloud stack	[54]
30	August 2011	RingCube	Personalized virtual desktop	USA	XenDesktop	[55] [56]
31	October 2011	ShareFile	Enterprise file-sharing solution	USA	ShareFile	[57]
32	October 2011	App-DNA	Software migration	EU	Citrix Desktop Transformation Model	[58]
33	February 2012	Apere	Network security	USA	Software as a service (SaaS), Single sign-on Security (SSO)	[59] [60]
34	April 2012	Podio	Cloud-based social network for businesses	DEN	GoTo cloud services	[61] [62]
35	May 2012	Virtual Computer	Virtual desktop technology	USA	XenClient	[63]
36	July 2012	Bytemobile	Mobile data and video optimization	USA	NetScaler	[64] [65]
37	September 2012	Beetil	Cloud-based service desk technology provider	NZ	GoToAssist	[66]
38	January 2013	Zenprise	Mobile device management	USA	XenMobile	[67]
39	September 2013	Byte Squared	iPad document editing	England	ShareFile	[68]
40	December 2013	Skytide	iPad document editing	England	ByteMobile	[69] [70]
41	January 2014	FrameHawk	Mobile delivery of virtual desktop	USA	HDX technology for XenApp and XenDesktop	[71]
42	May 2014	ScaleXtreme	Application management	USA	Workspace Services	[72]
43	August 2014	Virtual	Android and IOS virtualization	USA	Enterprise mobility products	[73] [74]
44	October 2014	RightSignature	Online signing tools	USA	ShareFile	[75]
45	November 2014	Solid Instance	Microsoft Windows virtual application delivery	USA	Virtual desktop delivery	[76]
46	December 2014	Octoblu	Networking	USA	Citrix Octoblu	[77]
47	January 2015	Sanbolic	Storage virtualization	USA	Melio	[78]
48	April 2015	Grasshopper	Telephone services	USA	GoToMeeting, GoToTraining, GoToWebinar, ShareFile, and OpenVoice	[79] [80]
49	September 2016	Norskale	UEM and application performance optimization	FRA	XenApp, XenDesktop	[81]
50	January 2017	Unidesk		USA	XenApp, XenDesktop	[82]
51	February 2018	Cedexis	Intelligent traffic management	FRA	Citrix ITM	[83] [84]
52	March 2021	Wrike	Project management	USA	Citrix Workspace	[85] [86]
53	January 2025	Unicon	Thin Client OS Vendor	GER		[87] [88]

See also

• Lists of corporate acquisitions and mergers

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