Citrix Acquires QuickTree

Citrix Systems has announced it has acquired QuickTree, a small privately-held software technology provider on the forefront of addressing the key security and performance challenges of XML and web services. This move will strengthen Citrix’s end-to-end application delivery infrastructure by enabling it to incorporate more robust XML processing capabilities across the Citrix application networking product line.

Citrix will integrate the QuickTree technology into the AppExpert policy framework used by its application networking products to configure application-specific and user-specific policies.

The new XML-fluent AppExpert capabilities will first be applied to the company’s NetScaler product line, enhancing its application traffic management, attack defense and optimisation features.

“Citrix continues to research, develop and acquire leading technologies that give the company a unique position in the market, solving the complete end-to-end application delivery challenge for companies of all sizes,” said Klaus Oestermann, vice president and general manager for Application Networking at Citrix. “As Web 2.0 technologies for the enterprise emerge, we see the increasing need for the entire application delivery infrastructure to be more XML-fluent. With the acquisition of QuickTree’s core technology and engineering talent, Citrix is staying ahead of that trend and allowing its customers to remain on the cutting edge.”