Citrix vs Upland

Citrix Systems, Inc. is an American multinational software company founded in 1989 that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software-as-a-service, and cloud computing technologies. The company began by developing remote access products for Microsoft operating systems. It licensed source code from Microsoft and has been in partnership with the company throughout its history. Citrix came to prominence in the 1990s as a leader in thin client technology. Through several acquisitions in the mid-2000s, the company expanded into server and desktop virtualization, as well as cloud and Infrastructure as a Service.

Upland Software is the producer of a family of project, portfolio, and work management software products formed in 2013, which offers five different lines of cloud applications developed by companies it acquired. Upland grew out of PowerSteering Software, which itself was founded in 1998. PowerSteering Software was founded in 1998, an outgrowth of an earlier incarnation named Cambridge Interactive, which was founded in 1994.