Flexera
Flexera is an American computer software company based in Itasca, Illinois.
Type | Investment company |
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Founded | 1988 |
Headquarters | , |
Website | www |
History
On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Bravo investment fund,[1] which became Acresso Software. Macrovision subsequently changed its name to Rovi Corporation.
In October 2009, Acresso Software, Inc. became Flexera Software[2] after a clash with a company of similar name.
Flexera acquired Australian based ManageSoft in 2010.[3] Managesoft was OSA (Open Software Associates), which itself came out of HP's Australian Software Organisation.
On July 19, 2011 Thoma Bravo sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011.[4]
On September 26, 2018, Flexera acquired RightScale for an undisclosed amount.[5]
On June 5, 2019, Flexera acquired Asheville, NC based RISC Networks for an undisclosed amount.[6]
On February 5, 2020, Flexera acquired software usage analytics Company Revulytics.[7][8] In August 2020, for the third straight year, Flexera has been ranked in the Gartner Magic Quadrant 's Leaders quadrant for Software Asset Management Tools (July 2020).
See also
References
- Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Macrovision's Software Business Unit
- Acresso who? Macrovision spinoff changes name, again
- Flexera Software Acquires ManageSoft
- "Flexera's Owners Pursue Sale for Up to $3 Billion". bloomberg. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- MSV, Janakiram. "Flexera Acquires RightScale - The Multi-Cloud Management Platform Company". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- Dignan, Larry. "Flexera buys RISC Networks to bolster cloud migration efforts". ZDnet. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- jirehl. "Flexera Expands Into Critical Software Usage Analytics Space | The Software Report". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- "Flexera acquires software usage analytics startup Revulytics". Tech News | Startups News. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-28.