Flexera
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| Company type | Technology company |
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| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | www |
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Flexera is an American computer software company based in Itasca, Illinois.
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". Archived from the original on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ Acresso who? Macrovision spinoff changes name, again
- ^ Flexera Software Acquires ManageSoft
- ^ "Flexera's Owners Pursue Sale for Up to $3 Billion". Bloomberg.com. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
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