NetIQ explained

NetIQ
Type:Subsidiary
Industry:Computer software
Fate:Acquired by The Attachmate Group
Foundation:San Jose, California, U.S.
Location City:Houston, Texas
Location Country:United States
Key People:Jay Gardner (President and GM)
Parent:OpenText

NetIQ is a security software company. In 2023 it was acquired by OpenText.

NetIQ was previously based in Houston, Texas, with products that provide identity and access management, security and data center management. Its flagship offerings are NetIQ Identity Manager and NetIQ Access Manager.

OpenText has owned NetIQ since 2023 after its acquisition of Micro Focus, which acquired The Attachmate Group, which acquired NetIQ in 2006,[1] six years after the latter acquired Mission Critical Software.[2] [3]

History

NetIQ was founded by Ching-fa Hwang, Her-daw Che, Hon Wong, Ken Prayoon Cheng and Tom Kemp in September 1995;[4] AppManager was introduced in 1996.[5] Their February 2000 merger with Mission Critical Software[2] widened the company's focus to include systems management as well as performance.[6] [7]

In 2001, NetIQ acquired Webtrends, whose software "monitors corporate Internet traffic."[8] [9] — which they sold in 2005.[10]

In 2006, NetIQ was acquired by AttachmateWRQ,[11] After that company acquired Novell in 2011,[12] it changed its name to The Attachmate Group. NetIQ added identity and security products as well as data center and virtualization[13] to their offerings. It was the Attachmate acquisition that led to the alignment of NetIQ products into three categories:[14]

In 2014, The Attachmate Group was merged into Micro Focus International.[16] NetIQ also announced the use of an Identity Manager number 4.5.[17]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: . 3 Private Equity Firms Agree To Buy Novell for $2.2 Billion - Web Log ... . Evelyn M. . Rusli . November 23, 2010.
  2. News: . Mission Critical Software and NetIQ Plan $1.42 Billion Merger . Carolyn . Koo . February 29, 2000.
  3. News: Deogun . Nikhil . Mission Critical and NetIQ Plan To Merge in $1.42 Billion Deal - WSJ . 2024-03-10 . . en-US.
  4. Web site: UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Washington, D.C. 20549 .
  5. News: . Partners and rivals announce products at MS Management Summit . April 2, 2007.
  6. Web site: A look at NetIQ AppManager . Dave . Kearns . September 29, 2003 . Network World.
  7. Web site: NetIQ Corporation – Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on NetIQ Corporation . referenceforbusiness.com.
  8. News: . NetIQ Growth . January 18, 2001 . Victoria . Shannon . .. would buy WebTrends .. software that monitors corporate Internet traffic..
  9. Web site: NetIQ's WebTrends: Host With the Most. baselinemag.com. August 14, 2002.
  10. News: March 29, 2005 . Technology Briefing - Deals - NetIQ To Sell WebTrends Unit . The New York Times.
  11. Web site: Attachmate buys NetIQ for $495 million . Nancy . Gohring . April 27, 2006 . . dead . April 15, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415192719/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/042706-attachmate-buys-netiq.html.
  12. Web site: Attachmate acquires Novell for $2.2 billion . CBS Interactive . CNET.
  13. Web site: Attachmate Splits Novell Acquisition into NetIQ, SUSE Divisions . eweek.com.
  14. Web site: Micro Focus finalises $1.2b merger deal with Attachmate . 2023-09-22 . ZDNET . en.
  15. Web site: Bending the failed expectations curve: 10 questions with NetIQ's Jay Gardner . Jeff . Cerny . February 1, 2011 . TechRepublic.
  16. Web site: Proposed Merger between Micro Focus and the Attachmate Group to create a leading global infrastructure software company - Micro Focus . microfocus.com . 2015-07-15.
  17. Web site: Atkinson . Doug . 2014-11-04 . NetIQ Releases Identity Manager 4.5 . 2024-03-10 . Solutions Review Technology News and Vendor Reviews . en-US.

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