Raxco Explained

Raxco Software Inc. was a Gaithersburg, Maryland software company. Founded in 1978,[1] the company's products have been sold internationally.[2]

The company spun off one division as Axent Technologies; the latter was "acquired by venture capital firms in 1988."[3] Meanwhile Raxco continued with its own product offerings. PerfectDisk becameits flagship software package.[4] [5]

Raxco transitioned from its 1980s[6] and 1990s VAX[7] (VMS)[8] [9] and OpenVMS[10] [11] software product line, and did a management buyout[12] to become a private,[1] independent company.

Interim ownerships

From the later 1990s thru the early 2000s, corporate ownership of the two organizations transitioned:

Raxco, which had retained its identity, then changed its course from VAX/VMS to the PC/Server world in 2003.[16]

Raxco closed operations in May, 2024.[17] All their standalone products will continue to work, but no activations will be made, and no updates or support will be offered. Subscription based products will remain functional until their expiration date.

Raxco Software, Inc.
Industry:Software
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Founded:1978
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Defunct:May 2024
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Products:PerfectDisk, PerfectUpdater,
PerfectRegistry, PerfectGuard, InstantRescue, PerfectFileRecovery
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History

During the 1980s,[6] using the collective name RAXCO Rabbit Software,[18] the company marketed a series of nine software packages for the VAX:

Raxco's VAX product line was still active in the 1990s,[19] even as it was building and expanding its PC Product line.[20] By 2003 the PC desktop and server market became the company's focus.[21]

Product line

Aside from PerfectDisk,[22] the company also markets:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Company Overview of Raxco Software, Inc. .
  2. Japanese site: Web site: PowerX PerfectDisk.
  3. News: . Software Firm Looks for Security in Public Offering . Stan Hinden . February 19, 1996.
  4. . Les Freed . August 2002 . Defrag with PerfectDisk . . 0888-8507 . 21 . 14 . 56.
  5. News: Computerworld . October 19, 1987. Raxco Rabbit Software, Monitors DEC VAX, Provides graphics analysis.
  6. "RABBIT Software from RAXCO ... speed up response times, .. improve your through-put without having to purchase more (hardware)" Computer Decisions . 1983. Snippet view.
  7. News: Computerworld . October 19, 1987 . Raxco Rabbit Software, Monitors DEC VAX, Provides graphics analysis....
  8. News: . Raxco releases enhanced VMS monitoring software . Len Grzpanka . April 29, 1991 . 27, 73.
  9. pre-OpenVMS
  10. News: Computerworld . October 24, 1994 . 84. Raxco optimizes OpenVMS.
  11. "In 1991, Digital announced that the VAX/VMS operating system would ..."Book: Getting Started with OpenVMS: A Guide for New Users. 0080507352. Michael D Duffy . 2002.
  12. led by Robert Nolan Web site: Raxco Has Innovative Recipe for NT Market., who back in 1991 – 1993 "Developed and managed channel sales partners for Raxco software products throughout Europe and Asia." Web site: Robert Nolan.
  13. Forbes . May 20, 1998 . Axent: digital bodyguards.
  14. News: The New York Times. Symantec Will Purchase Axent in $975 Million Stock Transaction. July 28, 2000.
  15. Web site: SOA still offering availability. Trevor Eddolls . December 17, 2007.
  16. "Raxco is a noted name in the business of disk defragmentation." Book: Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror for Windows 2003, Windows .... 0470113219 . Jeremy Moskowitz . 2006.
  17. Web site: Raxco Software. live . May 11, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240511013829/https://www.raxco.com/ .
  18. News: Computerworld . October 19, 1987 . Raxco Rabbit Software, Monitors DEC VAX, Provides graphics analysis....
  19. News: . October 24, 1994 . 84 . Raxco optimizes OpenVMS.
  20. . . June 8, 1999 . Raxco presents new PerfectDisk 2000 .
  21. "Raxco is a noted name in the business of disk defragmentation."Book: Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror for Windows 2003, Windows .... 0470113219 . Jeremy Moskowitz . 2006.
  22. InformationWeek. What Windows 7 Needs To Succeed. Serdar Yegulalp . March 3, 2009.
  23. introduced 2011 Web site: RAXCO Markets New Product "Perfectupdater".
  24. Reviewed in PCworld . March 20, 2013 . Review: PerfectRegistry aims to speed up your PC.
  25. noting that it "automatically creates a system restore point before fixing anything so you can undo the changes if needed."
  26. Trademark file June 20, 2012 Web site: PERFECTGUARD Trademark of Raxco Software, Inc..

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