NetIQ

NetIQ
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer software
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995), in San Jose, California, U.S.
FateAcquired by The Attachmate Group (July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05))
Headquarters
San Jose, California
,
United States
Key people
Jay Gardner (president and GM)
ParentOpenText
Websitewww.netiq.com Edit this at Wikidata

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

NetIQ was previously based in San Jose, California, with products that provide identity and access management, security and data center management. Its flagship offerings are NetIQ AppManager, 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]

  • identity and access management,
  • security management and
  • data center management.[15]

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]

See also

References

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

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