Attachmate
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| Fate | Acquired by The Attachmate Group (April 18, 2005) |
| Founded | Bellevue, Washington, United States (1981) |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$400 million |
| Parent | Micro Focus International |
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Attachmate Corporation is a 1982-founded software company which focuses on secure terminal emulation, legacy integration, and managed file transfer software. Citrix-compatibility[1] and Attachment Reflection[2][3] are enhanced/added offerings.
A series of acquisitions beginning in the mid-1990s led to the 2014 enfolding of the company as a subsidiary of the British software company Micro Focus International.[4][5]
History
Attachmate Corporation
Attachmate, founded in 1982 by Frank W. Pritt and Julia Pritt[6] focused initially on the IBM terminal emulation market, and became a major technology employer in the Seattle area.[7]
KeaTerm
KEAsystems' KEAterm products were PC software packages that emulated some of Digital Equipment Corporation's VT terminals, and facilitated integrating Windows-based PCs with multiple host applications.[8][9] These included KEAterm VT340 and VT420 terminal emulators, and KEA X X terminal software).
KEA was acquired by Attachmate.[10]
DCA IRMA
Another acquisition was DCA (Digital Communications Associates)[6] (makers of IRMA line of emulators, INFOconnect, Crosstalk communications software, and OpenMind collaborative software).
DCA was also known for its 3270 IRMA hardware product (used for SDLC), and ISCA SDLC hardware adapters. They also supported driver downloads.
WRQ, Inc.
In 1981, Doug Walker, Mike Richer and Marty Quinn founded Walker, Richer & Quinn (WRQ) to integrate microcomputers with existing IT environments. The company set its sights on the Hewlett-Packard market, launching the first commercially viable terminal emulator for the HP 3000.
WRQ was acquired by Attachmate in 2005;[7] two subsidiaries, Express Metrix and NetMotion Wireless, had been spun off by WRQ in 2000 and 2001, respectively, and are operating successfully today.
NetIQ
NetIQ, founded in 1995 by Ching-Fa Hwang, Her-daw Che, Hon Wong, Ken Prayoon Cheng and Thomas R. Kemp, was a company that provided systems management and security management software. Their products included AppManager and Security Manager.
On April 27, 2006, AttachmateWRQ announced an agreement to acquire NetIQ[11]
OnDemand
In 2006 AttachmateWRQ acquired OnDemand Software,[12] developer of WinINSTALL, a product similar to AttachmateWRQ's existing NetWizard product.
Two years later Scalable Software acquired the WinINSTALL business unit (substantially all assets of the former OnDemand) from Attachmate.[13]
Wollongong
Later, the company also acquired The Wollongong Group (makers of Pathway TCP and Emissary).
Novell
In 2011 Attachmate acquired Novell, Inc[14] and let go hundreds of Novell employees.[15]
Novell now operates as two separate business units under the Novell and SUSE brand names and joins Attachmate and NetIQ as holdings of The Attachmate Group. Certain intellectual property assets are planned to be sold to CPTN Holdings, a consortium of companies led by Microsoft.[16]
Acquisition by Micro Focus
On 15 September 2014, the British firm Micro Focus International announced that it would acquire the Attachmate Group for US$1.2 billion in shares.[17][18]
References
- ↑ "Citrix Compatible Products from Attachmate Corporation".
Attachmate (now part of Micro Focus) .. Citrix Technology Alliance Partner ... Optimized to run on Citrix XenApp, Attachmate ...
- ↑ "Reflection for the Web Reference Guide" (PDF).
- ↑ "Solution - Support Portal". TriCentis.com. August 31, 2018.
You have a Reflection emulator installed and want to scan and steer it with ...
- ↑ "Attachmate Corporation: Private Company Information". bloomberg.com.
As of November 21, 2014, Attachmate Corporation was acquired by Micro Focus International plc.
- ↑ "Micro Focus finalises $1.2b merger deal with Attachmate". ZDnet.com. September 16, 2014.
- 1 2 "History of Attachmate Corporation". FundingUniverse.com.
Key Dates: 1982: Frank Pritt founds Attachmate. 1994: Attachmate merges with DCA.
- 1 2 "Investors begin merger of Attachmate and WRQ". May 30, 2005.
Attachmate, founded by Pritt in 1982, was among the region's largest software developers in the late '90s and early '00s, with revenue of ...
- ↑ "KEA DEC/VTterminal eumulation". Computerworld. September 6, 1993. p. 93.
KEAterm is an advanced software emulation of Digital Equipment Corp.'s VT terminals, enabling users to integrate multiple host applications into the Windows
- ↑ "Terminal Emulator Task Force Report - City University of Hong Kong".
After consideration, two products were selected for more detailed evaluation, Pathworks VT320/VT382 for Windows and KEAterm VT340. VT320/VT382 are ...
- ↑ "Need a replacement for SCO TermLite". ARStechnica.com. June 3, 2010.
We have certain macros in our Attachment KeaTerm 4.23 (emphasis added) install that aren't easily workable in other terminal emulators or at least noone has ...
- ↑ {citation|url=http://www.attachmate.com/en-US/Press/PressReleases/Apr-27-2006.htm%7Cdate=April 27, 2006|title=NetIQ Acquisition Press Release|publisher=Attachmate}}
- ↑ OnDemand Acquisition Press Release, Attachmate, March 7, 2006, archived from the original on June 16, 2006
- ↑ Scalable Software WinINSTALL Press Release (PDF)
- ↑ "The Attachmate Group Completes Acquisition of Novell". Attachmate. April 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Hundreds laid off at Novell in Provo". Daily Herald. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ↑ Novell agrees to be bought in $2.2b deal, Boston Updates, November 22, 2010, retrieved 2010-11-22
- ↑ "Micro Focus to Buy Attachmate in $1.2 Billion Share Deal". Bloomberg. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ "Micro Focus to Buy Attachmate in $1.2 Billion Deal". The Wall Street Journal. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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