Idera Software

Idera, Inc. is a software company that provides systems and application management software for Microsoft Windows and Linux servers.[1] It is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has offices in Australia, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Idera focused on managing and monitoring servers and applications for smaller and mid-size companies.[2] It is owned by the private equity firms HGGC and TA Associates.

History

Idera was founded by Rick Pleczko as “BBS Technologies”[3] in 2000. The company produced a line of server backup software products under the name Idera, competing for business with Imceda and later Red Gate Software.[4]

BBS acquired web hosting backup provider R1Soft in late November 2007.[5] It existed as a separate division until 2012, when its continuous data protection product was rolled into the Idera product line as Idera Server Backup 5.0. This restructuring was accompanied by a new “pay-as-you-go” pricing model.[6]

The company formally changed its name to Idera, Inc. in January 2012.[1] In July 2013 Idera acquired Precise Software, a company which develops products for information technology.[2] The Precise product line was continued, with the website and brand remaining separate from Idera’s core offerings.

Idera also acquired CopperEgg, a software as a service application that specializes in server monitoring that same month. Idera sold its SharePoint business to Metalogix in October 2013.[7]

Idera was acquired by TA Associates in September, 2014.[8]

In 2015, Idera bought Embarcadero Technologies, a creator of tools for software development and database management.[9]

In 2017, May 31, HGGC bought a controlling stake.[10] Later that year, Idera acquired Sencha, Inc, developers of a pure JavaScript application development framework for desktop and mobile browsers[11], AquaFold, a database tools company, and Ranorex[12], a test-automation software company.

Idera's product "Uptime Infrastructure Monitor" received a goodrating from PC Magazine in 2015.[13] Later that year the product was found to be susceptible to denial of service attacks; Idera provided software patches to improve the security of the app.[14]

Products

Idera creates tools designed to support, supplement, and augment the capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Diagnostic Manager, SQL Doctor, and SQL Elements.[15] The company also offers a SaaS server backup product known as Server Backup Manager (formerly R1Soft CDP), which allows hosting providers and others to offer their clients Continuous Data Protection for their backups. They also offer a number of free tools for SQL Server performance,[16] backup,[17] and diagnostics[18] and for Windows PowerShell.

Recognition

Idera’s software has a number of awards within the SQL Server and IT communities. SQL Toolbox has won several Best of TechEd Awards[19][20][21] and some of their SQL Server offerings have placed in the SQL Server Pro Community Choice Awards.[22][23][24] The free tool, PowerShell Plus, has won Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice awards.[25][26][27]

References

  1. 1 2 "Idera, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  2. 1 2 "New Idera CEO Randy Jacops is acquisition hungry". Houston Business Journal. Bizjournals.com. 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  3. ↑ "BBS Technologies changes name to Idera - Houston Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  4. ↑ InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. (2 January 2006). InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. pp. 30–. ISSN 0199-6649.
  5. ↑ "BBS Technologies Acquires R1Soft - Web Host Industry Review". Thewhir.com. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  6. ↑ Liam Eagle (2012-11-13). "Idera Releases Version 5.0 of Server Backup Software (formerly R1Soft CDP) - Web Host Industry Review". Thewhir.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Metalogix buys Idera's SharePoint business - KMWorld Magazine". Kmworld.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  8. ↑ "TA Associates acquires Idera Inc. of Texas" By Chris Reidy. Boston Globe September 10, 2014
  9. ↑ Anderson, Tim (8 October 2015). "Microsoft tool-crafter Idera buys database, app firm Embarcadero". The Register. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "HGGC takes majority stake in database management developer Idera" (PDF). HGGC. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  11. ↑ "IDERA, Inc. Acquires Sencha to Strengthen Developer Tools Business - BusinessWire". Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  12. ↑ "Idera buys Ranorex". Owler. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  13. ↑ "Idera Uptime Infrastructure Monitor". PC Magazine, November 19, 2015
  14. ↑ "Downtime for Up.Time: time to patch some bugs". The A Register, 9 Dec 2015
  15. ↑ InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. (18 October 2004). InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. pp. 16–. ISSN 0199-6649.
  16. ↑ Anne Stanton (10 January 2012). Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 in 24 Hours. Sams Publishing. pp. 458–. ISBN 978-0-13-268211-4.
  17. ↑ Amit P. Acharya; Tom Bal; Chris Clark; Addison Goering; David Graesser; Angelo Littera; Marcelo Manhaes; Gregory Scott (8 February 2016). Establishing a Secure Hybrid Cloud with the IBM PureApplication Family. IBM Redbooks. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-0-7384-4125-2.
  18. ↑ Ray Rankins; Paul Bertucci; Chris Gallelli; Alex T. Silverstein (9 December 2013). Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Unleashed. Sams Publishing. pp. 1463–. ISBN 978-0-13-340851-5.
  19. ↑ Jason Bovberg (2012-05-24). "Best of TechEd 2012 Finalists Announced | Windows". Windows IT Pro. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  20. ↑ http://windowsitpro.com/windows/best-tech-ed-2011-award-winners
  21. ↑ Jason Bovberg (2010-06-14). "Winners-Best-of-TechEd | Windows". Windows IT Pro. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  22. ↑ "2013 SQL Server Pro Community Choice Awards Standout | Idera". Sqlmag.com. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  23. ↑ "2012 SQL Server Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards | SQL Server". Sqlmag.com. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  24. ↑ "2011 SQL Server Magazine Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards | SQL Server". Sqlmag.com. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  25. ↑ "2012 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards | Windows". Windows IT Pro. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  26. ↑ "2011 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards | Windows". Windows IT Pro. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  27. ↑ "2010 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards | Windows". Windows IT Pro. 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
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