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44 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1980</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Doug Troxel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo,_California" title="San Mateo, California">San Mateo, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Greg Hughes (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>219 million</span> (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-10K-2012_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10K-2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">400+<sup id="cite_ref-400_employees_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-400_employees-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/OpenText" title="OpenText">OpenText</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.serena.com/">www<wbr />.serena<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Serena Software Inc.</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">software</a> company that provides IT management products to enterprises.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Serena solutions offer a process orchestration approach and span the areas of development, <a href="/wiki/DevOps" title="DevOps">DevOps</a> and <a href="/wiki/IT_management" class="mw-redirect" title="IT management">IT management</a>. </p><p>Serena is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicon Valley, California">Silicon Valley, California</a> and has 400+ employees.<sup id="cite_ref-400_employees_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-400_employees-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company became a subsidiary of the British software and information company <a href="/wiki/Micro_Focus" title="Micro Focus">Micro Focus</a> in 2016. In 2023, Micro Focus (including Serena Software) was acquired by Canadian software company <a href="/wiki/OpenText" title="OpenText">OpenText</a> and remain a subsidiary. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serena_Software&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Serena Software acquired Merant Software in 2004 which provided Serena ownership rights to <a href="/wiki/Polytron_Version_Control_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Polytron Version Control System">Polytron Version Control System</a> (PVCS). </p><p>In May 2004, Serena announced it would acquire TeamShare, producers of the defect management system TeamTrack. This later became Serena Business Mashups (SBM), which was shortly renamed Serena Business Manager.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2005, Serena Software announced that it had agreed to be acquired by <a href="/wiki/Silver_Lake_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Lake Partners">Silver Lake Partners</a> in a <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>1.2 billion</span> <a href="/wiki/Leveraged_buyout" title="Leveraged buyout">leveraged buyout</a> transaction. The buyout was announced at a price of <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$24</span> per share in cash, and the transaction occurred in 2006. Following the transaction, Silver Lake, a technology focused <a href="/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity">private equity</a> firm acquired about 70% of the Serena stock.<sup id="cite_ref-SilverLakeAcq_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SilverLakeAcq-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Silver Lake Partners acquisition resulted in no immediate changes to the executive management team and daily operations continued much as they had before.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2006, Serena announced the acquisition of Pacific Edge Software<sup id="cite_ref-PacEdgeAcq_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacEdgeAcq-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to enter the emerging <a href="/wiki/Project_portfolio_management" title="Project portfolio management">project portfolio management</a> (PPM) market. Mariner, a leading provider of Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions was determined to be a good match for Serena's existing portfolio of products. After Pacific Edge, Serena made a number of more minor acquisitions, purchasing prototyping technology from Apptero, requirements management technology from Integrated Chipware and asset discovery technology from Data Sciences Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2008 Serena announced the acquisition of Projity, an open source <a href="/wiki/Software_as_a_service" title="Software as a service">software as a service</a> (SaaS)-based project management company.<sup id="cite_ref-ProjityAcq_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProjityAcq-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John Nugent was appointed CEO in November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-NewCEO_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewCEO-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2010, Serena announced a new strategy to orchestrate application delivery with a process-driven approach.<sup id="cite_ref-OrchAppDev_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OrchAppDev-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2012, Serena's solutions for Orchestrated IT, Serena Service Manager (SSM) and Serena Release Manager (SRM) were named finalists for the Pink Elephant 2011 Innovation of the Year Award.<sup id="cite_ref-PinkElephant_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PinkElephant-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2012, Serena Service Manager was named the winner of Pink Elephant's 2011 Innovation of the Year Award.<sup id="cite_ref-PinkElephantWin_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PinkElephantWin-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greg Hughes was appointed CEO in January 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-NewCEOGHughes_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewCEOGHughes-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 2013 Serena tried to address falling profits and increase operating margins by reducing its workforce by some 175 employees, hoping to cut operating expenses for the fiscal year 2014. By July the company had total outstanding debt of US$410 million.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2014, Serena announced the acquisition of the company by a partnership of founder Doug Troxel and private equity firm <a href="/wiki/HGGC" title="HGGC">HGGC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HGGC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HGGC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acquisition was completed in April 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 22, 2016, Micro Focus announced its intent to acquire Serena Software, Inc., with acquisition expected to close in early May 2016, with transaction valued at <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$540 million</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016-05-02, Micro Focus announced it has completed the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serena_Software&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company provides process-based solutions for managing and automating application development, DevOps and IT operations. The company's revenues are generated through software licenses, maintenance contracts and professional services.<sup id="cite_ref-10K-2012_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10K-2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Serena's products and solutions address the following industry segments: </p> <ul><li>Deployment automation (SDA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IT_management" class="mw-redirect" title="IT management">IT management</a></li> <li>Request management</li> <li>Demand management</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Requirements_management" title="Requirements management">Requirements management</a> (RM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Application_lifecycle_management" title="Application lifecycle management">Application lifecycle management</a> (ALM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Release_management" title="Release management">Release management</a> (RLM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agile_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Agile development">Agile development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Configuration_management" title="Configuration management">Configuration management</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dimensions_CM" title="Dimensions CM">Dimensions CM</a>)</li> <li>Issue & defect management</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IT_service_management" title="IT service management">IT service management</a> (ITSM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_technology_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Information technology operations">Information technology operations</a> (IT Operations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DevOps" title="DevOps">DevOps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Product_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Product development">Product development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainframe_computer" title="Mainframe computer">Mainframe</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serena_Software&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-12-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Annual+Report+for+Serena+Software+Inc+for+Fiscal+Year+2012&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2FArchives%2Fedgar%2Fdata%2F1073967%2F000119312512195902%2Fd311497d10k.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerena+Software" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-400_employees-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-400_employees_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-400_employees_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.serena.com/docs/repository/company/Serena-Software-Corporate-Overview-Brochure.pdf">"Corporate Brochure"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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