CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>The Attachmate Group - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"b5d51413-1222-4042-899b-54e905dec711","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"The_Attachmate_Group","wgTitle":"The Attachmate Group","wgCurRevisionId":1254260927,"wgRevisionId":1254260927,"wgArticleId":35056570,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments","All articles with dead external links","Articles with dead external links from October 2016","Articles with permanently dead external links","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","All articles with failed verification","Articles with failed verification from April 2016","OpenText","2014 mergers and acquisitions","Companies based in Houston","Micro Focus International", "Software companies based in Texas","Software companies established in 2005","Defunct software companies of the United States"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"The_Attachmate_Group","wgRelevantArticleId":35056570,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":10000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition": "interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q7714844","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES= ["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg/1200px-Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="900"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg/800px-Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="600"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg/640px-Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="480"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="The Attachmate Group - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Attachmate_Group"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Attachmate_Group"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-The_Attachmate_Group rootpage-The_Attachmate_Group skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=The+Attachmate+Group" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=The+Attachmate+Group" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=The+Attachmate+Group" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=The+Attachmate+Group" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-WRQ_and_Formation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WRQ_and_Formation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>WRQ and Formation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WRQ_and_Formation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NetIQ" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NetIQ"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>NetIQ</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NetIQ-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-OnDemand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#OnDemand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>OnDemand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-OnDemand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wollongong" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wollongong"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Wollongong</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wollongong-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Novell" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Novell"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Novell</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Novell-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Acquisition_by_Micro_Focus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Acquisition_by_Micro_Focus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Acquisition by Micro Focus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Acquisition_by_Micro_Focus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">The Attachmate Group</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 3 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-3" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">3 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA" title="گروه اتکمنت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گروه اتکمنت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachmate_Group" title="Attachmate Group – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Attachmate Group" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Attachmate_Group" title="The Attachmate Group – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="The Attachmate Group" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7714844#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/The_Attachmate_Group" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:The_Attachmate_Group" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/The_Attachmate_Group"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/The_Attachmate_Group"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/The_Attachmate_Group" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/The_Attachmate_Group" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&oldid=1254260927" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=The_Attachmate_Group&id=1254260927&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Attachmate_Group"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Attachmate_Group"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=The_Attachmate_Group&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Attachmate_Group" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7714844" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Defunct software holding company</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the entity owned by private equity firms and run by Jeff Hawn from 2005 to 2014. For the original Attachmate founded and run by Frank Pritt that existed from 1982 to 2005, see <a href="/wiki/Attachmate" title="Attachmate">Attachmate</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">The Attachmate Group, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Attachmate_logo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Attachmate_logo.gif/220px-Attachmate_logo.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Attachmate_logo.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="30" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Software" title="Software">Computer software</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">November 20, 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2014-11-20</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-pr20nov2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr20nov2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Merged with <a href="/wiki/Micro_Focus_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Micro Focus International">Micro Focus International</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Jeff Hawn (<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</li><li>Charles Sansbury (<a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">COO</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer">CFO</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>1.2 billion</span> (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-houston-chron_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houston-chron-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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">4,000<sup id="cite_ref-houston-chron_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houston-chron-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/Micro_Focus" title="Micro Focus">Micro Focus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attachmate" title="Attachmate">Attachmate</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/NetIQ" title="NetIQ">NetIQ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Novell" title="Novell">Novell</a></li></ul></div></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.attachmategroup.com/">www<wbr />.attachmategroup<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg/220px-Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg/330px-Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg/440px-Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The Novell building in Provo, Utah, in 2013 during the Attachmate Group era</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Suse_Employee_At_Gnome_Asia_Summit_(73253409).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Suse_Employee_At_Gnome_Asia_Summit_%2873253409%29.jpeg/220px-Suse_Employee_At_Gnome_Asia_Summit_%2873253409%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Suse_Employee_At_Gnome_Asia_Summit_%2873253409%29.jpeg/330px-Suse_Employee_At_Gnome_Asia_Summit_%2873253409%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Suse_Employee_At_Gnome_Asia_Summit_%2873253409%29.jpeg/440px-Suse_Employee_At_Gnome_Asia_Summit_%2873253409%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1362" /></a><figcaption>SuSE employees at a Beijing conference, in 2014 during the Attachmate Group era</figcaption></figure> <p><b>The Attachmate Group, Inc.</b> was a privately held software holding company based in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-pr20nov2014_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr20nov2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The major companies held by the group were <a href="/wiki/Attachmate" title="Attachmate">Attachmate</a>, <a href="/wiki/NetIQ" title="NetIQ">NetIQ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Novell" title="Novell">Novell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SUSE_S.A." title="SUSE S.A.">SUSE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pr20nov2014_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr20nov2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Attachmate was owned by Wizard Parent LLC—an investment group consisting of <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Management_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliott Management Corporation">Elliott Management Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Partners" title="Francisco Partners">Francisco Partners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Capital" title="Golden Gate Capital">Golden Gate Capital</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thoma_Cressey_Bravo" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoma Cressey Bravo">Thoma Cressey Bravo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tag-investors_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tag-investors-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The source doesn't mention the companies (April 2016)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </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=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WRQ_and_Formation">WRQ and Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: WRQ and Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Terminal_emulator" title="Terminal emulator">terminal emulator</a> for the <a href="/wiki/HP_3000" title="HP 3000">HP 3000</a>. (Two subsidiaries, <a href="/wiki/Express_Metrix" title="Express Metrix">Express Metrix</a> and <a href="/wiki/NetMotion_Wireless" class="mw-redirect" title="NetMotion Wireless">NetMotion Wireless</a>, had been spun off by WRQ in 2000 and 2001, respectively, and continued to operate successfully for years to come.) </p><p>After buying both WRQ, Inc. and <a href="/wiki/Attachmate" title="Attachmate">Attachmate Corporation</a>, who had been long-time competitors in the host emulation business, the private equity firms announced that the companies would be merged.<sup id="cite_ref-WRQ.CG_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WRQ.CG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 1, 2005, the deal closed, and it was revealed that the two companies, merged into one, would be named <b>AttachmateWRQ</b>. </p><p>In June 2005, shortly after the merger was made official, AttachmateWRQ announced that its corporate headquarters would be located in WRQ's Seattle, Washington location. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NetIQ">NetIQ</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: NetIQ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/NetIQ" title="NetIQ">NetIQ</a>, founded in 1995 by Ching-Fa Hwang, Her-daw Che, Hon Wong, Ken Prayoon Cheng and Thomas R. Kemp, was a company that provided <a href="/wiki/Systems_management" title="Systems management">systems management</a> and <a href="/wiki/Security_management" title="Security management">security management</a> software. Their products included AppManager and Security Manager. </p><p>On April 27, 2006, AttachmateWRQ announced an agreement to acquire NetIQ<sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 5, 2006, both companies released a press release announcing the closing of the deal. The new company would do business under the name <b>Attachmate Corporation</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="OnDemand">OnDemand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: OnDemand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 AttachmateWRQ acquired OnDemand Software,<sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> developer of WinINSTALL, a product similar to AttachmateWRQ's existing <a href="/wiki/NetWizard" class="mw-redirect" title="NetWizard">NetWizard</a> product. </p><p>Two years later Scalable Software acquired the WinINSTALL business unit (substantially all assets of the former OnDemand) from Attachmate.<sup id="cite_ref-pressrelease3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressrelease3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wollongong">Wollongong</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wollongong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Later, the company also acquired The Wollongong Group (makers of Pathway TCP and Emissary). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novell">Novell</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Novell"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011 Attachmate acquired <a href="/wiki/Novell" title="Novell">Novell</a>, Inc<sup id="cite_ref-novell_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novell-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and let go hundreds of Novell employees.<sup id="cite_ref-novelllaidoff_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novelllaidoff-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this point the overseeing entity become known as <b>The Attachmate Group</b>. </p><p>Novell subsequently operated as two separate business units under the Novell and <a href="/wiki/SUSE_S.A." title="SUSE S.A.">SUSE</a> brand names and joined Attachmate and NetIQ as holdings of The Attachmate Group. Certain <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> assets are planned to be sold to <a href="/wiki/CPTN_Holdings" title="CPTN Holdings">CPTN Holdings</a>, a consortium of companies led by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-novellbought_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-novellbought-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_by_Micro_Focus">Acquisition by Micro Focus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Acquisition by Micro Focus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 September 2014, the British firm <a href="/wiki/Micro_Focus_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Micro Focus International">Micro Focus International</a> announced that it would acquire the Attachmate Group for <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$1.2 billion</span> in shares,<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg-attachmatemicrofocus_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg-attachmatemicrofocus-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wsj-attachmatemf_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-attachmatemf-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Attachmate Group announced entering into a definitive agreement to merge with Micro Focus, with transaction to be closed in 2014-11-03.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wizard Parent LLC was estimated to hold a 40% stake in Micro Focus following the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg-attachmatemicrofocus_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg-attachmatemicrofocus-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014-11-05, Micro Focus International announced the completion of its merger with the Attachmate Group.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015-04-05, Micro Focus announced the completion of integrating <a href="/wiki/Attachmate_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Attachmate Group">Attachmate Group</a> of companies that had been merged in 2014-11-20. During the integration period, the affected companies had been merged into a single organization. In the announced reorganization, NetIQ and Novell products would be part of Micro Focus portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SUSE was sold to <a href="/wiki/EQT_AB" title="EQT AB">EQT AB</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-SUSE_acquired_by_EQT_AB_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SUSE_acquired_by_EQT_AB-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=8" 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 .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-pr20nov2014-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pr20nov2014_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pr20nov2014_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pr20nov2014_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microfocus.com/about/press/pressreleases/2014/pr20112014.aspx">"Micro Focus International completes merger with the Attachmate Group"</a> (Press release). Newbury, UK: Micro Focus. 20 November 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Micro+Focus+International+completes+merger+with+the+Attachmate+Group&rft.place=Newbury%2C+UK&rft.pub=Micro+Focus&rft.date=2014-11-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microfocus.com%2Fabout%2Fpress%2Fpressreleases%2F2014%2Fpr20112014.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-houston-chron-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-houston-chron_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-houston-chron_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 id="CITEREFParks2011" class="citation news cs1">Parks, Louis B. (6 June 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chron.com/business/article/No-9-private-company-The-Attachmate-Group-1687898.php">"No. 9 private company: The Attachmate Group"</a>. <i>Houston Chronicle</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 January</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Houston+Chronicle&rft.atitle=No.+9+private+company%3A+The+Attachmate+Group&rft.date=2011-06-06&rft.aulast=Parks&rft.aufirst=Louis+B.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2Fbusiness%2Farticle%2FNo-9-private-company-The-Attachmate-Group-1687898.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tag-investors-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tag-investors_3-0">^</a></b></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.attachmategroup.com/investors/">"Principal Investors"</a>. The Attachmate Group<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Principal+Investors&rft.pub=The+Attachmate+Group&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.attachmategroup.com%2Finvestors%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WRQ.CG-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WRQ.CG_4-0">^</a></b></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="https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/05/30/daily27.html">"Investors begin merger of Attachmate and WRQ"</a>. May 30, 2005. <q>Attachmate, founded by Pritt in 1982, was among the region's largest software developers in the late '90s and early '00s, with revenue of ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Investors+begin+merger+of+Attachmate+and+WRQ&rft.date=2005-05-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bizjournals.com%2Fseattle%2Fstories%2F2005%2F05%2F30%2Fdaily27.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pressrelease1-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease1_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.attachmate.com/en-US/Press/PressReleases/Apr-27-2006.htm"><i>NetIQ Acquisition Press Release</i></a>, Attachmate, April 27, 2006</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=NetIQ+Acquisition+Press+Release&rft.pub=Attachmate&rft.date=2006-04-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.attachmate.com%2Fen-US%2FPress%2FPressReleases%2FApr-27-2006.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pressrelease2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease2_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060616160915/http://www.attachmate.com/en-US/Press/PressReleases/mar-7-2006.htm"><i>OnDemand Acquisition Press Release</i></a>, Attachmate, March 7, 2006, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.attachmate.com/en-US/Press/PressReleases/mar-7-2006.htm">the original</a> on June 16, 2006</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=OnDemand+Acquisition+Press+Release&rft.pub=Attachmate&rft.date=2006-03-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.attachmate.com%2Fen-US%2FPress%2FPressReleases%2Fmar-7-2006.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pressrelease3-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease3_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scalable.com/Scalable%20Software%20Press%20Release.pdf"><i>Scalable Software WinINSTALL Press Release</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scalable+Software+WinINSTALL+Press+Release&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scalable.com%2FScalable%2520Software%2520Press%2520Release.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged October 2016">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-novell-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-novell_8-0">^</a></b></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.attachmate.com/Press/PressReleases/attachmate-group-completes-aquisition-of-novell.htm">"The Attachmate Group Completes Acquisition of Novell"</a>. Attachmate. April 27, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Attachmate+Group+Completes+Acquisition+of+Novell&rft.pub=Attachmate&rft.date=2011-04-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.attachmate.com%2FPress%2FPressReleases%2Fattachmate-group-completes-aquisition-of-novell.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-novelllaidoff-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-novelllaidoff_9-0">^</a></b></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.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/article_115f73e2-74f6-11e0-9070-001cc4c03286.html">"Hundreds laid off at Novell in Provo"</a>. Daily Herald<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 25,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hundreds+laid+off+at+Novell+in+Provo&rft.pub=Daily+Herald&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldextra.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcentral%2Fprovo%2Farticle_115f73e2-74f6-11e0-9070-001cc4c03286.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-novellbought-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-novellbought_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/11/novell_agrees_t_1.html"><i>Novell agrees to be bought in $2.2b deal</i></a>, Boston Updates, November 22, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-11-22</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Novell+agrees+to+be+bought+in+%242.2b+deal&rft.pub=Boston+Updates&rft.date=2010-11-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fbusiness%2Fticker%2F2010%2F11%2Fnovell_agrees_t_1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bloomberg-attachmatemicrofocus-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bloomberg-attachmatemicrofocus_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bloomberg-attachmatemicrofocus_11-1"><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 news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-15/micro-focus-to-acquire-attachmate-group-for-1-19-billion.html">"Micro Focus to Buy Attachmate in $1.2 Billion Share Deal"</a>. <i>Bloomberg</i>. 15 September 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 September</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bloomberg&rft.atitle=Micro+Focus+to+Buy+Attachmate+in+%241.2+Billion+Share+Deal&rft.date=2014-09-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2014-09-15%2Fmicro-focus-to-acquire-attachmate-group-for-1-19-billion.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wsj-attachmatemf-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wsj-attachmatemf_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/micro-focus-to-buy-attachmate-in-1-2-billion-deal-1410780066">"Micro Focus to Buy Attachmate in $1.2 Billion Deal"</a>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. 15 September 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 September</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=Micro+Focus+to+Buy+Attachmate+in+%241.2+Billion+Deal&rft.date=2014-09-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fmicro-focus-to-buy-attachmate-in-1-2-billion-deal-1410780066&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microfocus.com/about/press-room/article/2014/proposed-merger-between-micro-focus-and-the-attachmate-group-to-create-a-leading-global-infrastructure-software-company/">Proposed Merger Between Micro Focus and the Attachmate Group to Create a Leading Global Infrastructure Software Company</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.microfocus.com/the-attachmate-group-announces-intention-to-merge-with-micro-focus/">The Attachmate Group announces intention to merge with Micro Focus</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141027025526/http://www.attachmategroup.com/news/the-attachmate-group-enters-into-agreement-to-merge-with-micro-focus.html">The Attachmate Group Enters into Agreement to Merge with Micro Focus</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.microfocus.com/micro-focus-international-completes-merger-with-the-attachmate-group/">Micro Focus International Completes Merger with the Attachmate Group</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microfocus.com/about/press-room/article/2015/attachmate-is-now-part-of-micro-focus/">Attachmate is now part of Micro Focus</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SUSE_acquired_by_EQT_AB-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SUSE_acquired_by_EQT_AB_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIan_Murphy2019" class="citation web cs1">Ian Murphy (2019-03-18). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2019/03/18/eqt-completes-aquisition-of-suse-from-micro-focus/">"EQT completes aquisition [sic] of SUSE from Micro Focus"</a>. <i>www.enterprisetimes.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-05-02</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.enterprisetimes.co.uk&rft.atitle=EQT+completes+aquisition+%5Bsic%5D+of+SUSE+from+Micro+Focus&rft.date=2019-03-18&rft.au=Ian+Murphy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.enterprisetimes.co.uk%2F2019%2F03%2F18%2Feqt-completes-aquisition-of-suse-from-micro-focus%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20058281-92.html">"Attachmate finalizes Novell takeover"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a>. 28 April 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Attachmate+finalizes+Novell+takeover&rft.pub=CNET&rft.date=2011-04-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cnet.com%2F8301-1001_3-20058281-92.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><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.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/attachmate-to-give-lease-of-life-to-novell-brand/story-e6frgakx-1226201822082">"Attachmate to give lease of life to Novell brand"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i>. 22 November 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=Attachmate+to+give+lease+of+life+to+Novell+brand&rft.date=2011-11-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Faustralian-it%2Fattachmate-to-give-lease-of-life-to-novell-brand%2Fstory-e6frgakx-1226201822082&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502212730/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/attachmate-reveals-novell-suse-linux-plans/8771">"Attachmate reveals Novell, SUSE, & Linux Plans"</a>. <a href="/wiki/ZDNet" class="mw-redirect" title="ZDNet">ZDNet</a>. 29 April 2011. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/attachmate-reveals-novell-suse-linux-plans/8771">the original</a> on May 2, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Attachmate+reveals+Novell%2C+SUSE%2C+%26+Linux+Plans&rft.pub=ZDNet&rft.date=2011-04-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fblog%2Fopen-source%2Fattachmate-reveals-novell-suse-linux-plans%2F8771&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Attachmate+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141027025506/http://www.attachmategroup.com/">The Attachmate Group, Inc.</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="OpenText" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:OpenText" title="Template:OpenText"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:OpenText" title="Template talk:OpenText"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:OpenText" title="Special:EditPage/Template:OpenText"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="OpenText" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/OpenText" title="OpenText">OpenText</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Bray" title="Tim Bray">Tim Bray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_Gonnet" title="Gaston Gonnet">Gaston Gonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tompa" title="Frank Tompa">Frank Tompa</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:OpenText_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/OpenText_logo.svg/170px-OpenText_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/OpenText_logo.svg/255px-OpenText_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/OpenText_logo.svg/340px-OpenText_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="85" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Products</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ArcSight" title="ArcSight">ArcSight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Documentum" title="Documentum">Documentum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GroupWise" title="GroupWise">GroupWise</a></li> <li>IDOL</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LoadRunner" title="LoadRunner">LoadRunner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetIQ_eDirectory" title="NetIQ eDirectory">NetIQ eDirectory</a></li> <li>opentext.ai</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenText_ALM" title="OpenText ALM">OpenText ALM</a></li> <li>OpenText Business Network</li> <li>OpenText Content Suite</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenText_Data_Protector" title="OpenText Data Protector">OpenText Data Protector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenText_Quality_Center" title="OpenText Quality Center">OpenText Quality Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenText_SiteScope" title="OpenText SiteScope">OpenText SiteScope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenText_Together" title="OpenText Together">OpenText Together</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Enterprise_Server" title="Open Enterprise Server">Open Enterprise Server</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk_Central" title="Silk Central">Silk Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk_Performer" title="Silk Performer">Silk Performer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk_Test" title="Silk Test">Silk Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StarTeam" title="StarTeam">StarTeam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFT_One" title="UFT One">UFT One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertica" title="Vertica">Vertica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visibroker" title="Visibroker">Visibroker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZENworks" title="ZENworks">ZENworks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acquisitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HP_Autonomy" title="HP Autonomy">Autonomy Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbonite,_Inc." title="Carbonite, Inc.">Carbonite, Inc.</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Webroot" title="Webroot">Webroot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Baan" title="Jan Baan">Cordys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covisint" title="Covisint">Covisint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidance_Software" title="Guidance Software">Guidance Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GXS_Inc." title="GXS Inc.">GXS Inc.</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harbinger_Corporation" title="Harbinger Corporation">Harbinger Corporation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hummingbird_Ltd." title="Hummingbird Ltd.">Hummingbird Ltd.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micro_Focus" title="Micro Focus">Micro Focus</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Attachmate Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attachmate" title="Attachmate">Attachmate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borland" title="Borland">Borland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortify_Software" title="Fortify Software">Fortify Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HP_IT_Management_Software" title="HP IT Management Software">HP IT Management Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Interactive" title="Mercury Interactive">Mercury Interactive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetIQ" title="NetIQ">NetIQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novell" title="Novell">Novell</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unix_System_Laboratories" title="Unix System Laboratories">Unix System Laboratories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peregrine_Systems" title="Peregrine Systems">Peregrine Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlateSpin" class="mw-redirect" title="PlateSpin">PlateSpin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opsware" title="Opsware">Opsware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serena_Software" title="Serena Software">Serena Software</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vignette_Corporation" title="Vignette Corporation">Vignette Corporation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&oldid=1254260927">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&oldid=1254260927</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:OpenText" title="Category:OpenText">OpenText</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2014_mergers_and_acquisitions" title="Category:2014 mergers and acquisitions">2014 mergers and acquisitions</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_Houston" title="Category:Companies based in Houston">Companies based in Houston</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Micro_Focus_International" title="Category:Micro Focus International">Micro Focus International</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Software_companies_based_in_Texas" title="Category:Software companies based in Texas">Software companies based in Texas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Software_companies_established_in_2005" title="Category:Software companies established in 2005">Software companies established in 2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Defunct_software_companies_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Defunct software companies of the United States">Defunct software companies of the United States</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_non-numeric_formatnum_arguments" title="Category:Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments">Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_dead_external_links" title="Category:All articles with dead external links">All articles with dead external links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_dead_external_links_from_October_2016" title="Category:Articles with dead external links from October 2016">Articles with dead external links from October 2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_permanently_dead_external_links" title="Category:Articles with permanently dead external links">Articles with permanently dead external links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_failed_verification" title="Category:All articles with failed verification">All articles with failed verification</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_failed_verification_from_April_2016" title="Category:Articles with failed verification from April 2016">Articles with failed verification from April 2016</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 30 October 2024, at 04:33<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Attachmate_Group&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-s7r2r","wgBackendResponseTime":147,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.483","walltime":"0.661","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2649,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":50036,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":4177,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":20,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":4,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":66126,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 593.213 1 -total"," 30.31% 179.779 1 Template:Reflist"," 20.55% 121.909 1 Template:Infobox_company"," 18.85% 111.796 1 Template:Infobox"," 18.07% 107.181 1 Template:Short_description"," 17.35% 102.923 1 Template:OpenText"," 16.81% 99.713 1 Template:Navbox"," 14.01% 83.082 1 Template:Cite_press_release"," 9.38% 55.652 9 Template:Main_other"," 8.84% 52.434 1 Template:SDcat"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.300","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":6913139,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.eqiad.main-5dc468848-nz4sh","timestamp":"20241122151310","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"The Attachmate Group","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Attachmate_Group","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7714844","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7714844","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2012-03-13T15:53:26Z","dateModified":"2024-10-30T04:33:31Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/fc\/Novell_building_in_Provo_in_2013_during_Attachmate_era.jpg","headline":"defunct privately held software holding company based in Houston, Texas"}</script> </body> </html>