[Info-vax] Micro Focus Merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Software Business Segment

[Kerry Main]

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> Subject: [Info-vax] Micro Focus Merger with Hewlett
> Packard Enterprise's Software Business Segment
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> This just hit my INBOX
> 
> Neil Rieck
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
> 
> #####
> 
> Micro Focus Merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise's
> Software Business Segment
> 
> Today Micro Focus announced its intention to merge with
> HPE Software and subject to the satisfaction of a number
> of conditions including shareholder and regulatory
> approvals, the merger is anticipated to complete in Q3
> 2017.
> 
> The combination of Micro Focus and HPE Software will
> deliver outstanding product capability to support today's
> key IT and business initiatives in Mobile, Cloud, DevOps,
> Internet of Things, Big Data and Analytics.
> 
> Both businesses understand that today's organizations
> need to maximize the value of their IT infrastructure in
> order to innovate with the lowest possible risk. The
> combined company will offer our customers more
> capability and choice as they seek to maximize the
> business value of existing IT assets, leveraging their
> business logic and data to innovate in new ways – what
> we call bridging the old and the new.
> 
> HPE Software's software products are similar in nature and
> complementary to our own, and following successful
> completion will enable Micro Focus and its business
> partners to offer significant additional customer value.
> HPE Software's software solutions span across IT
> Management, Enterprise Security, Information
> Management & Governance and Big Data & Analytics. The
> proposed Merger is entirely consistent with the Micro
> Focus growth strategy, and brings additional depth and
> breadth to the value we can offer on a global basis.
> 
> Also, at the same time, Micro Focus and HPE announced
> their intent to enter into a commercial partnership naming
> SUSE as HPE's preferred Linux partner as well as exploring
> additional collaboration leveraging SUSE's OpenStack
> expertise for joint innovation around HPE's Helion
> Openstack and Stackato Platform-as-a-Service solutions.
> 
> This is an exciting and important development but I want
> to assure you we will not be distracted from our goal of
> delivering great products and the highest levels of service
> in support of your business. Thank you for your
> commitment to our products and our company. If you
> have questions do not hesitate to contact your Micro
> Focus account manager.
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> Stephen Murdoch
>  Chief Executive Officer, Micro Focus
>

In addition to this HPE software BU "merger" announcement, Micro Focus has been quietly ramping up with the acquisition of many SW products/ organizations. In addition to Cobol, Micro Focus has a pretty large App Modernization development suite of products for z/OS (mainframes)

The following companies/products are now part of Micro Focus: (walk down memory lane)

- Attachmate which also previously acquired Novell which also owns SUSE Linux. 
- ZENworks mgmt. and security products from Novell
- Borland
- NetIQ Suite of products including eDirectory - a multiplatform directory solution (remember NDS?) that many would argue is vastly superior to Microsoft Active Directory.
- Platespin (VMware V-V and P-V tools that are used quite a bit in DC / Server Consolidations)
- Reflection / Rumba+ / Extra! Suite of terminal emulation Products
- Groupwise
- Serena Software (App Lifecycle manager for DevOPS)

See the many products listed at:
https://www.microfocus.com/products

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com