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

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Thursday, 8 September 2016 01:40:04 UTC+1, Kerry Main  wrote:
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> > Cc: Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca>
> > Subject: [Info-vax] Micro Focus Merger with Hewlett
> > Packard Enterprise's Software Business Segment
> > 
> > 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

Didn't MicroFocus also end up owning SUSE Linux via Novell
and Attachmate? Which presumably leads to this bit of the 
press announcement:

"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. "

Which is nice.