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

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Thursday, 8 September 2016 05:46:00 UTC+1, johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk  wrote:
> On Thursday, 8 September 2016 01:40:04 UTC+1, Kerry Main  wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Neil Rieck via Info-vax
> > > Sent: 07-Sep-16 6:02 PM
> > > To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> > > 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.

Howcome I didn't see Kerry's mention of SUSE until two seconds 
*after* I hit "publish", despite checking for it several times.

Oh well. Stuff happens.