The Attachmate Group
The Attachmate Group, Inc. was a privately held software holding company based in Houston, Texas in the United States. Companies held by the group include Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell and SUSE.
Attachmate was owned by Wizard Parent LLC—an investment group consisting of Elliott Management Corporation Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Bravo.
On 15 September 2014, the British firm Micro Focus International announced that it would acquire the Attachmate Group for US$1.2 billion. Wizard Parent LLC will hold a 40% stake in Micro Focus following the acquisition.
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Attachmate
Attachmate Corporation is a software company which focuses on secure terminal emulation, legacy integration, and managed file transfer software. It is a subsidiary of the British software company Micro Focus International.
Products
As a result of mergers and acquisitions the company includes several brands:
Terminal emulation
Attachmate develops a variety of terminal emulators:
Managed file transfer
FileXpress managed file transfer solutions help users securely transfer files of any size, across all major platforms, to any location.
Secure communications
Reflection for Secure IT, formerly F-Secure SSH, is an SSH (secure shell) client and server for Windows and UNIX.
Application integration
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