Flexera

Flexera is an American computer software company based in Itasca, Illinois.

Flexera
TypeInvestment company
Founded1988 (1988)
Headquarters,
Websitewww.flexera.com

History

On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Bravo investment fund,[1] which became Acresso Software. Macrovision subsequently changed its name to Rovi Corporation.

In October 2009, Acresso Software, Inc. became Flexera Software[2] after a clash with a company of similar name.

Flexera acquired Australian based ManageSoft in 2010.[3] Managesoft was OSA (Open Software Associates), which itself came out of HP's Australian Software Organisation.

On July 19, 2011 Thoma Bravo sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011.[4]

On September 26, 2018, Flexera acquired RightScale for an undisclosed amount.[5]

On June 5, 2019, Flexera acquired Asheville, NC based RISC Networks for an undisclosed amount.[6]

On February 5, 2020, Flexera acquired software usage analytics Company Revulytics.[7][8] In August 2020, for the third straight year, Flexera has been ranked in the Gartner Magic Quadrant 's Leaders quadrant for Software Asset Management Tools (July 2020).

See also

References

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