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We address our customers' biggest challenges across the full spectrum of Hybrid IT.

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We have global scale, serving 98 of the Fortune 100 companies.

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We drive customer–centered innovation and demand excellence from our teams.

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Our long history of innovation

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Micro Focus delivers IT Ops' first containerized ITOM Platform ›

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From mainframe to mobile, we have the portfolio depth and breadth to cover challenges across DevOps, Hybrid IT, Security & Risk, and Predictive Analytics.

Hybrid IT

You need to bridge the gap between legacy infrastructure and the digital enterprise. Micro Focus solutions are easy to consume and deploy in any environment, reducing IT costs and time to value. We harden the latest technologies to make them work for you.

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DevOps

As a modern DevOps enterprise, you need to accelerate time to market and increase quality. Micro Focus provides an easy-to-use, seamless tool set that scales across the SDLC. From on-premises to cloud and from mainframe to mobile, we address all your DevOps needs.

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Security & Risk

From compliance issues to the most advanced cyber threats, you need to safeguard your enterprise. Micro Focus protects what you value most: users, data, and applications.

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Predictive Analytics

Everyone has data, everyone has analytics, but that’s not enough. With predictive and proactive analytics, Micro Focus helps you to not only deliver insights, but drive greater intelligence and productivity across your enterprise.

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Powering over 40,000 companies across the globe

Finansbank gathers 120 Gbytes from 15,000 data sources to identify security anomalies.

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Die Mobiliar increases user satisfaction by lowering mean time to resolution by 50%.

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Siemens increased product quality, shortened test cycles, and automated mobile testing.

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An industry giant in the making: Our history

1957

HP goes public

HP becomes a publicly traded company.
1958

HP acquires F.L. Moseley Co.

This company is in the printing business.
1963

HP’s first joint venture in Tokyo

HP partners with Sony and Yokogawa Electrics in Japan.
1976

Brian Reynolds opens Micro Focus

Paul O’Grady and Stewart Lang join him later that year.
1979

Novell is founded

Dennis Fairclough, George Canova, Darin Field, and Jack Davis are co-founders.
1980

Serena is created

Doug Troxel has 25 employees within 8 years.
1981

Borland is founded

Philippe Kahn's Borland Software quickly becomes a world leader in PC compilers and development tools.
1982

Attachmate is founded

Frank W. and Julia Pritt focus on IBM emulation software.
1983

Micro Focus listed on London Stock Exchange

The company gains a global presence.
1985

TOWERS Software founded

A pioneer of electronic records management software, TOWER developed TRIM and influenced the ISO 15489 standard.
1989

Mercury Interactive is founded

Amnon Landan and Arye Finegold's software company is set to quickly become the world leader in software quality.
1992

SUSE is founded

SUSE is the first provider of Enterprise Linux distribution.
1995

NetIQ is founded

The company focuses on performance monitoring software.
1998

Micro Focus acquires Intersolv

The company expands into ITIL-based IT services management software.
2005

Micro Focus returns to public trading

The company is re-listed on the London Stock Exchange.
2005

HP acquires Peregrine Systems

The company expands into ITIL-based IT service management software.
2006

HP acquires Mercury Interactive

The company’s software portfolio continues to grow.
2007

Micro Focus acquires HAL Knowledge Systems and more

The acquisition heralds continuing acquisitions.
2007

HP acquires Opsware and SPI Dynamics

These acquisitions set an early course for leadership in IT Operations, Cloud Computing and Application Security.
2008

HP acquires TOWER Software

Company Expands its Information Management portfolio.
2009

Micro Focus acquires Borland

Acquisitions at this time also include Compuware's software testing business and NetManage.
2009

Authasas is created

The company focuses on authentication solutions.
2010

HP acquires ArcSight and Fortify

Further investments in security position HP as an emerging market leader in E2E security software.
2011

HP acquires Vertica and Autonomy

The value of data and analytics is recognized and quickly added as a strategic asset set to benefit the larger portfolio.
2011

Novell is acquired by Attachmate Group

The merger was complete by April of 2011.
2014

Micro Focus acquires Attachmate Group

The company now includes Attachmate, Novell, NetIQ, and SUSE.
2015

HP acquires Voltage

The company offers data security for enterprise, cloud, and mobile.
2015

Micro Focus acquires Authasas

The company profile grows to include enterprise authentication solutions.
2015

HP splits into HPE and HPI

The company sets out in a new direction to separate focus between consumer and enterprise products.
2016

Micro Focus acquires Serena

The company focuses on application development for business.
2016

Micro Focus acquires GWAVA

The company focuses on secure archiving and messaging for enterprise.
2016

Micro Focus agrees to a spin merge with HPE software

The companies complement each others’ software portfolios.
2017

HPE Software merges with Micro Focus

One of the largest pure-play software companies is created.

Customer-centered innovation is at the heart of our culture

Our talented team thrives on solving the problems that matter to you. We turn ideas into solutions that solve your most complex enterprise-scale challenges. We take pride in building quality products so that you can get the most out of your investment in us.

We help you bridge the old and the new so that you can take advantage of all technologies, from mainframe to mobile.

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