Flexera

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Flexera
Formerly
  • Acresso Software (2008-2009)
Company type Private
Industry Technology
Founded1988;36 years ago (1988)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Number of employees
1,300+
Subsidiaries
Website www.flexera.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Flexera is an American computer software company based in Itasca, Illinois. It is a business-focused organization which works in software asset management and cloud management.

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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 after a legal threat from Agresso Software. [2]

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. [3]

In 2020, Flexera released their SaaS platform Flexera One.

On May 28, 2020, Flexera launched a new division called Revenera. [4] Revenera is a business-focused organization which works in monetization, software composition analysis, and installation (computer programs) software.

In February 2020, Flexera was ranked in the Gartner Magic Quadrant as a leader in Cloud Management Platforms. In July, Flexera was ranked also ranked a leader for Software Asset Management Tools for the third consecutive year. [5]

Acquisitions

Flexera acquired Australian based ManageSoft in 2010. [6] Managesoft was OSA (Open Software Associates), which itself came out of HP's Australian Software Organisation.

On September 15, 2015, Flexera acquired Denmark based Secunia for an undisclosed amount. [7]

On September 17, 2017, Flexera announced the completion of the acquisition of BDNA. [8]

On September 26, 2018, Flexera acquired RightScale for an undisclosed amount. [9]

On June 5, 2019, Flexera acquired Asheville, NC based RISC Networks for an undisclosed amount. [10]

On February 5, 2020, Flexera acquired software usage analytics Company Revulytics. [11] [12]

On November 28, 2023, Flexera entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Snow Software, a software asset management company based in Sweden for an undisclosed sum. [13] The acquisition was completed February 15, 2024. [14]

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