The Attachmate Group
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This article is about the entity owned by private equity firms and run by Jeff Hawn from 2005 to 2014. For the original Attachmate founded and run by Frank Pritt that existed from 1982 to 2005, see Attachmate.
The Attachmate Group, Inc. was a privately held software holding company based in Houston, Texas in the United States.[1] The major companies held by the group were Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell, and SUSE.[1]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Computer software |
Defunct | November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)[1] |
Fate | Merged with Micro Focus International |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Revenue | US$1.2 billion (2010)[2] |
Number of employees | 4,000[2] |
Parent | Micro Focus |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | www |
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Attachmate was owned by Wizard Parent LLC—an investment group consisting of Elliott Management Corporation, Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Cressey Bravo.[3][failed verification]