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| operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees= | homepage = | intl = yes }} Micro Focus International plc is a multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The firm provides software and consultancy services for clients updating legacy systems to more modern platforms. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== The company was founded in 1976,〔(Micro Focus: History )〕 and in its early years, concentrated on COBOL products. In 1981, it became the first company to win the Queen's Award for Industry purely for developing a software product. The product was CIS COBOL, a standard-compliant COBOL implementation for microcomputers. It was renamed ''Micro Focus Group'' in 1983.〔 In 1998, the company acquired ''Intersolv Inc'', an applications enablement business, for US$534 million〔(Micro Focus buys Intersolv for $534 million )〕 and the combined business was renamed ''Merant''.〔 In 2001 the business was demerged from ''Merant'' with help from Golden Gate Capital Partners and once again became ''Micro Focus''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City & Corporate: FD wins Micro Focus equity listing bid - PR Week )〕 It was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2005. On June 2008, the company acquired the Israeli NASDAQ listed software company NetManage for US$73.3 million. In July 2009, the company acquired Borland, a developer of application lifecycle management tools, as well as the Quality Solutions (including automation tool Test Partner) part of Compuware.〔(Micro Focus buys Borland Software for $75 million ) Infoworld, 6 May 2009〕 In December 2013, Micro Focus acquired the Orbix, Orbacus and Artix software product lines from Progress Software. These market-leading implementations of the CORBA standard were originally developed by IONA Technologies.〔(Micro Focus International plc - Acquisition of Orbix, Artix and Orbacus software product lines for $15m ) Micro Focus International plc, 24 December 2012〕 On 15 September 2014, Micro Focus announced that it would acquire The Attachmate Group for US$1.2 billion in shares, which will give it ownership of the Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell, and SUSE product lines. Attachmate's parent company Wizard Parent LLC—consisting of the investment groups Elliott Management Corporation, Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Bravo, will hold a 40% stake in Micro Focus post-acquisition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Micro Focus International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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