The Attachmate Group

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.
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer software
DefunctNovember 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)[1]
FateMerged with Micro Focus International
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueUS$1.2 billion (2010)[2]
Number of employees
4,000[2]
ParentMicro Focus
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.attachmategroup.com
The Novell building in Provo, Utah, in 2013 during the Attachmate Group era
SuSE employees at a Beijing conference, in 2014 during the Attachmate Group era

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]

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]

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