have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message netiq type subsidiary industry computer software fate acquired by the attachmate group july 5 2006 founded san jose california united states 1995 headquarters houston texas united states key people jay gardner president and gm products access governance suite access manager access review advanced authentication framework aegis appmanager change guardian cloud manager directory and resource administrator edirectory identity manager operations center platespin forge platespin migrate platespin protect platespin recon privileged user manager secure configuration manager securelogin sentinel parent the attachmate group website see tfm www.netiq.com netiq is an enterprise software company based in houston texas . netiq is owned by micro focus international . the company provides products for identity and access management security and data center management . the company s flagship products include netiq access manager appmanager secure configuration manager sentinel and netiq identity manager . contents 1 history 2 products and services 2.1 identity and access management 2.2 security management 2.3 data center management 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit netiq was founded by ching fa hwang her daw che hon wong ken prayoon cheng and tom kemp in september 1995 . with an initial focus on performance monitoring software the company s flagship product was appmanager . 1 in july 1999 the company filed for ipo . 2 a merger with mission critical software in february 2000 shifted the company to include systems management as well as performance . 2 in january 2001 netiq acquired webtrends 3 which they sold in 2005 to a private equity firm in order to solidify their focus on systems security and performance management . 4 in 2006 netiq was acquired by attachmate . 5 after attachmate acquired novell in 2011 6 netiq added identity and security products as well as data center and virtualization 7 to their offerings . it was the attachmate acquisition that led to today s alignment of netiq products into three categories identity and access management security management and data center management . 8 in 2014 attachmate merged with micro focus international . 9 the products were distributed by tritech distribution limited in hong kong . 10 products and services edit the neutrality of this section is disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message identity and access management edit netiq provides identity and access management single sign on sso access governance and more enabling customers to create and manage identities and control access to enterprise resources . netiq identity and access management products include identity manager 11 12 access governance suite 11 access manager 11 security management edit monitoring user activities security events and critical systems netiq enables customers to detect and respond to potential threats of data breach . netiq security management products include change guardian 13 secure configuration manager 14 sentinel 15 privileged user manager 16 data center management edit netiq provides a variety of data center management solutions from disaster recovery to workload migration server consolidation and service for unified communications and voip . netiq data center management products include appmanager 17 cloud manager platespin protect platespin migrate operations center see also edit companies portal references edit dave kearns 29 september 2003 . a look at netiq appmanager . network world . a b netiq corporation company profile information business description history background information on netiq corporation . referenceforbusiness.com . netiq s webtrends host with the most . baselinemag.com . technology briefing deals netiq to sell webtrends unit nytimes.com . 29 march 2005 . nancy gohring 27 april 2006 . attachmate buys netiq for 495 million . network world . attachmate acquires novell for 2.2 billion . cnet . cbs interactive . attachmate splits novell acquisition into netiq suse divisions . eweek.com . jeff cerny 1 february 2011 . bending the failed expectations curve 10 questions with netiq s jay gardner . techrepublic . proposed merger between micro focus and the attachmate group to create a leading global infrastructure software company micro focus . www.microfocus.com . retrieved 2015 07 15 . tritech . www.ttdist.com . retrieved 2015 12 09 . a b c netiq declared a leader in identity and access management suites . marketwatch . netiq identity manager v4 .0.2 . scmagazine.com . netiq bolsters actionable security intelligence with netiq change guardian 4.0 . dark reading . netiq secure configuration manager . scmagazine.com . netiq sentinel . scmagazine.com . spiceworks inc. netiq privileged user manager . spiceworks.com . netiq appmanager 8 simplifies application and system management . serverwatch.com . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title netiq & oldid 741683340 categories companies based in san jose californiacompanies established in 1995information technology companies of the united statesinformation technology managementmicro focus internationalnetiqhidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from september 2016npov disputes from september 2016all npov disputes navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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