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Micro Focus: History, Companies, Technology & Products

Micro Focus International plc was a British multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The firm provided software and consultancy. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange until it was acquired by the Canadian software firm OpenText in January 2023.

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Micro Focus topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies, Technology and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Micro Focus.

Related topics
42
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
46
Extracted relationships
53
Concept neighborhoods
15
Bridge connections
46

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 30 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Liant Software Corporation · 2 topics
Ryan-McFarland Corporation · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1976; 50 years ago (1976)
Industry
Information technology
Headquarters
Newbury, England
Founder
Brian Reynolds
Key people
Greg Lock (chairman) · Stephen Murdoch (CEO)
Net income
US$(424.4) million (2021)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Liant Software Corporation

Ryan-McFarland Corporation

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Micro Focus connects Entity context

The extracted context around Micro Focus shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Micro Focus → Brian Reynolds, CIS COBOL, COBOL, Golden Gate Capital Partners, In, Inc, Industry, Intersolv, It, London Stock Exchange, Merant, Notting Hill, Queen's Award, The, US, XDB Enterprise Server, XDB Systems Another extracted example is Micro Focus → Austec, Australian, Digitek, Inc, Language Processors, Liant, Liant Software Corporation, Micro Focus International, Open PL/I, Ryan-McFarland Corporation, The, They, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Micro Focus

Top relations

related to history · 17
Micro Focus → Brian Reynolds, CIS COBOL, COBOL, Golden Gate Capital Partners, In, Inc, Industry, Intersolv, It, London Stock Exchange, Merant, Notting Hill, Queen's Award, The, US, XDB Enterprise Server, XDB Systems
related to Liant Software Corporation · 13
Micro Focus → Austec, Australian, Digitek, Inc, Language Processors, Liant, Liant Software Corporation, Micro Focus International, Open PL/I, Ryan-McFarland Corporation, The, They, This
related to External links · 3
Micro Focus → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Key people · 2
Micro Focus → Greg Lock (chairman), Stephen Murdoch (CEO)
Subsidiaries · 2
Micro Focus → NetIQ, Serena Software
Traded as · 2
Micro Focus → LSE: MCRO (2005⁠–2023), NYSE: MFGP (2017⁠–2023)
Founded · 1
Micro Focus → 1976; 50 years ago (1976)
Founder · 1
Micro Focus → Brian Reynolds
Headquarters · 1
Micro Focus → Newbury, England
Industry · 1
Micro Focus → Information technology

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

software micro focus company acquired cobol corporation business product announced opentext liant us million inc ryan-mcfarland 2023 would firm founded

Micro Focus relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 53 structured relationships around Micro Focus. Examples in this analysis include Micro Focus → Founded → 1976; 50 years ago (1976) and Micro Focus → Founder → Brian Reynolds. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Micro FocusFounded1976; 50 years ago (1976)1.00infobox
Micro FocusFounderBrian Reynolds1.00infobox
Micro FocusHeadquartersNewbury, England1.00infobox
Micro FocusIndustryInformation technology1.00infobox
Micro FocusKey peopleGreg Lock (chairman)1.00infobox
Micro FocusKey peopleStephen Murdoch (CEO)1.00infobox
Micro FocusNet incomeUS$(424.4) million (2021)1.00infobox
Micro FocusNumber of employees11,000 (2022)1.00infobox
Micro FocusOperating incomeUS$(265.6) million (2021)1.00infobox
Micro FocusParentHewlett Packard Enterprise (2017–2023) OpenText (2023– )1.00infobox
Micro FocusProductsEnterprise application integration and management software1.00infobox
Micro FocusRevenueUS$2,899.9 million (2021)1.00infobox
Micro FocusServicesIT consulting1.00infobox
Micro FocusSubsidiariesNetIQ1.00infobox
Micro FocusSubsidiariesSerena Software1.00infobox
Micro FocusSuccessorOpenText1.00infobox
Micro FocusTraded asLSE: MCRO (2005⁠–2023)1.00infobox
Micro FocusTraded asNYSE: MFGP (2017⁠–2023)1.00infobox
Micro FocusTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
Micro FocusWebsitemicrofocus.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Micro Focus bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Micro, Announced and Business. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Micro Focus
    • Micro
    • Announced
    • Business
    • Software
    • Acquired
    • Would
    • Us
    • Information
    • International
    • Lines
    • Ryan-mcfarland
    • Million
  • micro focus
    • Micro
    • Announced
    • Business
    • Software
    • Acquired
    • Would
    • Us
    • Information
    • International
    • Lines
    • Ryan-mcfarland
    • Million
  • software
    • Liant
    • Company
    • Corporation
    • Opentext
    • Us
    • Announced
    • Firm
    • Acquired
    • Million
    • Product
    • Technology
    • Application
  • ryan-mcfarland corporation
    • Liant
    • Ryan-mcfarland
    • Software
    • Founded
    • Management
    • Netiq
    • Technology
    • Focus
    • Micro
    • England
    • Newbury
    • Plc
  • progress software
    • Liant
    • Company
    • Corporation
    • Opentext
    • Us
    • Announced
    • Firm
    • Acquired
    • Million
    • Product
    • Technology
    • Application
  • elliott management corporation
    • Liant
    • Ryan-mcfarland
    • Software
    • Founded
    • Management
    • Netiq
    • Newbury
    • Plc
    • Technology
    • July
    • Opentext
    • Would
  • serena software
    • Liant
    • Company
    • Corporation
    • Opentext
    • Us
    • Announced
    • Firm
    • Acquired
    • Million
    • Product
    • Technology
    • Application
  • liant software corporation
    • Corporation
    • Liant
    • Ryan-mcfarland
    • Founded
    • Software
    • Company
    • Opentext
    • Us
    • Announced
    • Management
    • Product
    • Firm

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Micro Focus, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Micro Focus with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Micro Focus — History · splits 16 ⟂ 31
Micro Focus — Overview · splits 38 ⟂ 9
Micro Focus — Liant Software Corporation · splits 44 ⟂ 3
Micro Focus — Ryan-McFarland Corporation · splits 44 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Micro Focus

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples53
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Micro Focus to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Technology & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Micro Focus · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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