# Flexera > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flexera > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flexera.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexera > Source revision: 1355438243 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Flexera** is a global enterprise software company based in [Itasca, Illinois](/source/Itasca,_Illinois). It provides technology spend and risk intelligence solutions. Its core offerings are built around its **Flexera One** platform and a specialized division for software producers called [Revenera](/source/Revenera).[1] ## History On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the [Thoma Bravo](/source/Thoma_Bravo) investment fund,[2] which became Acresso Software. Macrovision subsequently changed its name to [Rovi Corporation](/source/Rovi_Corporation). In October 2009, Acresso Software, Inc. became Flexera Software after a legal threat from Agresso Software.[3] On July 19, 2011, Thoma Bravo sold a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the [Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan](/source/Ontario_Teachers'_Pension_Plan). The transaction was finalized on October 3, 2011.[4] In 2020, Flexera released their [SaaS](/source/Software_as_a_service) platform Flexera One. ## Flexera Acquisitions Flexera acquired Australian based ManageSoft in 2010.[5] Managesoft was OSA (Open Software Associates), which itself came out of [HP](/source/Hewlett-Packard)'s Australian Software Organisation. On September 15, 2015, Flexera acquired Denmark based Secunia.[6] On September 17, 2017, Flexera announced the completion of the acquisition of BDNA.[7] On September 26, 2018, Flexera acquired [RightScale](/source/RightScale).[8] On June 5, 2019, Flexera acquired Asheville, North Carolina–based RISC Networks.[9] On November 28, 2023, Flexera entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Snow Software, a [software asset management](/source/Software_asset_management) company based in Sweden for an undisclosed sum.[10] The acquisition was completed February 15, 2024.[11] On January 16, 2025, Flexera announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Spot FinOps and Cloud Infrastructure Products from [NetApp](/source/NetApp), consisting of the previous NetApp acquisitions of [SpotInst](/source/SpotInst), [CloudCheckr](/source/CloudCheckr), and [Fylamynt](/source/Fylamynt). [12] and closed in early March of 2025 [13] On January 6, 2026, Flexera announced two major acquisitions in its continued expansion in FinOps. According to the press release, "It has acquired ProsperOps, an AI-enabled FinOps automation solution for public cloud, and Chaos Genius, a fast-growing innovator in AI-driven cost optimization for Snowflake and Databricks."[14] ## Flexera One Platform **Flexera One** is the company's SaaS platform for managing hybrid IT environments. It uses Flexera's Technology Intelligence Platform [15], which includes: - Technopedia - Product Use Rights Library (PURL) - Enterprise Technology Blueprint (ETB) ### Flexera Software The Flexera Software division (now Revenera) has made several acquisitions. On February 26, 2016, Flexera Software acquired [software composition analysis](/source/Software_composition_analysis) company Palamida.[16] On February 5, 2020, Flexera Software acquired software usage analytics company Revulytics.[17][18][19] ## See also - [FlexNet Publisher](/source/FlexNet_Publisher) - [InstallShield](/source/InstallShield) ## References 1. ["About Us"](https://www.flexera.com/about-us). *Flexera*. Retrieved 25 November 2025. 1. ["Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Macrovision's Software Business Unit"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130602033702/http://www.flexerasoftware.com/company/newscenter/pressreleases/press-releases_8572.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.flexerasoftware.com/company/newscenter/pressreleases/press-releases_8572.htm) on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 1. Lai, Eric (October 10, 2009). ["Acresso who? Macrovision spinoff changes name, again"](https://www.computerworld.com/article/2528916/acresso-who--macrovision-spinoff-changes-name--again.html). ComputerWorld. Retrieved 11 March 2024. 1. ["Flexera's Owners Pursue Sale for Up to $3 Billion"](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-06/flexera-owners-are-said-to-pursue-sale-for-as-much-as-3-billion). *Bloomberg.com*. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020. 1. [Flexera Software Acquires ManageSoft](https://www.flexera.com/company/news/press-releases/flexera-software-acquires-managesoft.html) 1. Kuranda, Sarah (September 15, 2015). ["Flexera Acquires Secunia To Create One-Stop Shop For Software Licensing, Vulnerability Management"](https://www.crn.com/news/security/300078133/flexera-acquires-secunia-to-create-one-stop-shop-for-software-licensing-vulnerability-management). CRN. CRN. Retrieved 11 March 2024. 1. ["Flexera Completes Acquisition of BDNA"](https://www.flexera.com/blog/it-visibility/flexera-completes-acquisition-of-bdna/). *Flexera Blog*. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2023-12-18. 1. MSV, Janakiram. ["Flexera Acquires RightScale - The Multi-Cloud Management Platform Company"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2018/09/26/flexera-acquires-rightscale-the-multi-cloud-management-platform-company/#77f285af5433). *Forbes*. Retrieved 2018-11-25. 1. Dignan, Larry. ["Flexera buys RISC Networks to bolster cloud migration efforts"](https://www.zdnet.com/article/flexera-buys-risc-networks-to-bolster-cloud-migration-efforts/). *ZDnet*. Retrieved 2019-06-07. 1. ["Flexera enters into definitive agreement to acquire Snow Software, broadening its portfolio for technology value optimization"](https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-enters-agreement-to-acquire-snow-software). *Flexera*. Retrieved 11 March 2024. 1. ["Flexera Completes Acquisition of Snow Software, Broadening its Portfolio for Technology Value Optimization"](https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-completes-acquisition-of-snow-software). *Flexera*. Retrieved 11 March 2024. 1. ["NetApp offloads Spot, Cloudcheckr to Flexera"](https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/01/16/netapp-spot-flexera/). *Blocks and Files*. Retrieved 16 April 2024. 1. ["Flexera Completes Acquisition of NetApp's Spot FinOps Portfolio"](https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-completes-acquisition-of-netapps-spot-finops-portfolio). *Flexera*. Retrieved 16 April 2024. 1. [https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-expands-its-finops-solution-with-agentic-and-ai-enabled-cost-optimization](https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-expands-its-finops-solution-with-agentic-and-ai-enabled-cost-optimization) 1. [https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/flexera-aims-to-remove-barriers-between-itam-and-finops-data/](https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/flexera-aims-to-remove-barriers-between-itam-and-finops-data/) 1. Lavine, Robert. ["Flexera muscles in on Palamida"](https://globalventuring.com/corporate/flexera-muscles-in-on-palamida/). *Global Venturing*. Retrieved 2016-10-26. 1. ["Flexera Expands Into Critical Software Usage Analytics Space"](https://www.thesoftwarereport.com/flexera-expands-into-critical-software-usage-analytics-space/). *The Software Report*. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-28. 1. ["Flexera acquires software usage analytics startup Revulytics"](https://techstartups.com/2020/02/05/flexera-acquires-software-usage-analytics-startup-revulytics/). *Tech Startups*. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-28. 1. Dignan, Larry (2020-02-05). ["Flexera buys Revulytics to help software vendors monetize better"](https://www.zdnet.com/article/flexera-buys-revulytics-to-help-software-vendors-monetize-better/). *ZDNet*. Retrieved 2020-02-28. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Flexera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexera) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexera?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.