WRQ and Formation In 1981, Doug Walker, Mike Richer and Marty Quinn founded Walker, Richer & Quinn (WRQ) to integrate microcomputers with existing IT environments. The company set its sights on the Hewlett-Packard market, launching the first commercially viable
terminal emulator for the
HP 3000. (Two subsidiaries,
Express Metrix and
NetMotion Wireless, had been spun off by WRQ in 2000 and 2001, respectively, and continued to operate successfully for years to come.) After buying both WRQ, Inc. and
Attachmate Corporation, who had been long-time competitors in the host emulation business, the private equity firms announced that the companies would be merged.
NetIQ NetIQ, founded in 1995 by Ching-Fa Hwang, Her-daw Che, Hon Wong, Ken Prayoon Cheng and Thomas R. Kemp, was a company that provided
systems management and
security management software. Their products included AppManager and Security Manager. On April 27, 2006, AttachmateWRQ announced an agreement to acquire NetIQ
OnDemand In 2006, AttachmateWRQ acquired OnDemand Software,
Novell In 2011, Attachmate acquired
Novell, Inc and Attachmate Group announced entering into a definitive agreement to merge with Micro Focus, with transaction to be closed in 2014-11-03. Wizard Parent LLC was estimated to hold a 40% stake in Micro Focus following the acquisition. In 2015-04-05, Micro Focus announced the completion of integrating
Attachmate Group of companies that had been merged in 2014-11-20. During the integration period, the affected companies had been merged into a single organization. In the announced reorganization, NetIQ and Novell products would be part of Micro Focus portfolio. SUSE was sold to
EQT AB in 2019. ==References==