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Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1989;35 years ago(1989),Seattle, Washington
HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota
Key people
Mark Ties, CEO
ProductsSoftware
ParentPerforce
Websitewww.perforce.com

Rogue Wave Softwarewas an Americansoftware developmentcompany based inLouisville, Colorado.It provided cross-platform software development tools and embedded components for parallel, data-intensive, and otherhigh-performance computing(HPC) applications.

In January 2019, the firm was acquired byMinneapolis, Minnesota-based application software developerPerforce,[1]which is maintaining Rogue Wave's products.[2]

History[edit]

The company was founded in 1989 inSeattle, Washingtonby Thomas Keffer and Richard Romea, producing aC++classlibraryin 1989 called Math.h++. In 1990, the company moved toCorvallis, Oregon,and released Tools.h++, which predated theStandard Template Library.In November 1996, they had aninitial public offering,listing their shares on theNASDAQunder symbol RWAV. In January 1998, Rogue Wave Software announced they were buyingMorrisville, North Carolina-based Stingray Software, a developer of object oriented tools for Windows programmers.[3]

In 2001, the ".h++" products were combined into the product family SourcePro C++. In 2003, the company was acquired by Quovadx, which was in turn acquired byprivate equity firmBattery Venturesin July 2007.[citation needed]

Rogue Wave Software then became an independent company again. In May 2009, the company acquired Visual Numerics, developer ofIMSL Numerical LibrariesandPV-WAVEdata analytics software,[4]and TotalView Technologies, Inc (formerly Etnus, Inc.), which providesdebuggingtools for C, C++ andFortran(TotalView, MemoryScape and ReplayEngine).[5]

In 2010, the company acquired Acumem, a multicore performance software company and developer of Threadspotter performance optimization software.[6]In May 2012, they acquired IBM's ILOG C++ visualization products, followed by their Java and Flex visualization products in September 2014.[7]

In August 2013, the company acquired open source software consulting firm OpenLogic,[8]and static code analysis softwareKlocworkin January 2014.[9]With expanding business scope and need for new hires, in October 2015, Rogue Wave moved from Boulder to a somewhat larger and newer space in Louisville, closer to the Denver talent pool;[10]it also acquiredZend Technologies,[11]a maker ofPHPtools and services. In November 2016, Rogue Wave Software announced the acquisition ofAkana,a leadingAPI managementsoftware vendor.[12]In November 2017, the company acquiredZeroTurnaround,[13]creator of JRebel and XRebel Java developer tools forprofilingand deployment.

In January 2019, the company was acquired by Minneapolis-based application software developer Perforce.[1]

Products and services[edit]

Rogue Wave products acquired by Perforce included the following:

  • Akana - computer software products forapplication programming interface(API) management[12]
  • CodeDynamics - a software tool for dynamic code analysis[14]
  • HostAccess - a suite of terminal emulation products for Windows[citation needed]
  • HydraExpress - a framework for creatingC++Web services from existing C++ code[15]
  • IMSL Numerical Libraries - a commercial collection ofsoftware librariesofnumerical analysisfunctionality for computer programming[4]
  • PV-WAVE - an array oriented fourth-generation programming language used to build and deploy visual data analysis applications[4]
  • JRebel and XRebel - Java development and performance management tools for software developers[16]
  • Klocwork - astatic code analysistool
  • SourcePro - software that enables developers to build C++ apps using common APIs that can be migrated from one platform to another[17]
  • Stingray - a tool for developing object oriented front ends for Windows programming[18]
  • TotalView for HPC - Debugging software for C/C++, Fortran, and Mixed-Language Python Applications[19]
  • Visualization - data visualization tools to assist with application development, including a GUI builder and data management abstraction capabilities[20]
  • Zend Server - a web application server for running and managingPHPapplications
  • Zend Studio - a commercial, proprietaryintegrated development environment(IDE) forPHP

In addition, Perforce also acquired OpenLogic, a consulting organization with expertise in open source software, from Rogue Wave.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Perforce expands DevOps portfolio with Rogue Wave acquisition".sdtimes.com.22 January 2019.Retrieved23 January2019.
  2. ^"Perforce catches Rogue Wave as it looks to capture enterprise pipelines".DevClass.22 January 2019.Retrieved9 April2020.
  3. ^"Rogue Buys Stingray".Computerworld.26 January 1998.
  4. ^abc"Visual Numerics Acquired By Rogue Wave Software".Texas Tech Pulse.5 May 2009.Retrieved29 January2020.
  5. ^"InsideTrack: TotalView Technologies sold to Rogue Wave Software [Confirmed]".Inside HPC.22 December 2009.Retrieved29 January2020.
  6. ^"Rogue Wave Adds Acumem to Its HPC Stable".HPC Wire.4 October 2010.Retrieved29 January2020.
  7. ^"Going Rogue (Wave) Over ILOG C++".Dr. Dobbs.11 May 2012.Retrieved16 October2020.
  8. ^ab"Rogue Wave plans to use OpenLogic's portfolio to roll out solutions intended to help developers search and write better open source codes faster".ZDNet.22 August 2013.Retrieved29 January2020.
  9. ^"Rogue Wave Acquires Klocwork".Dr. Dobb's.
  10. ^"New acquisition, new HQ fuel Rogue Wave's growth – BizWest".BizWest.30 October 2015.Retrieved7 September2018.
  11. ^"Rogue Wave buys PHP technology leader Zend".6 October 2015.Retrieved29 January2020.
  12. ^ab"Rogue Wave Software acquires Akana, SourceClear announces major product features, and Pneuron unveils new capabilities for its orchestration software".SD Times.29 December 2016.Retrieved29 January2020.
  13. ^"Java Toolmaker ZeroTurnaround Acquired by Rogue Wave".ADTMag.29 November 2017.Retrieved30 January2020.
  14. ^"Software testing is all about automation".SD Times.29 February 2016.Retrieved22 April2020.
  15. ^"Rogue Wave eats Acumem".The Register.4 October 2010.Retrieved22 April2020.
  16. ^"Rogue Wave acquires ZeroTurnaround for its Java developer tools".SD Times.29 November 2017.Retrieved22 April2020.
  17. ^"Rogue Wave Unveils SourcePro Upgrade".ADT Mag.2 August 2005.Retrieved23 April2020.
  18. ^"Rogue Buys Stingray".Computerworld.26 January 1998.
  19. ^"An Interface to Support the Identification of Dynamic MPI 2 Processes for Scalable Parallel Debugging".Research Gate.1 September 2006.Retrieved23 April2020.
  20. ^"Going Rogue (Wave) Over ILOG C++".Dr. Dobbs.11 May 2012.Retrieved23 April2020.

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