Ipswitch, Inc.

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Ipswitch, Inc.
Products
Number of employees
300+ (2016[3])
Websiteipswitch.com

Ipswitch is an IT management software developer for small and medium sized businesses.[4] The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts[5] and has operations in Atlanta (Alpharetta) and Augusta, Georgia,[6] American Fork, Utah, Madison, Wisconsin and Galway, Ireland.[7] Ipswitch sells its products directly, as well as through distributors, resellers and OEMs in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.[7] Since 2019, Ipswitch is part of Progress Software.

History

Ipswitch's offices in Alpharetta, Georgia

Roger Greene founded Ipswitch in 1991 out of his apartment without any

Spyglass Mosaic browser.[10] In 1996, the company released the beta version of WhatsUp Gold, a commercial version of an earlier shareware product, WS_Ping,[11] as well as purchasing the rights to WS_FTP
.

In 2008, Ipswitch acquired the Wisconsin-based software producer Standard Networks Inc. and its product MOVEit.[12] Shortly after the acquisition, Ipswitch split its operations into three divisions, secure file transfers, network management, and messaging and collaboration.[13] The company acquired Salt Lake City-based Hourglass Technologies in 2009.[14] The following year, the company acquired the compliance system and system log analysis software producer, Dorian Software.[15] In December 2012, Ipswitch acquired the Waldorf, Germany-based performance testing company iOpus known for its product, iMacros, a web-browser extension.[16] In 2015, Ipswitch merged its network monitoring and file transfer divisions and created the PartnerSynergy program.[7] Ipswitch opened a support and operations center in Galway, Ireland in March 2016.[17] On 28 March 2019, Ipswitch signed an agreement with Progress Software Corporation, whereby Progress will acquire Ipswitch.[18] The completion of the purchase for $225 million was announced by Progress on May 1, 2019.[19]

Philanthropy

The company commits 5 percent of its profits to a variety of community investment programs, designed to support the interests of its employees.[6] In 2010, Ipswitch Inc.’s network management division claimed that the company achieved over 5,000 downloads of its WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit in the first month of its release. Through a partnership with Trees for Life International, they planted over 5,000 trees, one for each download.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ipswitch Names Michael Grossi New Chief Executive Officer". Feb 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Wicked Local: Lexington (11 August 2017). "Lexington Ipswitch announces new VP, chief financial officer".
  3. ^ "US Tech Firm Ipswitch to Create 60 Galway Jobs". RTE News. March 15, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  4. ^ "Company overview of Ipswitch, Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  5. ^ Reddan, Fiona (March 15, 2016). "Ipswitch to Create 60 Jobs in Galway". The Irish Times. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Bushnell, Davis (October 4, 2007). "Software Firm Hits $1 Million in Charitable Gifts". Boston.com. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c Horton, Christine (March 30, 2015). "Ipswitch Merges Divisions to Create One Organisation". Channel Pro. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  8. ^ Brown, Rodney H. (September 22, 2009). "Roger Greene Bootstrapped Ipswitch, sans bank funding". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  9. ^ "IMail Server Timeline". Ipswitch. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  10. ^ Ayre, Rick; Mace, Thomas (12 March 1996). "Just Browsing". PC Mag. Ziff Davis. p. 142.
  11. . Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  12. ^ "Standard Networks Acquired by Ipswitch Unit". Milwaukee Business Journal. February 19, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  13. ^ "Ipswitch makes another tech acquisition:iOpus Software". Boston Business Journal. April 24, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  14. ^ Seiffert, Don (January 28, 2013). "Ipswitch to Boost Headcount by 30 Percent". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  15. ^ Dubie, Denise (January 26, 2010). "WhatsUp Gold buys Windows security management vendor". Networkworld. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  16. ^ Frick, Walter (April 24, 2012). "Ipswitch Continues Its Growth by Acquisition Strategy With Purchase of iOpus Software". BostInno. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  17. ^ Reddan, Fiona (March 15, 2016). "Ipswitch to Create 60 Jobs in Galway". Irish Times. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  18. ^ Dignan, Larry (March 28, 2019). "Progress acquires Ipswitch for $225 million, tops first quarter targets". ZDNet.
  19. ^ "Progress Completes Acquisition of Ipswitch, Inc". Progress Software Corporation. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  20. ^ Sharma, Anil (August 6, 2010). "Ipswitch Network Management's WhatsUp Gold Engineer's Toolkit Surpasses 5,000 Downloads". infoTech. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  21. ^ "Standard Networks acquired by Ipswitch unit". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 21 Apr 2014.

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