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On 2006-01-29, Pender Financial Group announced on that it has entered into an agreement with Sophos, Inc. to acquire ActiveState Software Inc.<ref>[http://www.activestate.com/press-releases/activestate-spin-out ActiveState To Spin Out]</ref>
On 2006-01-29, Pender Financial Group announced on that it has entered into an agreement with Sophos, Inc. to acquire ActiveState Software Inc.<ref>[http://www.activestate.com/press-releases/activestate-spin-out ActiveState To Spin Out]</ref>


On 2006-02-21, ActiveState Software Inc. announced its acquisition by Pender Financial Group Corporation from Sophos, Inc., a subsidiary of Sophos Plc., for the purchase price of US$2,250,000. Following the acquisition, Bart Copeland would become ActiveState Software Inc.'s President and CEO, and Dr. David Ascher would become ActiveState Software Inc.'s CTO and VP of Engineering.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060222005860/en/ActiveState-Acquired-Employees-Pender-Financial-Group-Company ActiveState Acquired by Employees and Pender Financial Group; Company Renews Focus on Tools and Solutions for Dynamic Languages]</ref> Following the sales of ActiveState to PFG, David Ascher of ActiveState revealed that Sophos agreed to sell ActiveState because developing programming tools did not fit Sophos's business model.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061109233024/http://business.newsforge.com/business/06/03/24/177217.shtml?tid=3 ActiveState reactivates]</ref>
On 2006-02-21, ActiveState Software Inc. announced its acquisition by Pender Financial Group Corporation from Sophos, Inc., a subsidiary of Sophos Plc., for the purchase price of US$2,250,000. Following the acquisition, Bart Copeland would become ActiveState Software Inc.'s President and CEO, and Dr. David Ascher would become ActiveState Software Inc.'s CTO and VP of Engineering.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060222005860/en/ActiveState-Acquired-Employees-Pender-Financial-Group-Company ActiveState Acquired by Employees and Pender Financial Group; Company Renews Focus on Tools and Solutions for Dynamic Languages]</ref> Following the sales of ActiveState to PFG, David Ascher of ActiveState revealed that Sophos agreed to sell ActiveState because developing programming tools did not fit Sophos's business model.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061109233024/http://business.newsforge.com/business/06/03/24/177217.shtml?tid=3 ActiveState reactivates]</ref>


===Pender Financial Group ownership era===
===Pender Financial Group ownership era===
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In December 2012, ActiveState announced the [[OEM]] integration of Stackato with [[HP Cloud Services]], specifically the HP Cloud Application Platform as a Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.activestate.com/press-releases/activestate-announces-stackato-hp-oem-licensing|title=ActiveState Announces HP OEM Licensing Agreement for Platform as a Service with Stackato}}</ref> HP describes the product as "an application platform for development, deployment, and management of cloud applications using any language on any stack".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcloud.com/products/PaaSApp |title=HP Cloud Application Platform as a Service product page |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129114201/https://www.hpcloud.com/products/PaaSApp |archivedate=January 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/12/05/hp-unveils-cloud-application-platform-powered-by-activestate/|title=HP Unveils Cloud Application Platform Powered by ActiveState | work=Forbes | first=Reuven|last=Cohen}}</ref>
In December 2012, ActiveState announced the [[OEM]] integration of Stackato with [[HP Cloud Services]], specifically the HP Cloud Application Platform as a Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.activestate.com/press-releases/activestate-announces-stackato-hp-oem-licensing|title=ActiveState Announces HP OEM Licensing Agreement for Platform as a Service with Stackato}}</ref> HP describes the product as "an application platform for development, deployment, and management of cloud applications using any language on any stack".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcloud.com/products/PaaSApp |title=HP Cloud Application Platform as a Service product page |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129114201/https://www.hpcloud.com/products/PaaSApp |archivedate=January 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/12/05/hp-unveils-cloud-application-platform-powered-by-activestate/|title=HP Unveils Cloud Application Platform Powered by ActiveState | work=Forbes | first=Reuven|last=Cohen}}</ref>


In July 28, 2015, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. announced the acquisition of Stackato's business from ActiveState Software Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/platform-as-a-service/hp-buys-activestates-paas-stackato/d/d-id/1321519|title=HP Buys ActiveState's PaaS, Stackato | work=InformationWeek}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160506134054/http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?wireId=1971442|title=HP to Acquire ActiveState's Stackato Business to Help Customers Transition to Hybrid Cloud}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.activestate.com/blog/2015/07/activestates-stackato-cloud-foundry-docker-based-paas-acquired-hp|title=ActiveState's Stackato (Cloud Foundry & Docker Based PaaS) Acquired by HP}}</ref>
In July 28, 2015, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. announced the acquisition of Stackato's business from ActiveState Software Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/platform-as-a-service/hp-buys-activestates-paas-stackato/d/d-id/1321519|title=HP Buys ActiveState's PaaS, Stackato | work=InformationWeek}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?wireId=1971442|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506134054/http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?wireId=1971442|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2016-05-06|title=HP to Acquire ActiveState's Stackato Business to Help Customers Transition to Hybrid Cloud}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.activestate.com/blog/2015/07/activestates-stackato-cloud-foundry-docker-based-paas-acquired-hp|title=ActiveState's Stackato (Cloud Foundry & Docker Based PaaS) Acquired by HP}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:13, 15 November 2018

ActiveState Software Inc.
Company typePrivate
Founded1997
Headquarters
Vancouver, British Columbia
,
Canada
Key people
Bart Copeland (CEO)
ProductsActivePerl, ActivePython, ActiveTcl, Komodo IDE
Number of employees
>30
Websiteactivestate.com

ActiveState Software Inc. is a Canadian software company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. It develops, sells, and supports cross-platform development tools for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl, as well as language distributions and enterprise services.

ActiveState is owned by its employees and Pender Financial Group, an investment company focused on technology and healthcare sectors in British Columbia[1] after briefly being a member of the Sophos group.

History

On 2003-09-24, Sophos Plc annouced the acquisition of ActiveState Corp. As part of the acquisition, ActiveState's president Steve Munford would become a member of Sophos's executive management team as Global VP Messaging.[2][3]

Sophos ownership era

On 2006-01-29, Pender Financial Group announced on that it has entered into an agreement with Sophos, Inc. to acquire ActiveState Software Inc.[4]

On 2006-02-21, ActiveState Software Inc. announced its acquisition by Pender Financial Group Corporation from Sophos, Inc., a subsidiary of Sophos Plc., for the purchase price of US$2,250,000. Following the acquisition, Bart Copeland would become ActiveState Software Inc.'s President and CEO, and Dr. David Ascher would become ActiveState Software Inc.'s CTO and VP of Engineering.[5] Following the sales of ActiveState to PFG, David Ascher of ActiveState revealed that Sophos agreed to sell ActiveState because developing programming tools did not fit Sophos's business model.[6]

Pender Financial Group ownership era

In October 2006, ActiveState was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, along with several other software companies.[7]

Subsidiaries

  • Phenona: On 2011-06-14, ActiveState Software Inc. announced the acquisition of Phenona.[8][9]
  • Appsecute Limited: On 2013-06-04, ActiveState Software Inc. announced the acquisition of Appsecute.[10] The acquisition would become ActiveState's strategy to pair Appsecute with Stackato.[11]

Products

ActiveState products include: ActiveState Komodo, an integrated development environment (IDE) for dynamic languages; Perl Dev Kit (PDK) and Tcl Dev Kit (TDK), productivity and deployment tools for Perl and Tcl programmers; and free and commercial language distributions, ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and Windows.

ActivePython is a software package consisting of the Python (programming language) implementation CPython and a set of extensions, packaged to facilitate installation.[12] As of 2006, it ran on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX platforms.[13] ActivePython for Windows includes the PyWin32 extensions for programming with the Win32 API.[14] It also includes the integrated development environment IDLE, although this requires manual setup.[15]

Stackato

In February 2012, ActiveState announced general availability of Stackato. According to the announcement, Stackato "makes it easy to develop, deploy, migrate, scale, manage, and monitor applications on any cloud", and is available in Enterprise, Micro Cloud, and Sandbox editions.[16]

In December 2012, ActiveState announced the OEM integration of Stackato with HP Cloud Services, specifically the HP Cloud Application Platform as a Service.[17] HP describes the product as "an application platform for development, deployment, and management of cloud applications using any language on any stack".[18][19]

In July 28, 2015, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. announced the acquisition of Stackato's business from ActiveState Software Inc.[20][21][22]

References

  1. ^ ActiveState - Corporate Information - The Dynamic Language Experts
  2. ^ Sophos acquires anti-spam specialist ActiveState
  3. ^ Sophos acquires anti-spam specialist ActiveState
  4. ^ ActiveState To Spin Out
  5. ^ ActiveState Acquired by Employees and Pender Financial Group; Company Renews Focus on Tools and Solutions for Dynamic Languages
  6. ^ ActiveState reactivates
  7. ^ "Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers". Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ ActiveState Acquires Perl Cloud Company, Phenona, to Accelerate Cloud Strategy
  9. ^ Teen sells Perl cloud startup to ActiveState
  10. ^ ActiveState Acquires Appsecute: Private-PaaS Leader Purchases Social DevOps Solutions Provider
  11. ^ Going Social: Why ActiveState Acquired Appsecute
  12. ^ Boswell, William (2003). Inside Windows Server 2003. Addison-Wesley Professional. p. 717.
  13. ^ Martelli, Alex (2006). Python in a Nutshell. O'Reilly. p. 19.
  14. ^ Martelli, Alex; Ravenscroft, Anna; Ascher, David (2005). Python Cookbook. O'Reilly. p. 326.
  15. ^ Langtangen, Hans Petter (2013). Python Scripting for Computational Science. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 660.
  16. ^ "ActiveState Unveils Stackato 1.0, the Application Platform for Creating a Private PaaS".
  17. ^ "ActiveState Announces HP OEM Licensing Agreement for Platform as a Service with Stackato".
  18. ^ "HP Cloud Application Platform as a Service product page". Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Cohen, Reuven. "HP Unveils Cloud Application Platform Powered by ActiveState". Forbes.
  20. ^ "HP Buys ActiveState's PaaS, Stackato". InformationWeek.
  21. ^ "HP to Acquire ActiveState's Stackato Business to Help Customers Transition to Hybrid Cloud". Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "ActiveState's Stackato (Cloud Foundry & Docker Based PaaS) Acquired by HP".

External links

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