Purchase gives IT management specialist added firepower in identity governance, penetration testing, threat detection, and vulnerability management. Read the full article here.

Fortra has acquired the Core Security division of Irvine, Calif.-based SecureAuth Corp.

Fortra today announced the latest release of its industry-leading managed file transfer solution, GoAnywhere MFT. This version has unveiled a new look for GoAnywhere: a modernized web interface that simplifies how users interact with others and share files in an increasingly-secure file transfer environment.

GoAnywhere MFT Cloud Connectors are popular among Fortra customers for their ability to connect with everyday business applications to automate secure file sharing. Not only is Fortra actively updating and improving previously released Cloud Connectors based on customer feedback, it also encourages users to create their own integrations.

Fortra yesterday announced the acquisition of MVP Systems Software, the Connecticut-based developer of the JAMS workload management and scheduling software. While JAMS supported IBM i, Fortra will count on the product to deliver capabilities primarily in the open systems realm, with cloud possibilities looming in the future.

Fortra announced today that it has acquired MVP Systems Software, a leader in enterprise workload automation software

Acquisition helps organizations better manage capacity and performance of their IT environments

Today Fortra released Cloud Connectors allowing their GoAnywhere Secure File Transfer solution to integrate with popular third-party services like Salesforce, SharePoint, Box, and more.

HGGC becomes leading investor in Fortra to support strong global growth across cybersecurity, automation, and business intelligence solutions

HelpSystems has become one the largest independent software vendors in the IBM i marketplace, with tools spanning operations, security, backup, high availability, forms management, and capacity planning. A company representative recent sat down with IT Jungle at the recent COMMON PowerUp conference to talk about what’s new. HelpSystems didn’t have a single major product launch at the COMMON...

Fortra announced a new product offering—Vityl Capacity Management. This release includes a capacity planning component that makes it easy for anyone to be a capacity planner and right-size their infrastructure.

Acquisition enables organizations to protect information stored on Linux and Unix servers with identity and access management software

Linoma Software, a Fortra company, today announced the release of version 5.5 of its GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) solution, which allows organizations to deploy MFT agents across the enterprise to automate, secure and audit all of their file transfers from a single, centralized location.

TeamQuest provides industry-leading IT capacity planning and performance management software

Fortra and Tango/04 combine to help organizations in Europe and Latin America with systems management, monitoring, and security solutions.

Linoma provides managed file transfer and encryption solutions for meeting compliance requirements.

Despite all the IBM i security vendors that Fortra has bought over the years--and there have been at least five of them--the company has lacked one key security capability valued by enterprises: encryption.

Eden Prairie, MN, January 10, 2013 – HelpSystems, LLC, a world leader in systems management, security, and business intelligence software, announced it has completed the acquisition of Dartware, LLC, a network management software company. The acquisition, which completed in December, represents the growing company’s third acquisition in 2012 and ninth overall. Based in New Hampshire, Dartware is...

With this acquisition, Fortra offers one of the industry's most comprehensive IT and business process automation portfolios with virtual and cloud-based technology, as well as a broad set of application integrations.