Rogue Wave Software

The company was founded in 1989 in Seattle, Washington by Thomas Keffer and Richard Romea, producing a C++ class library in 1989 called Math.h++. In 1990, the company moved to Corvallis, Oregon, and released Tools.h++, which predated the Standard Template Library. In November 1996, they had an initial public offering, listing their shares on the NASDAQ under symbol RWAV. In January 1998, Rogue Wave Software announced they were buying Morrisville, North Carolina–based Stingray Software, a developer of object oriented tools for Windows programmers.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yRsJi-lUO_MC&pg=PT64 |title=Rogue Buys Stingray |website=Computerworld |date=1998-01-26}}

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 by private equity firm Battery Ventures in July 2007.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Rogue Wave Software then became an independent company again. In May 2009, the company acquired Visual Numerics, developer of IMSL Numerical Libraries and PV-WAVE data analytics software,{{cite news|url=http://www.texastechpulse.com/visual_numerics_acquired_by_rogue_wave_software/s-0021472.html|title=Visual Numerics Acquired By Rogue Wave Software|date=2009-05-05|access-date=2020-01-29 | work=Texas Tech Pulse}} and TotalView Technologies, Inc (formerly Etnus, Inc.), which provides debugging tools for C, C++ and Fortran (TotalView, MemoryScape and ReplayEngine).{{cite web|url=https://insidehpc.com/2009/12/insidetrack-totalview-technologies-sold-to-rogue-wave-software/|title=InsideTrack: TotalView Technologies sold to Rogue Wave Software [Confirmed]|work=Inside HPC|date=2009-12-22|access-date=2020-01-29}}

In 2010, the company acquired Acumem, a multicore performance software company and developer of Threadspotter performance optimization software.{{cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/2010/10/04/rogue_wave_adds_acumem_to_its_hpc_stable/|title=Rogue Wave Adds Acumem to Its HPC Stable|work=HPC Wire|date=2010-10-04|access-date=2020-01-29}} In May 2012, they acquired IBM's ILOG C++ visualization products, followed by their Java and Flex visualization products in September 2014.{{cite web|url= https://www.drdobbs.com/tools/going-rogue-wave-over-ilog-c/240000207 |title=Going Rogue (Wave) Over ILOG C++ |website=Dr. Dobbs |date=2012-05-11 |access-date=2020-10-16}}

In August 2013, the company acquired open source software consulting firm OpenLogic,{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/rogue-wave-buying-open-source-software-provider-openlogic/|title=Rogue Wave plans to use OpenLogic's portfolio to roll out solutions intended to help developers search and write better open source codes faster.|work=ZDNet|date=2013-08-22|access-date=2020-01-29}} and static code analysis software Klocwork in January 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.drdobbs.com/security/rogue-wave-acquires-klocwork/240165356|title=Rogue Wave Acquires Klocwork|work=Dr. Dobb's}} 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;{{Cite news|url=https://bizwest.com/2015/10/30/new-acquisition-new-hq-fuel-rogue-waves-growth/|title=New acquisition, new HQ fuel Rogue Wave's growth – BizWest|date=2015-10-30|work=BizWest|access-date=2018-09-07|language=en-US}} it also acquired Zend Technologies,{{cite news|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2989221/rogue-wave-buys-php-technology-leader-zend.html|title=Rogue Wave buys PHP technology leader Zend|date=2015-10-06|access-date=2020-01-29}} a maker of PHP tools and services. In November 2016, Rogue Wave Software announced the acquisition of Akana, a leading API management software vendor.{{Cite web|url=https://sdtimes.com/acquisition/rogue-wave-software-acquires-akana-sourceclear-announces-major-product-features-pneuron-unveils-new-capabilities-orchestration-software-sd-times-news-digest-nov-29-2016/|title=Rogue Wave Software acquires Akana, SourceClear announces major product features, and Pneuron unveils new capabilities for its orchestration software |website=SD Times|date=2016-12-29|access-date=2020-01-29}} In November 2017, the company acquired ZeroTurnaround,{{cite web|url=https://adtmag.com/articles/2017/11/29/zeroturnaround-rogue-wave.aspx|title=Java Toolmaker ZeroTurnaround Acquired by Rogue Wave|work=ADTMag|date=2017-11-29|access-date=2020-01-30}} creator of JRebel and XRebel Java developer tools for profiling and deployment.

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

Rogue Wave products acquired by Perforce included the following:

• Akana - computer software products for application programming interface (API) management
• CodeDynamics - a software tool for dynamic code analysis{{Cite web |url = https://sdtimes.com/automated-testing/software-testing-is-all-about-automation/9/ |title = Software testing is all about automation|work=SD Times|date = 2016-02-29 |access-date = 2020-04-22}}
• HostAccess - a suite of terminal emulation products for Windows{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
• HydraExpress - a framework for creating C++ Web services from existing C++ code{{Cite web |url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/04/rogue_wave_acumem/ |title = Rogue Wave eats Acumem|work=The Register|date = 2010-10-04 |access-date = 2020-04-22}}
• IMSL Numerical Libraries - a commercial collection of software libraries of numerical analysis functionality for computer programming
• PV-WAVE - an array oriented fourth-generation programming language used to build and deploy visual data analysis applications
• JRebel and XRebel - Java development and performance management tools for software developers{{Cite web |url = https://sdtimes.com/developer-productivity/rogue-wave-acquires-zeroturnaround-java-developer-tools/ |title = Rogue Wave acquires ZeroTurnaround for its Java developer tools |work=SD Times|date = 2017-11-29 |access-date = 2020-04-22}}
• Klocwork - a static code analysis tool
• SourcePro - software that enables developers to build C++ apps using common APIs that can be migrated from one platform to another{{Cite web |url = https://adtmag.com/articles/2005/08/02/rogue-wave-unveils-sourcepro-upgrade.aspx |title = Rogue Wave Unveils SourcePro Upgrade|work=ADT Mag|date = 2005-08-02 |access-date = 2020-04-23}}
• Stingray - a tool for developing object oriented front ends for Windows programming{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yRsJi-lUO_MC&pg=PT64 |title=Rogue Buys Stingray |website=Computerworld |date=1998-01-26}}
• TotalView for HPC - Debugging software for C/C++, Fortran, and Mixed-Language Python Applications{{Cite web |url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221597337 |title = An Interface to Support the Identification of Dynamic MPI 2 Processes for Scalable Parallel Debugging|work=Research Gate|date = 2006-09-01 |access-date = 2020-04-23}}
• Visualization - data visualization tools to assist with application development, including a GUI builder and data management abstraction capabilities{{cite web|url=https://www.drdobbs.com/tools/going-rogue-wave-over-ilog-c/240000207 |title=Going Rogue (Wave) Over ILOG C++ |website=Dr. Dobbs |date=2012-05-11 |access-date=2020-04-23}}
• Zend Server - a web application server for running and managing PHP applications
• Zend Studio - a commercial, proprietary integrated development environment (IDE) for PHP

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

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