TYSONS, Va., Sept. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L, NYSE: MFGP) today announced the completion of its merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) software business to create the seventh largest pure-play enterprise software company in the world.¹ This merger brings together two leaders in the software industry to form a new, combined company uniquely positioned to help customers maximize existing software investments and embrace innovation in a world of Hybrid IT.

With the close of the merger, Micro Focus also announced the formation of the U.S. Public Sector fully mitigated company Micro Focus Government Solutions, an independent U.S.-based subsidiary of Micro Focus. This new company serves all U.S. Federal, State, Local and Education agencies and organizations, government systems integrators and partners who support the public sector.

“Today, we have launched one of the largest independent software pure play mitigated companies in the industry, ideally suited to meeting the mission-critical IT needs of the U.S. Public Sector marketplace,” said Robert J. Makheja, President and Chief Executive Officer of Micro Focus Government Solutions. “Utilizing the entire proven software portfolio of the combined companies, we can bring the size, scale, and government expertise to our customers with 100% U.S.-based facilities with talented employees and assets committed to the success of our U.S. Public Sector customers and partners.”

Leveraging the new, combined parent company’s portfolio, Micro Focus Government Solutions helps solve the most complex technology problems for customers in key areas including application delivery management, IT operations management, cyber security, information governance, cloud, Linux and open source products –all supported by big data analytics capabilities.

About Micro Focus Government Solutions
Micro Focus Government Solutions is a U.S.-based purpose built, fully mitigated, independent, government compliant company. Created by the merger of Micro Focus and the Enterprise Software business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Micro Focus Government Solutions serves the U.S. Public Sector clients. Micro Focus Government Solutions is backed by one of the largest pure-play software companies in the world, Micro Focus. This independent company, is one of the largest full mitigated pure play software companies and is committed to helping your organization’s mission-critical IT challenges with their agile and modern software solutions. For more information, visit www.microfocusgov.com.

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus is a leading global enterprise software company uniquely positioned to help customers extend existing investments while embracing new technologies in a world of Hybrid IT. Providing customers with a world-class portfolio of enterprise-grade scalable solutions with analytics built-in, Micro Focus delivers customer-centered innovation across DevOps, Hybrid IT, Security and Risk Management, and Predictive Analytics. For more information visit www.microfocus.com.

¹ As measured by annual publicly reported revenue.

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