Talk:TIBCO Software

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Awards section?
I know this article gets little traffic, but I thought I would put this out there. Should this article have an "Awards" section? It already has enough issues with sounding like an advertisement, and while a few sales-pitch sounding sentences have been fixed, I still think an awards section for a data company distracts from Wikipedia's neutral point of view. Let me know what you think about removing the awards section, because removing it seems like a good option at the moment. See: Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. ~the.one.and.the.only~ (talk) 03:06, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

"Smart Sockets" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Smart Sockets and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 23 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. signed,Rosguill talk 17:53, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Request to add Tom Krause as CEO and correct "acquisition"
Hello! On behalf of Citrix, as part of my work with Beutler Ink, I'd like to request the CEO be updated to Tom Krause. I propose updating the Infobox as well as the Post-IPO section, which incorrectly says that TIBCO acquired Citrix.
 * Add: In July 2022, Citrix Systems announced it would merge with TIBCO following its acquisition by Vista Equity and Evergreen Coast Capital, and that the new company would be led by Tom Krause.
 * Replace acquisition with merger

Because of my COI, I will not make direct changes to the article. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 22:56, 7 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done Text in the article has already been updated to reflect the suggested changes. GiovanniSidwell (talk) 20:15, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Potential merge
Please see merge discussion related to this article at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Merge.

Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Draft History section
Hello editors! On behalf of Cloud Software Group and as part of my work with Beutler Ink, I'll be suggesting changes to update and improve this article (and address the "advertisement" tag).

First off, I'd like to propose a rewrite of the History section, including the Post-IPO subsection. The current section includes details that seem unnecessary, some bordering on promotion or name dropping, as well as sourcing issues. In some cases of dead links, I've removed information where I could not locate a reliable source. Overall, I've tried to consolidate and paraphrase information for better readability as much as possible. Following is replacement History text for editor consideration:

Happy to hear feedback or questions here or on my Talk page. Because I have a conflict of interest, I will not directly edit this article and will defer to what changes editors are willing to implement on my behalf. Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello @Inkian Jason: I believe the advertisement tag was added primarily so that the Products and Awards sections could be addressed. Almost all those awards appear to be non-notable and sourced to press releases (including the Reuters and Bloomberg ones). Most of the product info appears to be unsourced or use poor sources.
 * That said, your clean up of the History section is a good start and it looks good to me, though I'd like to see a couple of sentences covering TIBCO's predecessor Teknekron (where 'TIB' was first developed), which is now removed. Could you add that here? Here are some sources that cover its formation and history that you could perhaps use: Thanks, Ptrnext (talk) 19:50, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Happy to add information about Teknekron (see my new addition in the box above). I like the Wired article because it directly connects the path from Teknekron to TIBCO. I've used that to draft a short addition, but feel free to make text changes. Inkian Jason (talk) 23:18, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks, Ptrnext (talk) 00:47, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Advertisement tag
Back in April 2021, you added two tags to the article, including the remaining "advertisement" tag. Later that month, User:~the.one.and.the.only~ made changes to the article's opening paragraph, which seem to address the reason you added this tag. Unless there's other problematic text in the article, would you be willing to remove this tag? I should also note, above I've submitted an edit request seeking to improve the History section, if either of you are interesting in reviewing and updating the article on my behalf.

Thanks for your consideration, Inkian Jason (talk) 18:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Jason, apologies for the late reply, had been rather busy the last couple weeks. The opening and the History section are looking much better, the latter especially after your edits above. I think some parts of the Products section still sound like an ad for those products, like the EBX and TIBCO Messaging paragraphs. So I think what I'll do is remove the advertisement tag from the top of the article, but add one just for the Products section. – numbermaniac  08:23, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for moving the tag! I agree that the Products section needs help. I've posted a new request below with a much shorter version that I think would be a big improvement. Feel free to take a look if you have time. Inkian Jason (talk) 17:07, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Products section
Hello editors! On behalf of Cloud Software Group and as part of my work with Beutler Ink, I'd like to propose a rewrite of the Products section to improve the article. As mentioned in the discussion above, I am also hoping to address the Advertisement tag. I've drafted this to be short, and evergreen. I haven't addressed the Historical products section here, and am open to thoughts on whether or not it makes sense to keep that in the article. I propose replacing the current Products text with the following:

TIBCO develops enterprise software for business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and business-to-employee networking applications. The company's products include software for enterprise application management, data virtualization, data analytics such as Spotfire, master data management, API management and data integration such as TIBCO Rendezvous, complex event processing such as LogLogic, messaging, data science, streaming data, and business process automation.

Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:07, 2 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Looks better than the current section - I'll go ahead and replace it with this. As for the Historical products section it may be worth making it a sub-section of Products, and then just reducing it to a summary like this Products paragraph. Or it could just be another paragraph of the Products section. More citations may need to be found for those historical products - only one of them has a reference at the moment. – numbermaniac  07:37, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for reviewing this request and updating the article, numbermaniac. I'll consider some options for the Historical products section. Inkian Jason (talk) 15:00, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

I'd like to request further changes to Products in order to make that section more concise, cut down on similar information, and remove mention of "Tibco mashery". I propose replacing the current section with the following:


 * TIBCO Software provides enterprise application integration, data integration, messaging, event processing, data virtualization, master data management, API management, and business process automation capabilities.

If this works for you, would you be willing to update the article on my behalf? I am putting this request on your radar as well, given your participation in the Historical products discussion below. Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅! Looks good. – numbermaniac  07:37, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Numbermaniac Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 15:54, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Historical products
Related to the above discussion, I've been going through this article and would like to suggest removal of the Historical products. Looking at the sourcing, there's a dead link source for TIBCO ActiveMatrix, there are no citations for any of the other products mentioned, and the two that have their own articles are likely not actually notable. I did not see coverage that indicated any of these need to be mentioned in this article. I'm open to other ideas and feedback. I am putting this request on your radar given your participation above. Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 22:03, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Lightoil (talk) 03:49, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Acquisitions section
Hello editors! On behalf of Cloud Software Group and as part of my work with Beutler Ink, I'd like to propose a rewrite of the Acquisitions section to improve the article.

I suggest replacing the bulleted list with prose, as presented below:

TIBCO's history has been marked by acquisitions, making them in each decade of its existence and more than 30 between 1997 and 2018. The company's first acquisition came in 1998 with the purchase of push software company InCommon. Its second came the following year with the purchase of InConcert, a telecommunications software company. The 2000s were marked by a series of acquisitions that expanded TIBCO's range of services, including XML technology company Extensibility, real-time messaging company Talarian,, business process automation company Staffware, master data management software provider Velosel, data analytics providers Spotfire and Insightful Corporation, and cloud computing company DataSynapse.

The company continued to purchase smaller firms throughout the 2010s, including several data analytics and science-related companies, such as Netrics, Maporama, SnappyData, streaming data analytics firm StreamBase Systems, Statistica, and analytics development firm Alpine Data Labs. It also Cisco Systems' data virtualization software, data automation company Scribe Software, and data management company Orchestra Networks. The company also branched beyond data analytics and management with its acquisitions, and purchased file transfer company Proginet, oil and gas exploration software company OpenSpirit, loyalty management software developer Loyalty Lab, business process discovery software developer Nimbus, security management platform LogLogic, business intelligence company Extended Results, business software provider JasperSoft, and API manager Mashery. Prior to its merger with Citrix, TIBCO made its final acquisition in October 2020, purchasing analytics company Information Builders.

Since the three of you have reviewed my previous requests, I was hoping you might be willing to weigh in again.

Happy to hear feedback or questions here or on my Talk page. Because I have a conflict of interest, I will not directly edit this article and will defer to what changes editors are willing to implement on my behalf. Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 15:51, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Reply 1-AUG-2023
Regards, Spintendo  08:53, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) The claim(s) regarding the acquisition of certain companies could not be added because the Wikilinks for these companies−which would indicate if the companies were independently notable−were not provided with the request.
 * 2) To proceed with the request, kindly provide the WikiLinks of the mentioned companies. When ready to proceed with the requested information, kindly change the ' template's answer parameter to read from y to n. Please note that prior text entered in the Edit request proposal should not be retro-actively altered. Instead, a new reply post supplying the needed information should be posted below this review. The original ' template may then be altered.

Request to replace sources
I am sorry to see the above request to convert a list with many bad sources and incorrect dates into accurate prose with much better sources has been rejected. Therefore, I'll pivot and submit a series of requests to fix inaccuracies, provide sources for unsourced text, and replace bad sources with news coverage. Currently, the Acquisitions section starts with the following:
 * In 1997, it acquired inCommon, a push software company.
 * In 1999, it acquired InConcert, a telecommunication workflow company.
 * In 2000, it acquired Extensibility, an XML technology company.

Problems:
 * The current text uses an inaccessible source and press releases.
 * The current text has an incorrect date (1997 for InCommon).

I propose replacing these bullets with the following:


 * In 1998, it acquired InCommon, a push software company
 * In 1999, it acquired InConcert, a telecommunications software company
 * In 2000, it acquired Extensibility, an XML technology company

Thanks for reviewing. Inkian Jason (talk) 15:52, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Talarian, Staffware, Objectstar, Velosel
Related to above, I'd like to suggest another improvement for the Acquisitions section.

Currently, the article says:


 * In 2002, it acquired Talarian, which developed SmartSockets.
 * In 2004, the company acquired Staffware for automating, integrating and dynamically managing business processes.
 * In 2005, it acquired Objectstar, a mainframe integrator.
 * In 2005, it acquired Velosel, a master data management software provider.

Problems:
 * eWeek is not a problematic source, but the article used here is outdated and describes a future acquisition.
 * The Staffware claim is unsourced.
 * The Objectstar claim is sourced by TIBCO's website; I've struggled to find secondary coverage, so I suggest removal (as seen below).
 * The references are poorly formatted.

I propose removing the Objectstar claim and replacing the other three with the following:


 * In 2002, it acquired real-time messaging company Talarian.
 * In 2004, it acquired Staffware, a business process automation company.
 * In 2005, it acquired Velosel, a master data management software provider.

I hope editors will see this as an improvement and implement on my behalf.

Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:24, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Spotfire, Insightful, DataSynapse
Similar to above, I'd like to suggest another source improvement for the Acquisitions section.

Currently, the article says:
 * In 2007, the company acquired Spotfire, which marketed analytics for business intelligence.
 * In 2008, it purchased Insightful Corporation, including the S-PLUS data analysis programming language.
 * In 2009, it entered the grid computing and cloud computing markets with its acquisition of DataSynapse.

Problems:
 * For Spotfire, the InformationWeek source does not work.
 * The Insightful claim is sourced by TIBCO's website.
 * The company descriptions are not quite accurate based on news sources.

I propose replacing these three bullets with the following:


 * In 2007, it acquired Spotfire, a business intelligence software company.
 * In 2008, it purchased Insightful Corporation, which provides products for statistical data analysis and data mining.
 * In 2009, it acquired DataSynapse, expanding TIBCO's grid computing and cloud computing offerings.

Again, my goals are to improve the accuracy of text already included in the article, and to provide more reliable sources to use as citations. I hope editors will consider these suggestions improvements, and implement on my behalf. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:00, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Of the seven companies that you mentioned (since my earlier reply) which had problematic sourcing, I've removed six of them, and the seventh one I updated, since it was the only one which was notable. I will also be updating the references for the notable companies LogLogic, Jaspersoft, and Streambase's acquisitions as prose, per your first request. Regards, Spintendo  21:14, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Changes to Infobox
Hello again! I have a few more changes to request for this article:
 * In the Infobox: Replace the "owners" value with "parent" and change "Vista Equity Partners" to "Cloud Software Group"
 * Reason: Cloud Software Group has been the parent company since September 2022.
 * In the Infobox: Change Type from "Private" to "Subsidiary"
 * Reason: TIBCO is a subsidiary of Cloud Software Group

Happy to answer any questions. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:58, 26 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Spintendo  19:08, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 19:20, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Introduction changes
Hello again! I'd like to suggest changes to the introduction:

To
 * Change: "TIBCO Software Inc. is an American business intelligence software company founded in 1997 in Palo Alto, California."
 * "TIBCO Software is a business unit of Cloud Software Group that provides enterprise software."
 * Reason: To bring this sentence up to date with the current company structure.


 * Remove: "Its Palo Alto campus consists of four buildings on 16 acres in Stanford Research Park."
 * Reason: This seems like an unnecessary detail for an article introduction.


 * Add: "TIBCO was merged with Citrix Systems in September 2020, following the latter's acquisition by Vista Equity Partners and Elliott Investment Management."
 * Reason: This was a significant change to the company that seems worth noting in the introduction.
 * Supported by: Millward, Wade Tyler (September 30, 2022)."Citrix-Tibco Close $17B Deal, Uniting Virtualization And Enterprise Apps Vendors". CRN.

Happy to answer any questions. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 23:34, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Reply 7-NOV-2023
Spintendo 03:08, 8 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for reviewing, User:Spintendo. However, the article body had already mentioned the merger, so I was hoping to update the introduction with this important detail. Are you willing to update the introduction instead? Inkian Jason (talk) 16:24, 8 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Your request did not specify where the text was to be placed, so I placed it in the History section in chronological order, assuming that because it had references, it was meant for the main body of text, since references are ordinarily left out of the lead.


 * Regards, Spintendo  19:25, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Based on User:Spintendo's feedback above, I'd like to request an addition to the lead section of the article:


 * Add to the article's lead section: "TIBCO was merged with Citrix Systems in September 2020, following the latter’s acquisition by Vista Equity Partners and Elliott Investment Management."
 * Reason: This was a significant change to TIBCO representing it becoming part of Cloud Software Group, rather than a standalone entity. This information is already verified in the article’s History section.
 * Supported by: Millward, Wade Tyler (September 30, 2022). "Citrix-Tibco Close $17B Deal, Uniting Virtualization And Enterprise Apps Vendors". CRN.

Happy to answer any questions, thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 21:56, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Reply 8-NOV-2023
This was a significant change to TIBCO representing it becoming part of CSG, rather than a standalone entity when tibco entered into existence, it was as a subsidiary of another company, so there was never a time when it was "standing alone."
 * I think if this purchase were made by Apple or another large well-known technology company, this would be important lead-section material. I don't believe the article is harmed by this information being placed in the main body of the article. The article itself is detailed with a timeline of information on many different types of business relationships the subject company has entered into. The article champions the idea that the main body of the article is not an inappropriate place for timeline-like information on mergers and acquisitions (indeed, history sections always function sort of like prosaic timelines, so to speak,  where information is discussed in a chronological format by using prose instead of a more traditional vertical timeline that has dates and a couple of sentences in a bullet format).  So it being placed there is not out of the ordinary. Perhaps as a second paragraph of the lead section, there could be a short mention of how CSG came to be (more briefly put than the paragraph in the history section is now) and without footnotes, since that section is supposed to be devoid of those. Let me know what you think.  Regards,  Spintendo  02:10, 9 November 2023 (UTC)