User:Guffydrawers/sandbox/HEAT Software

This page is a NOT a Wikipedia article It is a scratchpad area used by a contributor to assemble information.

HEAT Software USA Inc is a multinational software company that develops, markets and sells a range of software used within enterprises, including for IT Service Management, endpoint security and Customer Relationship Management. The company's international headquarters is in Milpitas, California. It was formed in February 2015 by the fusion of FrontRange Solutions Inc and Lumension Security Inc soon after their acquisition by Clearlake Capital Group.

History of FrontRange Solutions
In 1982 helpdesk software pioneer Ron Muns founded Bendata Inc http://gazette.com/ron-muns/article/5361 https://www.cherwell.com/company/executive-team/board-members/ron-muns

1990 Bendata Inc released HEAT (Helpdesk Expert Automation Tool). The tool name is used in the current company's flagship ITSM product and in the company name. https://books.google.de/books?id=QB0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=heat+bendata&source=bl&ots=IG6fFlDAms&sig=mP5kloru2It4YZqD1e-efukHWsk&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiaquXkn_7KAhVKnRoKHSDeAJoQ6AEIQTAE#v=onepage&q=heat%20bendata&f=false

Bendata was bought in 1996 by Astea http://www.computerwoche.de/a/astea-erwirbt-bendata,1105662

and sold in 1998 to iXchange, a South African technology firm. In 1999 iXchange acquired GoldMine Software Corp, producer of GoldMine CRM. https://www.crmswitch.com/crm-industry/goldmine-crm-vendor-history/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/goldmine-software-to-join-with-bendata-inc-74084157.html http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/Older-Articles/The-Edge/I-Bendata-Take-Thee-Goldmine...-48395.aspx

iXchange's US subsidiary was named FrontRange Solutionsin 2000 and in 2002 iXchange renamed its entire company FrontRange Solutions. http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90565

In December 2005 FrontRange was bought by Francisco Partners. https://www.crmswitch.com/crm-industry/goldmine-crm-vendor-history/

GoldMine was continued as a separate division of FrontRange and now of HEAT Software.

Acquisitions 2007 enteo 2008 Centennial Software