[LINK] R.I.P. Softway/Aurema

[steve jenkin]

<sj> This is actually a success story. An Australian VC firm took this
company on and held it for 10 years as they became world leaders in what
they do. This is the natural exit strategy - selling to a large global
firm that can take the technology 'to the next level'. </sj>

<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21230445%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html>
<http://aurema.com.au/news/media_events_press_releases/application_performance_server_consolidation/index.php?file=20070214.php>

After ~21 years, the company spawned in early 1986 by the failure of
Fawnray/Prance and Neology has been sold to Citrix.

The two founders, Chris Maltby and Greg Rose, were Unix pioneers meeting
in the first kernel class at Uni of NSW under John Lions. They then
working together for a number of years before founding Softway as part
of the Techway group.

Chris, currently Chief Technical Officer of Aurema, was made a Life
Member of AUUG in 1996.
Greg now works as senior Cryptography & Security expert for Qualcomm,
San Diego.

..."seven of Aurema's nine Sydney employees had been hired by Citrix as
part of the deal."

... "Aurema's engineering base had remained in Sydney and would now
become part of Citrix's Advanced Products Group in North Ryde."

They licensed the "Fair Share Scheduler".
The VC firm, Allen & Buckeridge <http://www.a-b.com.au/>  bought Softway
(around 1996), selling the 'security' services/products, and retaining
FSS as the base and focus for Aurema. 
Roger Allen was former head of Computer Power Group.

-- 
Steve Jenkin, Info Tech, Systems and Design Specialist.
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 48, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA

sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sjenkin