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Idera

Enterprise Software

Idera acquires and grows established enterprise software products, providing customers with continued investment and development of trusted tools under a financially stable parent organization.

Last updated Jun 19, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Founded
2004
HQ
Houston, Texas, United States
Connections
1

At a glance

Employees
1001-5000
Revenue
$200M-$500M
1corporate family

About

A major software portfolio consolidator with dozens of acquired brands across developer tools, database management, and software quality verticals

Idera, Inc. is a Houston-based software holding company founded in 2004 that operates as a portfolio of enterprise software products spanning database management, developer tools, software quality, and IT administration. The company has grown primarily through acquisitions, assembling a broad collection of software brands including Embarcadero, Ranorex, Sencha, Kiuwan, Gurock (TestRail), and others. Its business model centers on acquiring established software products with loyal user bases and scaling them under centralized ownership while maintaining distinct brand identities.

Business model

Private Equity-backed Software Holding Company (M&A roll-up)

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • Embarcadero

    Developer tools and database design software including Delphi, C++Builder, and ER/Studio

  • TestRail (Gurock)

    Test case management and QA software platform

  • Ranorex

    Automated testing tools for desktop, web, and mobile applications

  • Kiuwan

    Application security and code quality analysis platform

  • Sencha

    JavaScript UI component frameworks and application development tools

  • IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager

    SQL Server performance monitoring and diagnostics

  • Uptime Infrastructure Monitor

    IT infrastructure and application performance monitoring

  • Precise

    Application performance management and database optimization

Key features

Portfolio of 30+ enterprise software brandsDatabase performance monitoring and managementAutomated software testing and QA toolsDeveloper IDE and application frameworksApplication security and code quality scanningIT infrastructure monitoringCross-platform development tooling

Use cases

Enterprise database performance monitoring and optimizationSoftware QA and test case managementAutomated regression and UI testingApplication security vulnerability scanningCross-platform application developmentIT infrastructure health monitoringCode quality and technical debt management

Customer segments

Enterprise software development teamsDatabase administratorsQA and testing teamsIT operations teamsMid-market software companiesFinancial services firmsHealthcare technology organizations

Tech & specs

Technology stack

SQL ServerOracleMySQLPostgreSQLJavaScript/TypeScriptJava.NET/C#DelphiCloud-native infrastructure

Security & compliance

SOC 2GDPRISO 27001

Deployment

CloudOn-premiseHybrid

API

Yes

Corporate history
  1. 2004 · Founded
  2. 2019Absorbed Travis CI
Connection details

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