Axway Software

Axway Software
Company typeSociété Anonyme
Euronext: AXW
CAC All-Share
IndustryInformation Technology
Founded2000
Headquarters
Scottsdale, Arizona
,
U.S.[1]
Key people
Patrick Donovan (CEO)[2]
ProductsAxway Amplify platform
RevenueDecrease €314.0 million (2022)[3]
Increase €8.5 million (2016)[3]
Number of employees
1,888 (2020)[3]
Websiteaxway.com

Axway Software is a French-American publicly held information technology company that provides software tools for enterprise software, enterprise application integration, business activity monitoring, business analytics, mobile application development and web API management.

Since it split from parent company Sopra Steria in June 2011, Axway has been listed on Euronext Paris (AXW).

History

Axway Software was incorporated on 28 December 2000[3]: 206  when the software infrastructure division of the French IT services company Sopra was spun-out as a subsidiary. (Sopra subsequently merged with another French IT services company Steria to form Sopra Steria in 2014.[4][5])

Sopra used Axway as a vehicle for expansion into the Enterprise Application Integration market. Subsequently, a number of acquisitions have been made by Axway. The Swedish company Viewlocity was acquired in early 2002.[6]

Christophe Fabre became CEO of Axway in 2005 and remained in that position until 2015. Axway acquired the US company Cyclone Commerce in January 2006[7] after which much of the executive management of Axway relocated to Phoenix, Arizona. In February 2007, Axway acquired the Atos's B2B software business in Germany.[8] US company Tumbleweed Communications was acquired in June 2008.[9]

In June 2011, Axway was spun out of Sopra Group and listed on the Paris Euronext. In November 2012, the Irish company Vordel, an API Management vendor, was acquired.[10] The Brazilian company, SCI Soluções, was acquired in September 2013.[11] In January 2014, Axway acquired the assets of Information Gateway in Australia.[3]: 16  Axway acquired French company Systar, a developer of Business Activity Monitoring software, in June 2014.[12]

In January 2016, Axway acquired US company Appcelerator,[13] creator of the Appcelerator Titanium open-source framework for multiplatform native mobile app development. Axway acquired US company Syncplicity, developer of a file share and synchronization service, in February 2017.[14]

As of 2017, Sopra Steria holds 33.52% of Axway and Sopra GMT, a holding company for Sopra Steria and Axway, holds 21.65%. In May 2016, Sopra Steria acquired the 8.62% stake in Axway formerly held by Société Générale.[15] Axway is a component of the CAC Small.[16]

In 2016, Axway had more than 11,000 customers in 100 countries.[3]: 5  Since going public in 2011, annual revenues have grown from €217.2 million in 2011 to €301.1 million in 2016, and profits have grown from €35.3 million in 2011 to €50.8 million in 2016.[17]

Products and services

Main products

Innovation

Axway has been rated in Gartner's Magic Quadrant as a leader in API management for several years,[22] and since 2022 by Forrester Research.[23]

Company locations

Axway is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona[24] and Puteaux, Paris. The company has development centers in France in Lyon and Paris, in Romania in Bucharest, in Bulgaria in Sofia and in the United States in Scottsdale, Arizona and Santa Clara, California. It also has various support centers, including one in Noida, India.

The acquisition of SCI in 2013 lead to the establishment of the Axway South America regional headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil.

References

  1. ^ "Contact us". Axway. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ^ Executive Management | Axway - Global
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Axway French Financial Markets Authority Registration Document Annual Financial Report 2020" (PDF). Axway. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ Boksenbaum-Granier, Matthieu Protard, Alexandre (2014-04-08). "French IT firm Sopra to buy Steria in $1 billion deal". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-04-27.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Sopra Said to Plan Steria Merger in Computer Services Tie-Up". Bloomberg.com. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  6. ^ Rossi, Ben (8 August 2002). "Viewlocity integration a year away, admits Axway". Information Age. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Axway Finalizes Merger with Cyclone Commerce". Business Wire. 4 January 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Sopra Group, For Its Subsidiary Axway, Announces Its Intention to Acquire The B2B Software Business Unit from Atos Origin in Germany". Business Wire. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. ^ Jackson Higgins, Kelly (9 June 2008). "Dark Reading – Tumbleweed Acquired in Friendly Merger". Dark Reading. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  10. ^ Malinverno, Paolo (13 November 2012). "Axway/Vordel Deal Could Be Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts". Gartner. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  11. ^ Bassi, Silvia (29 May 2014). "Axway contrata Marcelo Ramos como Sênior VP para América Latina". COMPUTERWORLD (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  12. ^ Vizard, Mike (3 July 2014). "Axway Extends Reach into Business Activity Monitoring". IT Business Edge. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  13. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (17 January 2016). "Axway Acquires Mobile App Development Platform Appcelerator | TechCrunch". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. ^ Mellor, Chris (23 February 2017). "Managed file transfer peeps Axway gobble sharetakers Syncplicity". The Register. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Sopra Steria Group acquires the 8.62% stake in Axway sold by Société Générale" (PDF). Sopra Steria. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  16. ^ "CAC Small Market Information". Euronext. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Key Figures Axway Investors". Axway Investor Relations. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  18. ^ O'Donnell, Lindsey (3 November 2016). "CRN Exclusive: Axway Aims To Boost IoT Channel With Data Integration Platform". CRN. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  19. ^ Handy, Alex (3 November 2016). "Axway introduces new platform – SD Times". SD Times.
  20. ^ King, Timothy (3 November 2016). "Axway Unveils Next-Gen Data Integration and Engagement Platform". Solutions Review.
  21. ^ Carlson, Wyatt (3 November 2016). "Axway Claims Its Data Platform Has Revived the Company". SDxCentral.
  22. ^ Delattre, Laurent (29 November 2022). "Un Magic Quadrant 2022 sur l'APIM sans surprise mais instructif". Dark Reading (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  23. ^ "UAxway nommé parmi les leaders dans un récent rapport dédié aux solutions de gestion des API". IT Expresso (in French). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  24. ^ Wiles, Russ (2 November 2015). "Axway may be largest Arizona company you've never heard of". azcentral. Retrieved 8 June 2017.