Idera was founded by Rick Pleczko as “BBS Technologies” in 2000. The company produced a line of server backup software products under the name Idera, competing for business with Imceda and later Red Gate Software. BBS acquired web hosting backup provider R1Soft in late November 2007. It existed as a separate division until 2012, when its continuous data protection product was rolled into the Idera product line as Idera Server Backup 5.0. This restructuring was accompanied by a new “pay-as-you-go” pricing model. The company formally changed its name to Idera, Inc. in January 2012. In July 2013 Idera acquired Precise Software, a company which develops products for information technology. The Precise product line was continued, with the website and brand remaining separate from Idera’s core offerings. Idera was acquired by TA Associates in September 2014. On May 31, 2017, HGGC bought a controlling stake. Later that year, Idera acquired Sencha, Inc, developers of a pure JavaScript application development framework for desktop and mobile browsers, , a database tools company, Ranorex, a test-automation software company, Whole Tomato, a suite of visual studio productivity tools, Froala, editing for rich text and web application tools, Lansa, low-code application development tool, and Webyog, a MySQL administration tool.
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.: On October 7, 2015, Idera, Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., but the Embarcadero mark was retained for the developer tools division. As of October 28, 2015, Embarcadero was listed as 'acquired'.
Webyog, a database management tool provider, was acquired in April 2018.
Travis CI, an open-source continuous integration company, was acquired in January 2019.
Idera creates tools designed to support, supplement, and augment the capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Diagnostic Manager, SQL Doctor, and SQL Inventory Manager. The company also offers a SaaS server backup product known as SQL Safe Backup, which allows hosting providers and others to offer their clients Continuous Data Protection for their backups. They also offer a number of free tools for SQL Server performance, backup, and diagnostics and for Windows PowerShell.
Recognition
Idera's software has a number of awards within the SQL Server and IT communities. SQL Toolbox has won several Best of TechEd Awards and some of their SQL Server offerings have placed in the SQL Server Pro Community Choice Awards. The free tool, PowerShell Plus, has won Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice awards.
