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title: "Micro Focus"
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type: entity
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tags:
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- Company
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- Cloud Transformation
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- Enterprise Software
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last_updated: 2026-04-14
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---
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## Overview
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Micro Focus is an enterprise software company undergoing a major cloud transformation to AWS and SaaS delivery models. The company has one of the largest commercial data center footprints globally (14 data centers, ~20,000 assets), and is actively migrating workloads to AWS.
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## Role in Cloud Transformation Programme (CTP)
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Micro Focus is the organization running the Cloud Transformation Programme (CTP), which covers AWS landing zones, EKS, Terraform, GitOps, FinOps, observability, security, and enterprise architecture.
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### Key Characteristics
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- **Tool Diversity**: High heterogeneity in development tools — 17 different Source Code Management (SCM) tools in use
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- **Cloud Migration Scale**: One of the world's largest commercial data center footprints (14 data centers, ~20,000 assets)
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- **Migration Progress**: 55% of AWS costs currently occur outside of Landing Zones, requiring governance
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- **Security Focus**: Product Security team led by Shlomi Ben-Hur driving supply chain security initiatives
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### Key Products & Platforms
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- **Octane Hub**: Software Factory team, part of CTP, led by CTO Holger Rode; focused on Docker containerization of workloads from Bibling Lab to AWS Landing Zone
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- **Operations Bridge Manager (OBM)**: Cloud monitoring solution integrating with AWS CloudWatch
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- **Cyber Suite**: Security and encryption platform
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### References
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- [[ctp-topic-21-supply-chain-security-in-micro-focus]] — Product Security team's supply chain security approach (Shlomi Ben-Hur)
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- [[ctp-topic-53-why-bother-with-cloud]] — Cloud migration business value case
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- [[ctp-topic-43-vmware-cloud-on-aws]] — VMware Cloud on AWS as hybrid cloud intermediate route
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- [[ctp-topic-8-implementation-of-cloud-monitoring-using-micro-focus-operations-bridge]] — OBM cloud monitoring implementation
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- [[ctp-topic-14-octane-hub-on-aws-real-life-experience]] — Octane Hub real-life migration experience
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- [[ctp-topic-44-aws-backup-in-micro-focus]] — AWS Backup implementation within Micro Focus
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