Raxco Software Inc. was a

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software company. Founded in 1978, the company's products have been sold internationally. The company spun off one division as ''Axent Technologies''; the latter was "acquired by venture capital firms in 1988." Meanwhile ''Raxco'' continued with its own product offerings. PerfectDisk became its flagship software package. Raxco transitioned from its 1980s"RABBIT Software from RAXCO ... speed up response times, .. improve your through-put without having to purchase more (hardware)" and 1990s

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( VMS)pre-OpenVMS and

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software product line, and did a

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to become a private, independent company.

Interim ownerships

From the later 1990s thru the early 2000s, corporate ownership of the two organizations transitioned: * Raxco spun off one division (Axent) * Axent Technologies Inc * Axent was acquired by

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* Symantec dropped some of its acquisitions in 2001. At that point, the founders did a management buyout and got the company back again." Raxco, which had retained its identity, then changed its course from VAX/VMS to the PC/Server world in 2003. Raxco closed operations in May, 2024. All their standalone products will continue to work, but no activations will be made, and no updates or support will be offered. Subscription-based products will remain functional until their expiration date.

History

During the 1980s, using the collective name RAXCO Rabbit Software, the company marketed a series of nine software packages for the

: Raxco's VAX product line was still active in the 1990s, even as it was building and expanding its PC Product line. By 2003 the PC desktop and server market became the company's focus.

Product line

Aside from PerfectDisk, the company also marketed: * PerfectUpdater - improves system stability/minimizes hardware conflicts by detecting/installing appropriate drivers for unknown devices * PerfectRegistry - Fix registry errors that slow down booting upnoting that it "automatically creates a system restore point before fixing anything so you can undo the changes if needed." * PerfectGuard - Blocks/removes

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, helps protect privacyTrademark file June 20, 2012 * InstantRescue - quicker rollback/

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* PerfectFileRecovery - an advanced

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tool

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External links

* Company information: {{cite web , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211021050632/http://blog.raxco.com/2012/05/02/welcome-back-2/ , url= http://blog.raxco.com/2012/05/02/welcome-back-2/ , archive-date= 21 October 2021 , last= Abusamra , first= Joe , publication-date= May 2, 2012 , title= Welcome….back , publisher= Raxco Software companies based in Maryland Companies based in Gaithersburg, Maryland Software companies of the United States 1978 establishments in Maryland Software companies established in 1978 American companies established in 1978