Peregrine Systems

Peregrine Systems, Inc.
IndustryComputer software
Founded1981 (1981)
Irvine, California, U.S.
FoundersChris Cole
Gary Story
Ed Beck
Kevin Keyes
Richard Diederich
FateAcquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2005 (2005)
HeadquartersSan Diego, California, U.S.
ProductsIT Management Software

Peregrine Systems, Inc. was an enterprise software company, founded in 1981, that sold enterprise asset management, change management, and ITIL-based IT service management software. Following an accounting scandal and bankruptcy in 2003, Peregrine was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2005. Micro Focus which merged with the HP Software Division in 2017, later marketed the Peregrine products as part of its IT Service Management solutions. Micro Focus was acquired by OpenText in 2023.