TIBCO Software develops software that monitors and analyzes large amounts of data in real time, enabling companies to react quickly to developments good or bad. The company's product line include applications for adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, where reusable services are assembled to tackle common tasks such as business process management and application integration. The company is moving some of its programs to a Software as a Service model, where users can subscribe to use software instead of buying it. Its other primary segments center on business optimization and process automation. The company was acquired in late 2014 by private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners.