Dec 24, 2018 Company Overview. As of November 2, 2006, Mercury Interactive Corp. Was acquired by HP Inc. Mercury Interactive Corp. Was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. Mercury interactive corporation symbol. The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil fraud charges in federal district court for the Northern District of California against California-based software maker Mercury Interactive, LLC (formerly known as Mercury Interactive Corporation) and four former senior officers of Mercury -- former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Micro Focus offers enterprise application software that provides scalable, industry-leading solutions across Cloud Management, DevOps, Hybrid IT, Security. Mercury (formerly Mercury Interactive Corporation) is a former Israeli company that has been acquired by the HP Software Division.Mercury offered software for application management, application delivery, change and configuration management, service-oriented architecture, change request, quality assurance, and IT governance. HP today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Mercury Interactive Corp., a leading IT management software and services company, through a cash tender offer for $52.00 per share, or an enterprise value of approximately $4.5 billion, which is net of existing cash and debt.