Company:Open Environment Corporation
| Industry | Technology, Outsourcing Services, Business Consulting |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, MA , USA |
| Website | www.borland.com |
Open Environment Corporation (OEC) was founded by John J. Donovan[1] in 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[2] USA. OEC develops that enables companies to create applications for distributed, client/server computing systems. OEC pioneered a three-tiered[3] software architecture that allows customer to rapidly develop, deploy and manage software applications to access critical information quickly on an enterprise-wide basis.[4]
History
In 1992, Open Environment Corporation was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) by John J. Donovan, former chairman.[5] It was initially founded as a division of Cambridge Technology Group, and then spun-out in 1992.
On February 10, 1995 OEC completed its initial public offering on NASDAQ[6][7] under ticker OPEN.[8]
On August 31, 1995 OEC bought Jarrah Technologies Pty. Limited in a stock-swap.[6]
In 1996 OEC was bought out by Borland.[9]
Products
OEC Toolkit[10] is a set of client/server application development software. OEC sold and marketed this product jointly with IBM.[10] The product, which eventually would become known as Entera, and was the first middleware product sold as a best-of-breed application server platform.[11]
Notes
- ↑ The business of software: what every manager, programmer, and entrepreneur ..., by Michael A. Cusumano
- ↑ A 1-2-3 approach to client/server apps, Network World, August 01, 1992
- ↑ Toolkit guards client/server security,Info World , September 23, 1993
- ↑ Open Environment Corporation Announces Product Name Change,All Business,March 21, 1995
- ↑ BORLAND TO ACQUIRE OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION; Together to Offer Multi-Tier, Scalable Client/Server and Intranet Solutions., BUSINESS WIRE, May 13, 1996
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Open Environment Corporation Annual Report 1995
- ↑ Open Environment Corporation files initial public offering of 2,750,000 shares of common stock.,Business Wire, April 13, 1995
- ↑ FITZGERALD COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS WITH OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION AND VISIX SOFTWARE, PRNewswire, May 20, 1996
- ↑ Borland to Acquire Open Environment Corporation[|permanent dead link|dead link}}] Business Wire, May 13, 1996
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Client/Server Applications, Network World, Volume 10, Number 39
- ↑ Entera
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