- Open Environment Corporation
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Open Environment Corporation (OEC) 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, markets and supports software 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].
OEC was bought out by Borland in 1996.
History
In 1992, Open Environment Corporation was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) by John J. Donovan, former chairman[5], pioneering three-tiered architecture. It was initially founded as a division of Cambridge Technology Group, and then spun-out in 1993.
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].
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
- ^ a b 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 Business Wire, May 13, 1996
- ^ a b Client/Server Applications, Network World, Volume 10, Number 39
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