KnowledgeWare

KnowledgeWare

A software company headquartered in Atlanta, GA co-founded by James Martin and run by Fran Tarkenton. Produced a Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool called IEW (Information Engineering Workbench).

Knowledgeware was sold to Sterling Software in 1994, which was in its turn acquired by Computer Associates.

Tarkenton, Don Addington and other exectutives were eventually involved in legal actions brought by the SEC for fraudulently inflating earnings figures.

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D61E30F931A35751C1A962958260 STERLING SOFTWARE FINISHES DEAL FOR KNOWLEDGEWARE]
* [http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr16306.htm Litigation] Release No. 16306 / September 28, 1999


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