Object Design, Incorporated
Former American software company (1988–2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Object Design, Incorporated (often called ODI) was a software company founded by Daniel Weinreb in 1988 which developed and commercialized an object database called ObjectStore.
Industry | software |
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Founded | 1988 |
Founder | Daniel Weinreb |
Headquarters | Burlington, Massachusetts, |
Parent | Symbolics |
Object Design was founded by several former Symbolics employees, including Daniel Weinreb, and was based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Its ObjectStore object-oriented database shipped in 1990.
In 1994, ODI was listed as No. 1 on Inc. magazine's list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.[1] A major early customer was Telstra, which used it to map toll-free telephone numbers to an end point close to the caller, for example a local taxi company or chain restaurant.[2] ODI's went public in 1996, and was listed on NASDAQ as ODIS.[3]
In 1999, ODI shipped its eXcelon XML application development environment, which it marketed as an "integration server".[4]
In January 2000, ODI was renamed eXcelon and focused its marketing on XML integration software.[4]
In 2002, ODI was acquired by Progress Software, which continued to develop it. In 2013, Progress Software sold the ObjectStore product line (among others) to Aurea Software, Inc., a newly formed operating subsidiary of ESW Capital, which in turn is the investment arm of Trilogy Enterprises. As part of the deal, ObjectStore moved to a separate operating subsidiary of ESW Capital.[5]