Open Environment Corporation (OEC) was founded by John J. DonovanThe business of software: what every manager, programmer, and entrepreneur ..., by Michael A. Cusumano in 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts,A 1-2-3 approach to client/server apps, Network World, August 01, 1992 USA. OEC develops that enables companies to create applications for distributed, client/server computing systems. OEC pioneered a three-tieredToolkit guards client/server security, Info World, September 23, 1993 software architecture that allows customer to rapidly develop, deploy and manage software applications to access critical information quickly on an enterprise-wide basis.Open Environment Corporation Announces Product Name Change,All Business, March 21, 1995
History
In 1992, Open Environment Corporation was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) by John J. Donovan, former chairman.BORLAND TO ACQUIRE OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION; Together to Offer Multi-Tier, Scalable Client/Server and Intranet Solutions. , BUSINESS WIRE, May 13, 1996 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 NASDAQOpen Environment Corporation Annual Report 1995Open Environment Corporation files initial public offering of 2,750,000 shares of common stock.,Business Wire, April 13, 1995 under ticker OPEN.FITZGERALD COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS WITH OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION AND VISIX SOFTWARE , PRNewswire, May 20, 1996
On August 31, 1995, OEC bought Jarrah Technologies Pty. Limited in a stock-swap.
In 1996 OEC was bought out by Borland.
Products
OEC ToolkitClient/Server Applications, Network World, Volume 10, Number 39 is a set of client/server application development software. OEC sold and marketed this product jointly with IBM. The product, which eventually would become known as Entera, and was the first middleware product sold as a best-of-breed application server platform.Entera
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