D&B Software
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Acquired by Geac |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia and Natick, Massachusetts, US |
| Parent | Dun & Bradstreet |
Dun & Bradstreet Software Services, often shortened to D&B Software, was an American computer software company formed by the merger of the Management Science America and McCormack & Dodge companies in June 1990, under the ownership of the Dun & Bradstreet corporation.[1] In 1982, McCormack & Dodge was described by The New York Times as "one of the nation's top three financial software concerns."[2]
History
[edit]Management Science America was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew to be one of the largest mainframe software vendors under CEO John Imlay, who joined in 1970.[3][4]
After the June 1990 merger, the separate company headquarters of MSA and McCormack & Dodge, located in Massachusetts and Atlanta, respectively, were retained, with videoconferencing used for communication.[5] Originally, the merged company was a supplier of financial packages that ran on mainframe computers. In 1991, they released the client-server middleware application suite named SmartStream[6] that ran on HP-UX.[7] Smartstream 3.0 was introduced in early 1995.[8]
Geac
[edit]In 1996, D&B Software was acquired for US$150 million by the Canadian client-server application firm Geac Computer Corporation, who immediately split the services into two divisions.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Rifkin, Glenn (August 28, 1991). "Hard Road for Software Merger". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Acquisition by Dun Unit Rumored". The New York Times. May 5, 1982.
- ↑ "Imlay (John P.) papers, 1966-1994". California Digital Library.
- ↑ Stafford, Leon. "Atlanta technology giant John P. Imlay Jr. dies". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ↑ Santosus, Megan (May 1, 1992). "Held Over by Popular Demand". CIO magazine. Vol. 5, no. 11. p. 164. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
- ↑ "New Product a Big Test For Dun & Bradstreet". The New York Times. March 24, 1992.
- ↑ Korzeniowski, Paul (June 13, 1994). "Counting Beans on the LAN". InfoWorld. Vol. 16, no. 24. p. 63. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
- ↑ "D&B Software presenta SmartStream 3.0". Computerworld. February 10, 1995.
- ↑ "Geac divides D&B software". CNET News. November 14, 1996. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
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