D&B Software
IndustryComputer software
Fateacquired by Geac

D&B Software (Dun & Bradstreet Software Services) was 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]

Overview

After the merger, the separate company headquarters, located in Massachusetts and Atlanta, were retained with videoconferencing used for communication.[3] 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[4] that ran on HP-UX.[5] Smartstream 3.0 was introduced in early 1995.[6]

Geac

In 1996, D&B Software was acquired by the Canadian client-server application firm Geac Computer Corporation for US$150 million, who immediately split the services into two divisions.[7]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Rifkin, Glenn (August 28, 1991). "Hard Road for Software Merger". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Acquisition by Dun Unit Rumored". The New York Times. May 5, 1982.
  3. ↑ Santosus, Megan (May 1, 1992). "Held Over by Popular Demand". CIO magazine. Vol. 5, no. 11. p. 164. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ "New Product a Big Test For Dun & Bradstreet". The New York Times. March 24, 1992.
  5. ↑ Korzeniowski, Paul (June 13, 1994). "Counting Beans on the LAN". InfoWorld. Vol. 16, no. 24. p. 63. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ "D&B Software presenta SmartStream 3.0". Computerworld. February 10, 1995.
  7. ↑ "Geac divides D&B software". CNET News. November 14, 1996. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
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