Allaire Corporation

Allaire Corporation

Company type	Public
Industry	Software
Founded	May 1995 (1995-05)
Founder	Jeremy Allaire, JJ Allaire
Defunct	2001 (2001)
Fate	Acquired by Macromedia
Headquarters	Cambridge and Newton, Massachusetts , United States
Products	ColdFusion, HomeSite, ColdFusion Studio, JRun, Kawa Java IDE, Spectra CMS
Number of employees	(2000)

Allaire Corporation was a software enterprise originally founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in Minnesota, with its headquarters later moving to Cambridge and Newton, Massachusetts. Established in May 1995, the company went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol ALLR in January 1999 before being acquired by competitor Macromedia in early 2001.

History

In 1995, Allaire introduced the initial release of the ColdFusion server, marking a significant advancement in database-driven web content technology. The programming language tied to this product transitioned from Database Markup Language (DBML) to what became known as ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML). Additionally, the company produced two web development IDEs: HomeSite, which it obtained from Bradbury Software, and ColdFusion Studio, a specialized version designed specifically for ColdFusion application development.

During 2000, Allaire broadened its offerings by purchasing Live Software, the creators of JRun—the first commercially available Java Servlet and JSP server. Later that same year, the company acquired the Kawa Java IDE from Tek-Tools Software and moved a significant portion of its development staff to Boston.

Among its other innovations, Allaire created Spectra, an early Content Management System for web platforms.

In 2001, Macromedia acquired both JRun and Allaire. Subsequently, Macromedia was itself acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005.