Daegis Inc.
| Formerly | Unify Corporation |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Nasdaq: UNFY | |
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Founded | California (1980) |
| Fate | Acquired by OpenText |
| Successor | OpenText |
| Headquarters | Irving, Texas |
| Products | AXS-One Edge TD Mobile Team Developer NXJ Accell/SQL SQLBase |
| Revenue | Template:Loss 31.0 million USD (2014) |
| Template:Loss 0.17 million USD (2014) | |
| Template:Loss (1.6 million) USD (2014) | |
Number of employees | 140 (2015) |
| Website | http://www.opentext.com/what-we-do/products/opentext-product-offerings-catalog/rebranded-products/daegis |
Daegis Inc., which was previously known as Unify Corporation, was a pioneer in the creation of database management systems and development software. Established in 1980 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, the company initially specialized in database solutions and 4th-generation programming language (4GL) tools tailored for Unix environments. With the increasing adoption of Windows, it introduced VISION—a versatile 4GL platform compatible with Windows, Linux, and Unix systems.
For the fiscal year 2014, the company recorded revenues of $31.0 million and maintained a global workforce of 140 employees as reported in 2015.
History
Unify was founded in 1980 by Nico Nierenberg, William "Bill" Osberg, and David Edwards. The company launched Accell IDS in 1986, one of the earliest integrated 4GL applications, followed by Unify 2000 in 1987—an OLTP database engine developed in C that served as a precursor to Unify DataServer.
In 1993, founders Nierenberg and Osberg departed to establish Actuate Corporation. The corporate headquarters relocated to San Jose in 1995 under the leadership of Reza Mikailli. However, after uncovering accounting discrepancies in 2000, Mikailli was suspended and Todd Wille assumed the CEO role. Subsequently, the headquarters moved back to Sacramento, and the company was removed from Nasdaq until it regained listing in 2008. Mikailli was convicted of securities fraud in 2003.
By 2003, Unify downsized its development team to concentrate on sales and marketing efforts. In 2005, it expanded by acquiring Acuitrek to create its Insurance Risk Management division. Although Halo Technologies proposed a $21 million stock acquisition in 2006, instead the IRM division was exchanged for Gupta Technologies. In 2009, Unify further grew by acquiring CipherSoft—specializing in Oracle application modernization—and AXS-One, a content archiving firm; at this time, headquarters were moved to Irving, Texas.
The acquisition of eDiscovery provider Daegis occurred in 2010, leading to a corporate rebranding as Daegis in 2011. The database and development tools segment was renamed Gupta Technologies in 2012. In 2013, Daegis sold the unify.com domain to Siemens Enterprise Communications for their Unify brand usage. Ultimately, the company was purchased by OpenText in 2015.