Enable Software
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software development |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founder | Ron Quake, Bob Hamilton |
| Defunct | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Ballston Lake, New York , United States |
| Products | Enable office suite, JetForm for Enable, PowerLine terminal client |
Enable Software, Inc. was a privately owned software development firm located in Ballston Lake, New York. Established in 1984 by Ron Quake and Bob Hamilton, the company specialized in office automation technologies.
The company's primary offering, Enable, was a comprehensive office suite designed for IBM PC compatible computers. It integrated a word processor, a 3D spreadsheet, a relational database, and communication utilities into a single package. By 1992, Enable Office expanded its capabilities to include electronic mail and calendaring software, amassing a user base exceeding one million. The release of Enable 4.5 in April 1992 introduced compatibility with OS/2 2.0. The following year, Enable Software unveiled JetForm for Enable, a Windows-based mail-enabled form designer.
In 1993, the company also debuted PowerLine, a multi-protocol terminal client for Windows that competed with products such as Hyperterminal.
Operations at Enable Software concluded in 1997, at which point the software still maintained roughly 190,000 active users.