Object Design, Incorporated

Object Design, Incorporated

Company type	Public
Industry	Software
Founded	1988
Founder	Daniel Weinreb
Defunct	2002
Fate	Acquired by Progress Software
Headquarters	Burlington, Massachusetts , United States
Products	ObjectStore, eXcelon XML application development platform

Object Design, Incorporated (ODI), created in 1988 by Daniel Weinreb, was a software firm focused on object database technology, with its premier offering being ObjectStore. The company was based in Burlington, Massachusetts and originated from a group of former employees of Symbolics.

Introduced in 1990, ObjectStore was an object-oriented database that quickly attracted considerable attention. By 1994, ODI had secured the top position on Inc. magazine's ranking of the fastest expanding private companies in the United States. Among its initial prominent customers was Telstra, which implemented ObjectStore to manage toll-free call routing to local enterprises effectively.

ODI made its public market debut in 1996 on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ODIS. In 1999, it launched the eXcelon XML application development platform, promoted as an integration server solution. The company adopted the eXcelon name in January 2000 to highlight its strategic emphasis on XML integration technologies.

In 2002, Progress Software acquired ODI and continued advancing ObjectStore’s development. Later, in 2013, Progress divested ObjectStore to Aurea Software, a subsidiary of ESW Capital—the investment branch of Trilogy Enterprises—thereby transferring ownership to a specialized ESW Capital operating unit.