Open Environment Corporation
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Founder | John J. Donovan |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Acquired by Borland |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts , United States |
| Products | OEC Toolkit, Entera |
Open Environment Corporation (OEC), established in 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by John J. Donovan, focused on developing software that empowered businesses to build applications for distributed client/server computing environments. The company was a trailblazer in implementing a three-tier software framework, which facilitated the swift creation, deployment, and administration of enterprise-level software solutions.
History
Initially formed as a unit within Cambridge Technology Group, OEC became an independent entity in 1992. It went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange on February 10, 1995, under the symbol OPEN. Later that year, on August 31, OEC expanded its operations by acquiring Jarrah Technologies Pty. Limited through a stock exchange agreement. The following year, in 1996, OEC was purchased by Borland, thereby augmenting Borland’s offerings with robust client/server and intranet technologies.
Products
The OEC Toolkit was a client/server application development suite that was co-marketed with IBM. This toolkit later transformed into Entera, which gained recognition as the pioneering middleware product marketed as a best-in-class application server platform.