Orange and Bronze Software Labs
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer hardware, Computer software, IT services, IT consulting, with an emphasis on Java programming |
| Founded | July 2005 |
| Founder | Calen Martin Legaspi Renato "Butch" Landingin |
| Headquarters | Makati , Philippines |
Area served | Global |
Number of employees | 70+ |
| Website | https://orangeandbronze.com |
Orange and Bronze (O&B) is a privately held software development firm headquartered in the Philippines. The company specializes in software consulting, product engineering, and IT training services, concentrating primarily on Java development. O&B focuses on building web applications utilizing Java-based frameworks and technologies such as Spring (framework), Grails (framework), Hibernate (Java), the Google Maps API, Google App Engine, and Android.
Employing Agile software development methodologies, O&B holds the distinction of being the first Philippine-based partner of SpringSource (currently part of VMware vFabric). The company is also acknowledged for its expertise in the Grails framework.
Moreover, O&B functions as an authorized reseller for the Pentaho Business Intelligence Suite.
History
Orange and Bronze was established in July 2005 by Calen Martin Legaspi and Renato "Butch" Landingin. It started as a small consultancy with two personnel focused on delivering software training to local businesses. Their consulting engagements expanded into offshore software development projects and collaborations with industry leaders such as Google, SpringSource, and Pentaho.
By March 2011, the company had expanded to a workforce of 90 employees.
Founders
Calen Martin Legaspi, co-founder and CEO of Orange and Bronze, also co-founded PinoyJUG, the Association of Philippine Java Developers. He holds the position of Director for Technology on the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) Technology Council and represents the organization in the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Committee on Computer Science.
Renato "Butch" Landingin, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, is the creator of Squishdot, a web-based platform for news publishing and discussions designed for ease of configuration and minimal maintenance.
Services
Orange and Bronze offers expertise in software consulting and offshore product development with a focus on Enterprise Java technologies and Agile software development. The firm is recognized as a Google Enterprise Partner within the Philippines and has successfully implemented Google Apps alongside comprehensive training programs. One significant project involved deploying 600,000 licenses nationwide for a government agency. Prominent clients include the Department of Finance and Pointwest Technologies.
Through its training division, O&B University, the company delivers professional courses covering Java Bootcamp, Spring and Hibernate Frameworks, Groovy and Grails, Apache Struts, JavaServer Faces, Enterprise Architecture, Agile practices such as Scrum (development) and XP, as well as development for the Android (operating system).
Incubation
O&B's technopreneurship initiative has fostered the development of multiple startups. In 2010, it unveiled Haybol.ph, a real estate search platform integrated with Google Maps, founded by team members Edge Dalmacio and Lorenzo Dee.
Additionally, the company supported Kandroid, an Android application developed by MilObjects Software designed for task management and visualization, which is accessible on Google Play.
In 2012, O&B launched Open for Business Online (O4BO), a subscription-based SaaS platform delivering enterprise solutions such as the Liferay portal, Openbravo ERP system, Apache Jackrabbit content repository, and SugarCRM customer relationship management software. The concept for O4BO was created by Michael Oliver.
Open source
Orange and Bronze is a strong advocate for open-source software, promoting active participation among its employees in open source initiatives.
Renato “Butch” Landingin, co-founder and CTO, developed Squishdot, an open source content management system tailored for news and publishing, utilized by KDE Dot News. This system is built using Python and Zope. He also engineered the Batch Jobs Management Console (Batman-Con), a web-based application created with Grails (framework) to oversee Spring Batch job processes.
Michael Mallete, vice president of consulting services, has contributed to open source by developing tools such as S2PFace, the Grails SoundManager Plugin, and the Robot Framework Maven Plugin. Meanwhile, assistant vice president Lorenzo Dee authored the Java Computer Interface to Message Distribution API (JCIMD), which implements the CIMD protocol in Java.