UniPrise Systems
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | November 1993 |
| Founder | Joseph Perry, Randy Knapp, Robert Mowry |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California , United States |
Area served | Unix platform |
| Products | IMPERA, Access/DAL, UniPrise PL/I for UNIX, PL/I for OpenVMS |
UniPrise Systems, Inc. was a privately owned software company based in Irvine, California, established in November 1993 by founders Joseph Perry, Randy Knapp, and Robert Mowry. Its software creation, engineering efforts, and technical assistance were conducted from North Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
The company focused on developing compilers and database solutions tailored for the Unix platform. In 1997, UniPrise entered into a significant partnership with Hewlett-Packard, enabling its database monitoring software to be integrated with the HP OpenView systems management suite. By 1998, their portfolio featured:
- IMPERA – a tool designed for managing distributed database environments
- Access/DAL – middleware facilitating database access
- UniPrise PL/I for UNIX
- PL/I for OpenVMS
Operations at UniPrise ended suddenly in 1998. The following year, seventeen former employees initiated legal action against the company’s executives concerning unpaid salaries and benefits; this dispute was resolved through settlement in 2001.