D&B Software

D&B Software (Dun & Bradstreet Software Services) was formed by the merger of the Management Science America and McCormack & Dodge companies in June 1990, under the ownership of the Dun & Bradstreet corporation.[1] In 1982, McCormack & Dodge was described by The New York Times as "one of the nation's top three financial software concerns."[2]

D&B Software
IndustryComputer software
Fateacquired by Geac

Overview

After the merger, the separate company headquarters, located in Massachusetts and Atlanta, were retained with videoconferencing used for communication.[3] Originally, the merged company was a supplier of financial packages that ran on mainframe computers. In 1991, they released the client-server middleware application suite named SmartStream[4] that ran on HP-UX.[5] Smartstream 3.0 was introduced in early 1995.[6]

Geac

In 1996, D&B Software was acquired by the Canadian client-server application firm Geac Computer Corporation for US$150 million, who immediately split the services into two divisions.[7]


See also

References
  1. Rifkin, Glenn (August 28, 1991). "Hard Road for Software Merger". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. "Acquisition by Dun Unit Rumored". The New York Times. May 5, 1982.
  3. Santosus, Megan (May 1, 1992). "Held Over by Popular Demand". CIO magazine. Vol. 5, no. 11. p. 164. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  4. "New Product a Big Test For Dun & Bradstreet". The New York Times. March 24, 1992.
  5. Korzeniowski, Paul (June 13, 1994). "Counting Beans on the LAN". InfoWorld. Vol. 16, no. 24. p. 63. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  6. "D&B Software presenta SmartStream 3.0". Computerworld. February 10, 1995.
  7. "Geac divides D&B software". CNET News. November 14, 1996. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
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