Base One International Corp. was an American company that specialized in developing software for constructing

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applications and

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systems. Headquartered in

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, the company was founded in 1993 and expanded in 1997 through the founding of its subsidiary, Base One Software Pvt. Ltd., in

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. Base One held a number of U.S. patents related to its technologies for distributed computing and high-precision arithmetic. The company is most known for its

Base One Foundation Component Library The Base One Foundation Component Library (BFC) is a rapid application development toolkit for building secure, fault-tolerant, database applications on Windows and ASP.NET. In conjunction with Microsoft's Visual Studio integrated development envi ...

(BFC) product, which was a

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(RAD) toolkit aimed at users of

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in conjunction with any of the major commercial

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products from

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, or

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. In 2014, Base One International sold its intellectual property to Content Galaxy Inc. and closed operations.

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External links

Official corporate website
* IDC INSIGHT
Base One: Grid Computing for Database-Centric Applications
Earl Joseph, Ph.D., John Humphreys, September 2004. Accessed April 10, 2008. * Second Venture
The Top 50 Emerging Companies voted by 140 Venture Capital Funds & Angel Investors
December 14, 2004. Accessed April 10, 2008. * FinanceTech
Base One Shares at SIA
June 23, 2005. Accessed April 10, 2008. * NYSIA
On the Grid: A Report on Base One International Corporation
December 1, 2005. Accessed April 10, 2008. International information technology consulting firms Software companies based in New York (state) Companies based in New York City Software companies of the United States 1993 establishments in the United States 1993 establishments in New York (state) Software companies established in 1993 Companies established in 1993