Composite Software, Inc. was previously a privately held

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software company based in

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. Composite Software was founded in October 2001 by Michael R. Abbott. In 2003, former Active Software founder and

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CTO, Jim Green joined Composite Software as CEO. ''Information Management'' On July 30, 2013, Composite Software was acquired by

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for approximately US $180 million. ''Cisco Press Release'' Then on October 5, 2017

TIBCO TIBCO Software Inc. is an American business intelligence software company founded in 1997 in Palo Alto, California. It has headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and offices in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South A ...

purchased what was Composite Software from Cisco."TIBCO Acquires Data Virtualization Business from Cisco"
/ref> Composite Software was cited as an "industry leader" in the

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"2012 Forrester Wave: Data Virtualization" study for its help in advancing data virtualization to its current form, known under a variety of names including data federation and Information as a Service. ''Forrester Research''

Composite Data Virtualization Platform

The Composite Data Virtualization Platform is

middleware that "brings together data from multiple, disparate sources—anywhere across the extended enterprise—into a unified, logical virtualized data layer for consumption by nearly any front-end business solution including portals, reports, applications and more." ''InfoWorld'' The Composite Data Virtualization Platform consists of: *Composite Studio, which includes an

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for source data introspection, relationship discovery,

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, view and data service development, and

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; *Composite Information Server, which includes a query engine with patent-pending

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technology, caching, data access, data publishing,

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, security,

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and a metadata repository; *Composite PerformancePlus Adapters for

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/Hive, HP Vertica,

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, IBM Informix, IBM Netezza, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel,

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, Oracle

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, SAP Sybase, SAP Sybase IQ and

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; *Composite Discovery for location of key entities and reveal hidden data relationships within enterprise data assets; *Composite Active Cluster for scalability that maintains continuous availability of data services to fulfill service level agreements; *Composite Monitor to provide comprehensive coverage in a real-time view for both

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and

Customers

Composite Software's data virtualization software is used in financial services companies, pharmaceutical companies, energy companies, communications, consumer and industrial companies, and government agencies including the U.S. Army and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Post-Acquisition Development at Cisco

Composite Software was incorporated into

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as the Data Virtualization Business Unit. The Composite Data Virtualization Platform was renamed Cisco Data Virtualization, and Composite Information Server (CIS) became Cisco Information Server (CIS). It continues to be sold to address the same use cases at large enterprise customers, and is also central to Cisco's move into data and analytics associated with the

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Post-Acquisition Development at TIBCO

In October 2017, TIBCO bought the Composite Software division of Cisco. Shortly after the transfer was completed TIBCO Data Virtualization 7.0.6 was released which updated the branding and changed the license model.

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