Logic Works Inc. was a software company created by CEO Benjamin C. Cohen based in

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. Their flagship product was an

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modeling and database design tool called ER''win'' (ERwin) whose name is formed from an initialism of ER for Entity Relationship and "win", short for windows. The company also produced BP''win'' (for business process modeling using

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), ModelMart and TestBytes. The company went public in October 1995 with an

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of 3.2 million shares at $11, and was traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol LGWX until its eventual sale. In 1998, Logic Works was acquired by

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for $174.8 million in stock, which was in turn acquired by

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the next year. In 2016, erwin, Inc. was launched as an independent company.{{Cite web, url=http://www.erwin.com, title=erwin, Inc. {{! Powerful Data Management Solutions, website=erwin, Inc., language=en-US, access-date=2017-09-05

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Defunct software companies of the United States Software companies established in 1988 Companies disestablished in 1998 Companies based in New Jersey

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