Neuron Data is an American software development company that was founded June 1985 by Alain Rappaport, Patrick Perez and Jean-Marie Chauvet. Their first product, ''Nexpert'', was a C-based

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shell for the Macintosh in 1985. The product was ported to the PC, one of the first programs to run under the then nascent Windows. Under the name Nexpert Object, it was ported to VAX VMS and all flavors of UNIX workstations, as well as on IBM mainframes. In 1991, Neuron Data released a

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building tool named ''Open Interface''. The ''Open Interface Elements'' development tool won the 1995 Editor's Choice Award from X Journal for the ''Best Cross-Platform Toolkit''. Neuron Data produced a client-server software

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named ''C/S Elements'' in 1993. The following year, they released ''Smart Elements'', which incorporated support for business rules, enhanced GUI design tools and direct support of external

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libraries. In 1995 they released ''Elements Environment'', a

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suite of object-oriented tools that can be used to build distributed applications. ''Web Element'', a component of the version 2.0 ''Elements Environment'', allowed interaction of developed applications with the

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. In order to improve their Java interface development skills, in 1997 Neuron Data acquired the software component company Microline Software. On March 23, 2000, the company was taken public by CEO Thomas F. Kelly; the company name was changed to Blaze Software, with Nasdaq code BLZE. It was then acquired by German software company Brokat. They were sold to HNC, Inc., which, in turn, merged with

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in 2002.

Products

* Nexpert * Nexpert Object * NExtra * Open Interface * Elements Environment * Blaze Advisor

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite journal , first=Robert J. , last=Dunn , date=September 30, 1985 , title=Expandable Expertise for Everyday Users , page=30 , journal=InfoWorld , volume=7 , issue=39 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iS8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 , accessdate=2011-03-13 {{cite journal , first=Martin , last=Lamonica , title=Neuron Helps Distribute Apps , page=23 , journal=InfoWorld , date=July 3, 1995 , volume=17 , issue=27 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23 , accessdate=2011-03-13 {{cite journal , first=John , last=Cox , date=December 18, 1995 , title=Neuron Data lets users build Web links into existing apps , page=8 , journal=NetworkWorld , volume=12 , issue=51 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8xAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 , accessdate=2011-03-13 {{cite web , title=Neuron Data wins cross-platform race: OPEN INTERFACE earns The X Journal 1995 Editor's Choice , date=May 2, 1995 , publisher=All Business , url=http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-programming/7124348-1.html , accessdate=2011-03-13 {{cite web , title=S1 , publisher=SEC, url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103088/0001012870-00-000106.txt , accessdate=2011-06-07 {{cite journal , title=Neuron Ships PC Version of Nexpert , journal=InfoWorld , volume=8 , issue=47 , page=14 , date=November 24, 1986 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hTwEAAAAMBAJ , accessdate=2011-06-09 {{cite journal , first=Nora , last = Georgas , journal=PC Computing , date=June 10, 1986 , url=http://www.lc-capital.com/jmc/images/MicrosoftWindowsOnWallStreet-1.jpg , title=New Applications, 3270 Support, Enhance Microsoft's Windows {{cite journal , first=Douglas, last = Barney , journal=ComputerWorld , volume=20 , issue=23 , date=June 9, 1986 , url=http://www.lc-capital.com/jmc/images/MicrosoftWindowsOnWallStreet-2.jpg , title=Windows Opens On Wall Street {{cite journal , first=Edward , last = Warner , journal=InfoWorld , volume=9 , issue=28 , date=July 13, 1987 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzAEAAAAMBAJ&q=infoworld+%22Neuron+Data%22&pg=RA1-PA89 , title=AI Meeting to Spotlight Expert System Software {{cite journal , first=Alice, last = LaPlante, journal=InfoWorld , volume=12 , issue=40 , page=55 , date=October 1, 1990, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTwEAAAAMBAJ&q=infoworld+%22Neuron+Data%22&pg=PT56 , title=Bring In The Expert {{cite journal , first=Jim, last = Hammett, journal=InfoWorld , volume=16 , issue=13 , page=26 , date=March 28, 1994, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EjsEAAAAMBAJ&q=infoworld+%22Neuron+Data%22&pg=PA26 , title=Smart Elements Offer Direct Support For C++

External links

Neuron Data website

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Neuron Data as aired on Discovery Channel, October 2nd, 1991

Neuron Data timeline and Web site replica
Defunct software companies of the United States