Object Design, Incorporated (often called ODI) was a

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founded by

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in 1988 which developed and commercialized an

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called

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. Object Design was founded by several former

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employees, including Daniel Weinreb, and was based in

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. Its

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shipped in 1990. In 1994, ODI was listed as No. 1 on '' Inc.'' magazine's list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. A major early customer was

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, which used it to map

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s to an end point close to the caller, for example a local taxi company or chain restaurant. ODI's went public in 1996, and was listed on

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as ODIS.Find The Company, "Object Design Inc. (ODIS) Initial Public Offering" http://ipo.findthecompany.com/l/444/Object-Design-Inc In 1999, ODI shipped its eXcelon

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, which it marketed as an "integration server". In January 2000, ODI was renamed eXcelon and focused its marketing on XML integration software.Eugene Grygo, "Object Design reinvents itself as eXcelon", ''InfoWorld'' 31 January 2000, p. 16 In 2002, ODI was acquired by

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, which continued to develop it. In 2013, Progress Software sold the ObjectStore product line (among others) to Aurea Software, Inc., a newly formed operating subsidiary of ESW Capital, which in turn is the investment arm of Trilogy Enterprises. As part of the deal, ObjectStore moved to a separate operating subsidiary of ESW Capital.

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