Contact Our Headquarters
Email
+1 404 760 1560
Fax: +1 404 760 0061
Email
+31 78 632 2800
Fax: +31 78 613 8134
Please visit our Locations page for a complete list of our worldwide offices.
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Our History
- 1990
- 1990
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- 1992
- Seagull Software gets rights to resell SAP precursor ERP package to all non-German-speaking territories, establishes distributor network
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- First product introduced to market - TTT for foreign language translation of character user interfaces
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- Client/server architectures and GUI becoming prominent, mainframe and iSeries applications lagging
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- 1994
- GUI/400 adds Windows GUI to iSeries applications
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- 1995
- IBM licenses GUI/400 to provide GUI for OS/400
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- Seagull Software acquires US distributor and establishes first subsidiary, targets US market for growth
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- 1996
- Software industry veteran Don Addington joins Seagull Software as president of US, transitions company to a direct sales model, drives growth of US business to over 65% of worldwide revenues
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- Browser technology begins to drive business acceptance of Internet as corporate communications backbone, spawns new generations of Web-enabled applications, legacy applications lagging
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- 1997
- Seagull Software introduces J Walk to Web-enable iSeries applications
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- 1998
- Core technology enhanced to support mainframe data streams, WinJa introduced
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- Seagull Software expands global operations and direct sales reach by establishing subsidiaries in England, Germany and France.
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- Seagull Software ranked #1 Legacyware vendor by IDC
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- 1999
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- Seagull Software acquires the Java development lab of ObjectShare (original Smalltalk development team), adds component development expertise and technology in support of strategic vision
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- Seagull Software ranked #1 Legacyware vendor by IDC for second year running
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- 2000
- Seagull Software introduces Transidiom, first product on market to XML-enable mainframe and iSeries business processes for component assembly
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- Seagull Software ranked #284 in Software Magazine Software 500, Don Addington named worldwide President and COO
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- 2001
- Web services emerges as a key enterprise architecture for the new millennium
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- Seagull Software once again anticipates market direction and releases new version of Transidiom, the first complete legacy Web Services solution for mainframe and iSeries applications, supports both Java and .NET infrastructures
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- Acquires Renex Corporation, highly respected mainframe emulator and protocol converter vendor, adding 2nd generation emulation technology and in-depth mainframe connectivity expertise to the company
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- Server technologies now run on HP-UX, Solaris and AIX (in addition to NT/2000/XP, mainframe and iSeries) in support of enterprise environments
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- Seagull Software ranked #1 Legacyware vendor by IDC for third year running
- Frank van Pelt named Chairman of Supervisory Board, Don Addington named CEO and President
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- 2002
- Server technology now runs on Linux
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- Seagull Software establishes the LegaSuite brand and begins to integrate integration and GUI products into one modularized technology platform.
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- 2003
- Introduced Seagull Secure FTP Pro™ to fill gaps in FTP Security with SSL encryption and digital certificates
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- Seagull Software adds support for ICL mainframe applications to LegaSuite
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- Seagull Software introduces LegaSuite Web Services Studio to accelerate assembly of Web Services-based applications and user interfaces for service-oriented architecture
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- LegaSuite expands to include integration of Windows and Web applications into service-oriented architecture
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- 2004
- Direct database and transaction server access added to LegaSuite. Seagull Software is the only vendor to support presentation, transaction and database access points into the application stack from a single, integrated product.
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- BlueZoneX introduced, offering secure, reliable and cost effective access to graphical UNIX/Linux applications from Windows.
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- Opens Australia branch office to tap Australia and New Zealand market, and to establish gateway to Asia Pacific region.
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- 2005
- Acquires Softouch Systems and gains CrossPlex mainframe-resident integration engine.
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- Acquires Oak Grove Systems and gains BPM engine for LegaSuite. Becomes first vendor in the legacy integration market to offer integrated business process management and workflow capabilities.
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Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com) is a global software development firm that builds and services Enterprise Infrastructure products for the world's leading OEMs, networks and software companies and enterprises. The company's products complement and extend strategic infrastructure in the areas of:
application modernization,
business intelligence,
compliance and security,
consumer productivity,
database servers, database tools,
file transfer,
mainframe productivity,
network management,
publishing and search,
SOA and integration,
storage management,
terminal emulation, and
text mining.