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Embarcadero Technologies
Company typePrivate company
IndustryDatabase administration tools, Software development
FoundedSan Francisco, USA (1993)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA
Key people
Wayne D. Williams, Chief Executive Officer
ProductsDBArtisan, Rapid SQL, Change Manager, ER/Studio, Performance Center etc.
Revenue100M $ (2007)
Number of employees
450
ParentIdera Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.embarcadero.com

Embarcadero Technologies is an American based database tools and application development tools software company founded in October 1993 by Stephen Wong and Stuart Browning with just a single database tool for Sybase DBAs — Rapid SQL (released in December the same year).[1][2] It currently produces tools for database design, development and management, for platforms including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, Sybase and MySQL.

History

In April 2000, Embarcadero Technologies was listed on NASDAQ. In November the same year, the company acquired GDPro, a UML design solution provider. In October 2005, a data security solution provider, Ambeo, was acquired. Two years later, in June 2007, Thoma Cressey Bravo bought Embarcadero and it became a private company. Wayne Williams was appointed chief executive officer of Embarcadero Technologies in 2007.

The company headquarters are in San Francisco with other offices in Toronto, Melbourne, Munich, Maidenhead (United Kingdom)[3] and Iaşi (Romania). The company currently has an annual revenue of $US 60 million and has more than 270 employees.

On May 7th 2008 Borland Software Corporation announced that its software development tools division, CodeGear, was to be sold to Embarcadero Technologies for an expected $23 million price and $7 million in CodeGear accounts receivables retained by Borland.[4] The acquisition closed on 30 June 2008 for approximately $24.5 million.[5]

Database Products

Since its foundation, Embarcadero Technologies has released several database-related products, such as:

Rapid SQL

Rapid SQL is a cross-platform SQL IDE meant to help database developers produce SQL code. The product was first launched in December 1993,[1]

DBArtisan

DBArtisan is a cross-platform database administration tool and solution for data availability, performance, and security. The product was first launched in April 1994.

ER/Studio

ER/Studio is data modeling tool for designing and understanding databases. The product was first launched in March 1996.

Change Manager

Change Manager is a database change management tool allowing a database administrator to compare and alter data, perform data comparisons and synchronization. The product was first launched in March 1999.

Performance Center

Performance Center is a tool to monitor database performance. The product was first launched in March 2001.

EA/Studio

EA/Studio is a conceptual modeling tool for creating a graphical representation business concepts that describe business processes that detail how a business operates. The latest release came in December 2008.

Read more in a In March 2007 press release,[6]

PowerSQL

PowerSQL is a SQL IDE for Application Developers. PowerSQL offers native support for IBM® DB2® for LUW, Oracle®, Microsoft® SQL Server, and Sybase® as well as JDBC. PowerSQL is available as a stand-alone application or as an Eclipse plugin.

In March 2008 an article was published in NewsWireToday.com, [7]

DBOptimizer

DBOptimizer is a helps developers and DBAs to discover, diagnose, and optimize poor-performing SQL. It is a SQL Profiling and Tuning IDE tool.


In July 2008 Embarcadero acquired CodeGear, it currently offers database tools that share a cross-platform foundation and cover the database life cycle.[8]

Application Development Products

Notes

  1. ^ a b Embarcadero Technologies finding from Embarcadero.com
  2. ^ Stephen Wong listed as Co-founder from allbusiness.com
  3. ^ List of Embarcadero Technologies offices from Embarcadero.com
  4. ^ Silicon Valley Technology News, Embarcadero Technologies buys CodeGear
  5. ^ Bravo, Thoma (2008-07-01). "Embarcadero Technologies Closes Acquisition of CodeGear". Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  6. ^ EA/Studio product release from Goliath
  7. ^ Newswire, PowerSQL product release
  8. ^ Embarcadero Technologies About Us section from Embarcadero.com
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