<s>
TELON	B-Application
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
CA-TELON	B-Application
,	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
successful	O
application	B-Application
generators	I-Application
for	O
building	O
business	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
development	O
system	O
currently	O
sold	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
CA	O
Technologies	O
(	O
formerly	O
CA	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
International	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
computer-aided	B-Application
software	I-Application
engineering	I-Application
(	O
"	O
CASE	O
"	O
)	O
tools	O
on	O
the	O
commercial	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
tools	O
run	O
on	O
IBM	O
's	O
MVS	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
using	O
TSO	B-Application
(	O
IBM	O
's	O
Time	B-Application
Sharing	I-Application
Option	I-Application
)	O
and	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
"	O
PCs	B-Device
"	O
)	O
running	O
MS-Windows	B-Application
and	O
the	O
target	O
environments	O
include	O
IMS	B-Application
and	O
CICS	B-Application
transaction	B-Application
processing	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
supported	O
multiple	O
database	O
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
IBM	O
's	O
VSAM	O
,	O
IMS/DB	B-Application
,	O
DB2	B-Application
,	O
plus	O
Cullinet	O
's	O
IDMS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
code	B-Application
generator	I-Application
that	O
uses	O
macros	O
to	O
generate	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
COBOL/II	O
,	O
or	O
PL/I	B-Language
code	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
natively	O
in	O
the	O
target	O
environment	O
without	O
run-time	O
proprietary	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
create	O
screen	O
designs	O
in	O
the	O
TELON	B-Application
Design	O
Facility	O
(	O
TDF	O
)	O
and	O
define	O
attributes	O
for	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lastly	O
,	O
the	O
TELON	B-Application
Test	O
Facility	O
is	O
used	O
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
code	O
debuggers	B-Application
,	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
and	O
fix	O
bugs	O
before	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
moved	O
into	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Chris	O
McNeil	O
and	O
Don	O
Christensen	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
when	O
McNeil	O
was	O
a	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineer	I-General_Concept
at	O
Liberty	O
Mutual	O
Insurance	O
Company	O
and	O
Christensen	O
was	O
an	O
IBM	O
Systems	O
Engineer	O
contracting	O
with	O
Liberty	O
Mutual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
their	O
tenure	O
,	O
Liberty	O
Mutual	O
installed	O
an	O
IBM	B-Architecture
3790	I-Architecture
minicomputer	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
claims	O
processing	O
system	O
(	O
CAPS	O
)	O
created	O
by	O
Insurance	O
Systems	O
of	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
customization	O
,	O
which	O
involved	O
IBM	O
's	O
cumbersome	O
Macro	O
language	O
,	O
required	O
an	O
engineer	O
to	O
create	O
multiple	O
forms	O
for	O
each	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
3270	I-Operating_System
screen	O
and	O
then	O
to	O
convert	O
the	O
screens	O
for	O
executing	O
on	O
the	O
3790	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
step	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
McNeil	O
designed	O
the	O
template	O
COBOL	B-Application
programs	O
and	O
Christensen	O
coded	O
the	O
macros	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
actual	O
COBOL	B-Application
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
created	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
could	O
generate	O
COBOL	B-Application
code	O
from	O
screen	O
layouts	O
created	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
COBOL	B-Application
ran	O
in	O
IBM	O
's	O
TSO	B-Application
interactive	O
environment	O
and	O
it	O
allowed	O
the	O
users	O
and	O
engineers	O
to	O
test	O
screen	O
flow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
wanted	O
a	O
change	O
,	O
the	O
layout	O
was	O
altered	O
using	O
a	O
design	O
tool	O
and	O
new	O
COBOL	B-Application
was	O
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christensen	O
expanded	O
the	O
macros	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
(	O
which	O
he	O
was	O
calling	O
ADS	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
—	O
Application	O
Development	O
System	O
)	O
to	O
generate	O
COBOL	B-Application
for	O
IBM	O
's	O
IMS	B-Application
transaction	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1981	O
Don	O
Christensen	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
Phil	O
Stymfal	O
,	O
a	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineer	I-General_Concept
who	O
was	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
technical	O
decisions	O
at	O
New	O
England	O
Life	O
Insurance	O
(	O
NELI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
recommended	O
that	O
NELI	O
purchase	O
TELON	B-Application
and	O
NELI	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
customer	O
by	O
signing	O
a	O
license	O
agreement	O
for	O
$30k	O
in	O
mid-1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
system	O
proved	O
itself	O
at	O
NELI	O
,	O
Stymfal	O
used	O
his	O
connections	O
through	O
The	O
New	O
England	O
Productivity	O
Group	O
to	O
generate	O
more	O
interest	O
in	O
TELON	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christensen	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
TELON	B-Application
might	O
never	O
have	O
been	O
successful	O
without	O
Stymfal	O
's	O
influence	O
and	O
his	O
confidence	O
in	O
recommending	O
an	O
untried	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
ADS	O
had	O
been	O
written	O
on	O
Liberty	O
Mutual	O
's	O
mainframe	O
,	O
Christensen	O
left	O
with	O
the	O
understanding	O
that	O
if	O
Liberty	O
ever	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
TELON	B-Application
it	O
could	O
acquire	O
the	O
software	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
responsibilities	O
included	O
supporting	O
NELI	O
and	O
to	O
continuing	O
work	O
on	O
TELON	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
obvious	O
that	O
TELON	B-Application
was	O
becoming	O
a	O
successful	O
product	O
and	O
that	O
CSI	O
was	O
a	O
stable	O
company	O
,	O
Liberty	O
Mutual	O
became	O
the	O
fourth	O
customer	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
fitting	O
tribute	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
original	O
Liberty	O
Mutual	O
CAPS	O
system	O
and	O
second	O
claims	O
processing	O
applications	O
that	O
McNeil	O
and	O
Christensen	O
worked	O
on	O
while	O
employed	O
at	O
Liberty	O
Mutual	O
were	O
rewritten	O
using	O
TELON	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stymfal	O
's	O
role	O
was	O
as	O
Director	O
of	O
Development	O
and	O
he	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
McNeil	O
,	O
made	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
technological	O
decisions	O
regarding	O
TELON	B-Application
until	O
their	O
departure	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
TELON	B-Application
had	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
created	O
and	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
still	O
being	O
called	O
by	O
its	O
generic	O
name	O
,	O
ADS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
TELON	B-Application
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
a	O
contraction	O
of	O
Telos	O
and	O
Eon	O
(	O
forever	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McNeil	O
created	O
a	O
draft	O
of	O
the	O
TELON	B-Application
logo	O
,	O
using	O
eight	O
concentric	O
circles	O
to	O
represent	O
an	O
octave	B-Language
and	O
the	O
multiple	O
steps	O
of	O
evolutionary	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
1982	O
–	O
83	O
development	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
would	O
continue	O
with	O
additional	O
features	O
being	O
added	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Generating	O
COBOL	B-Application
for	O
executing	O
in	O
the	O
CICS	B-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generating	O
PL/I	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supporting	O
multiple	O
databases	O
including	O
IMS/DB	B-Application
and	O
DB2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
time	O
TELON	B-Application
itself	O
was	O
starting	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
large	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TELON	B-Application
Design	O
Facility	O
(	O
TDF	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
TSO	B-Application
applications	O
that	O
took	O
users	O
through	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
their	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
been	O
decided	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
that	O
the	O
TDF	O
would	O
be	O
written	O
with	O
TELON	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christensen	O
would	O
later	O
remark	O
that	O
this	O
helped	O
guarantee	O
that	O
TELON	B-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
robust	O
system	O
because	O
developers	O
would	O
be	O
forced	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
sales	O
for	O
TELON	B-Application
were	O
generated	O
through	O
Phil	O
Stymfal	O
's	O
contacts	O
with	O
other	O
insurance	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
outside	O
of	O
Stymfal	O
's	O
circle	O
were	O
reluctant	O
to	O
look	O
at	O
TELON	B-Application
perhaps	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
much	O
less	O
expensive	O
than	O
its	O
main	O
competitors	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Informatics	O
 '	O
Mark	O
V	O
and	O
IBM	O
's	O
application	B-Application
generator	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
,	O
therefore	O
,	O
not	O
taken	O
seriously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
TELON	B-Application
for	O
IMS	B-Application
was	O
being	O
sold	O
for	O
$	O
75,000	O
so	O
CSI	O
raised	O
the	O
price	O
to	O
$	O
95,000	O
to	O
give	O
it	O
more	O
credibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
CICS	B-Application
offering	O
was	O
also	O
increased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Pansophic	O
,	O
TELON	B-Application
would	O
see	O
another	O
price	O
increase	O
for	O
much	O
the	O
same	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
CSI	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
secure	O
$	O
100,000	O
in	O
working	O
capital	O
from	O
the	O
Boston	O
area	O
consulting	O
firm	O
Computer	O
Partners	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
the	O
exclusive	O
right	O
to	O
bring	O
TELON	B-Application
into	O
Boston	O
area	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
asset	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
was	O
that	O
it	O
worked	O
;	O
customers	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
see	O
immediate	O
returns	O
on	O
their	O
investment	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
years	O
,	O
when	O
TELON	B-Application
was	O
cheaper	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
take	O
only	O
one	O
project	O
for	O
a	O
customer	O
to	O
break	O
even	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
TELON	B-Application
generated	O
fully	O
independent	O
COBOL	B-Application
code	O
,	O
the	O
resulting	O
applications	O
could	O
be	O
maintained	O
by	O
traditional	O
methods	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
purchase	O
TELON	B-Application
less	O
risky	O
for	O
those	O
companies	O
that	O
were	O
given	O
a	O
trial	O
since	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
scrap	O
their	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
in	O
direct	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
two	O
main	O
competitors	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Informatics	O
 '	O
Mark	O
V	O
and	O
IBM	O
's	O
application	B-Application
generator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
V	O
was	O
an	O
add-on	O
to	O
Informatics	O
 '	O
successful	O
report	O
generator	O
Mark	O
IV	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
unwieldy	O
and	O
did	O
n't	O
address	O
as	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
lifecycle	O
as	O
TELON	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
products	O
were	O
much	O
more	O
expensive	O
than	O
TELON	B-Application
and	O
head-to-head	O
trials	O
proved	O
TELON	B-Application
to	O
be	O
more	O
productive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
gave	O
a	O
standard	O
structure	O
and	O
design	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
applications	O
written	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
could	O
easily	O
understand	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
any	O
TELON	B-Application
application	O
once	O
he	O
or	O
she	O
was	O
familiar	O
with	O
the	O
TELON	B-Application
methodology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
time	O
new	O
competitors	O
to	O
TELON	B-Application
had	O
emerged	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
a	O
system	O
from	O
Sage	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
Giel	O
was	O
becoming	O
concerned	O
that	O
CSI	O
's	O
sales	O
force	O
was	O
not	O
sufficient	O
to	O
stay	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
venture	O
capitalists	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
contacted	O
suggested	O
that	O
TELON	B-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
fit	O
with	O
Pansophic	O
Systems	O
because	O
they	O
had	O
a	O
strong	O
and	O
effective	O
sales	O
force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
while	O
doing	O
background	O
research	O
on	O
EASYTRIEVE	O
,	O
a	O
4th	B-Language
generation	I-Language
language	I-Language
they	O
had	O
acquired	O
,	O
Pansophic	O
became	O
impressed	O
with	O
the	O
enthusiasm	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christensen	O
came	O
away	O
believing	O
that	O
Pansophic	O
knew	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
customers	O
for	O
TELON	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
gained	O
the	O
advantages	O
of	O
a	O
large	O
and	O
experienced	O
sales	O
force	O
,	O
run	O
by	O
Pansophic	O
's	O
Al	O
Syler	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
sold	O
Informatics	O
 '	O
Mark	O
IV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
things	O
Pansophic	O
did	O
was	O
to	O
raise	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
to	O
match	O
its	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IMS	B-Application
product	O
was	O
increased	O
from	O
$	O
95,000	O
per	O
license	O
to	O
$	O
225,000	O
and	O
the	O
CICS	B-Application
product	O
was	O
raised	O
from	O
$	O
50,000	O
to	O
$	O
160,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
gave	O
TELON	B-Application
the	O
credibility	O
to	O
compete	O
head-to-head	O
with	O
their	O
competitors	O
and	O
made	O
them	O
the	O
choice	O
of	O
companies	O
about	O
half	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
Pansophic	O
Transferred	O
Farzin	O
Yashar	O
from	O
their	O
development	O
team	O
in	O
Reston	O
,	O
VA	O
to	O
Boston	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
head	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
TDF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Farzin	O
and	O
Chris	O
McNeil	O
together	O
led	O
the	O
efforts	O
and	O
created	O
Telon	B-Application
PC	O
for	O
PC	O
DOS/MS	O
-DOS	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
distributed	O
on	O
floppy	O
diskettes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
2.0	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
after	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Pansophic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
it	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
IBM	O
's	O
DB2	B-Application
database	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
TELON	B-Application
lost	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
market	O
share	O
and	O
almost	O
lost	O
its	O
lead	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
took	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
before	O
TELON	B-Application
was	O
again	O
considered	O
a	O
solid	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
,	O
Pansophic	O
marketed	O
a	O
product	O
known	O
as	O
Telon/38	O
,	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
IBM	O
System/38	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telon/38	O
was	O
a	O
rebranded	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Synon/2	O
tool	O
from	O
Synon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
continued	O
success	O
of	O
TELON	B-Application
,	O
Pansophic	O
began	O
to	O
lose	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TELON	B-Application
was	O
renamed	O
CA-TELON	B-Application
and	O
the	O
development	O
group	O
was	O
slashed	O
by	O
about	O
60%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
began	O
a	O
long	O
,	O
profitable	O
time	O
for	O
CA	O
as	O
it	O
maintained	O
and	O
updated	O
TELON	B-Application
for	O
its	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
CA	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
CA-Telon	B-Application
5.0	O
.	O
</s>
