<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
multinational	O
computer	O
technology	O
corporation	O
founded	O
in	O
1968	O
by	O
Tom	O
Nies	O
,	O
Tom	O
Richley	O
,	O
and	O
Claude	O
Bogardus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
mentions	O
Cincom	B-Application
as	O
being	O
"	O
the	O
original	O
database	O
company	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1968	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
product	O
focus	O
in	O
the	O
computer	O
industry	O
was	O
far	O
more	O
on	O
hardware	O
than	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
mass	O
merchandising	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
was	O
nonexistent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
’s	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
Total	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
bundled	O
with	O
manufacturer	O
hardware	O
and	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
late	O
1960s	O
,	O
Tom	O
Nies	O
,	O
a	O
salesman	O
and	O
project	O
manager	O
at	O
IBM	O
,	O
had	O
noticed	O
that	O
software	O
was	O
becoming	O
a	O
more	O
important	O
component	O
of	O
computer	O
systems	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
a	O
business	O
that	O
sold	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
1968	O
Nies	O
joined	O
Claude	O
Bogardus	O
and	O
Tom	O
Richley	O
to	O
found	O
Cincom	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	O
which	O
initially	O
only	O
wrote	O
programs	O
for	O
individual	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
its	O
first	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
realized	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
solving	O
the	O
same	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
problems	O
for	O
its	O
various	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
1984	O
,	O
President	O
Ronald	O
Reagan	O
called	O
Cincom	B-Application
and	O
Tom	O
Nies	O
"	O
the	O
epitome	O
of	O
entrepreneurial	O
spirit	O
of	O
American	O
business.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problem	O
was	O
known	O
,	O
and	O
CODASYL	B-Language
's	O
Database	O
Task	O
Group	O
Report	O
wrote	O
about	O
it	O
,	O
as	O
did	O
General	O
Electric	O
and	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
's	O
TOTAL	O
"	O
segregated	O
out	O
the	O
programming	O
logic	O
from	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
database.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1968	O
through	O
the	O
present	O
,	O
Cincom	B-Application
founder	O
Thomas	O
M	O
.	O
Nies	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
longest	O
actively	O
serving	O
CEO	O
in	O
the	O
computer	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
Cincom	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
was	O
described	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
venerable	O
software	O
firm	O
,	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Smithsonian	O
national	O
museum	O
along	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
pioneer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Cincom	B-Application
was	O
a	O
contraction	O
of	O
the	O
words	O
"	O
Cincinnati	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
computer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
some	O
point	O
they	O
realized	O
that	O
the	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
aspects	O
of	O
many	O
programs	O
had	O
enough	O
similarity	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
effort	O
came	O
what	O
became	O
Total	O
,	O
an	O
improvement	O
and	O
generalization	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
DBOMP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
than	O
IBM	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
still	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
selling	O
iron	O
"	O
business	O
,	O
Cincom	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
U.S.	O
software	O
firm	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
(	O
DBMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
delivered	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
computer	O
manufacturer	O
's	O
hardware	O
and	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
introduced	O
several	O
new	O
products	O
during	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
1971	O
,	O
Cincom	B-Application
opened	O
offices	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
England	O
,	O
Belgium	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
Brazil	O
and	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ULTRA	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
interactive	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
for	O
DEC	O
's	O
VAX	B-Device
hardware	O
and	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
offering	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
strategic	O
move	O
to	O
recognize	O
DEC	O
,	O
and	O
quickly	O
resulted	O
in	O
one	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
customer	O
product	O
purchases	O
being	O
for	O
VAX	B-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOTAL	O
FrameWork	O
(	O
1995	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
object-oriented	O
frameworks	O
,	O
services	O
and	O
integrated	O
development	O
environments	O
(	O
IDEs	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
assembly	O
and	O
maintenance	O
of	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
,	O
Java	O
,	O
C++	O
and	O
Visual	O
Basic	O
business	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Acquire	O
(	O
1995	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
integrated	O
selling	O
system	O
for	O
companies	O
that	O
deliver	O
complex	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Encompass	O
(	O
1998	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
integrated	O
components	O
for	O
next-generation	O
call	O
centers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Smalltalk	B-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
suite	O
that	O
includes	O
VisualWorks	B-Application
and	O
the	O
ObjectStudio	O
Enterprise	O
development	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
iC	O
Solutions	O
(	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
technology	O
that	O
combines	O
sales	O
and	O
marketing	O
automation	O
with	O
knowledge-based	O
support	O
for	O
product	O
and	O
service	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Knowledge	O
Builder	O
(	O
2001	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
business-rules	O
management	O
system	O
that	O
streamlines	O
sales	O
and	O
service	O
processes	O
by	O
providing	O
advice	O
and	O
guidance	O
at	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
customer	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
TIGER	O
(	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
integrates	O
all	O
data	O
sources	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Synchrony	O
(	O
2004	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
customer-experience	O
management	O
system	O
for	O
multi-channel	O
contact	O
centers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
Eloquence	O
(	O
2006	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
document-composition	O
solution	O
that	O
provides	O
business-line	O
professionals	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
generate	O
dynamic-structured	O
and	O
free-form	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cincom	B-Application
CPQ	O
,	O
configure-price-quote	O
software	O
that	O
can	O
integrate	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
and	O
other	O
CRM	O
systems	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
complete	O
multi-channel	O
selling	O
tool	O
that	O
simplifies	O
sales	O
processes	O
and	O
product	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
:	O
Cincom	B-Application
generated	O
over	O
$100	O
million	O
in	O
revenue	O
for	O
the	O
21st	O
straight	O
year	O
,	O
a	O
feat	O
unmatched	O
by	O
any	O
private	O
software	O
publisher	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
