<s>
Ecco	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
was	O
a	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
software	B-Application
based	O
on	O
an	O
outliner	B-Application
,	O
and	O
supporting	O
folders	O
similar	O
to	O
spreadsheet	O
columns	O
that	O
allow	O
filtering	O
and	O
sorting	O
of	O
information	O
based	O
upon	O
user	O
defined	O
criteria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
produced	O
by	O
Arabesque	O
Software	B-Application
in	O
1993	O
,	O
then	O
purchased	O
by	O
NetManage	O
,	O
and	O
discontinued	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ECCO	O
Professional	O
was	O
introduced	O
by	O
Arabesque	O
Software	B-Application
in	O
1993	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
Personal	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
PIM	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
database	O
backend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
supports	O
calendar	O
and	O
contact	O
data	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to-do	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
software	B-Application
via	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
capability	O
,	O
Dynamic	B-Operating_System
Data	I-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
(	O
DDE	O
)	O
,	O
Object	B-Operating_System
Linking	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
Embedding	I-Operating_System
(	O
OLE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interface	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
"	O
universal	O
outliner	B-Application
"	O
and	O
folders	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
views	O
organizing	O
related	O
information	O
of	O
mixed	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecco	O
version	O
1.x	O
supports	O
shared	O
folders	O
and	O
outlines	O
for	O
network	O
access	O
to	O
data	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
windows	B-Application
workgroups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ECCO	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
workgroups	O
,	O
including	O
group	O
scheduling	O
via	O
email	O
systems	O
compliant	O
with	O
MAPI	B-Protocol
or	O
VIM	O
protocols	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Schedule	I-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
contacts	O
,	O
calendars	O
,	O
and	O
outlines	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
file	O
synchronization	O
and	O
reconciliation	O
via	O
intranet	B-General_Concept
connections	O
or	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ECCO	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
version	O
4.0	O
added	O
32	O
bit	O
support	O
and	O
OLE	O
2.0	O
.	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
integration	O
with	O
NetManage	O
's	O
Chameleon	O
and	O
Z-Mail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecco	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Pete	O
Polash	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
sold	O
an	O
early	O
Macintosh	O
based	O
presentation	O
program	O
to	O
Aldus	O
and	O
Bob	O
Perez	O
,	O
a	O
Harvard-trained	O
lawyer	O
hired	O
by	O
Apple	O
as	O
a	O
programmer	O
and	O
Evangelist	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
by	O
Arabesque	O
Software	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
Bellevue	O
,	O
Washington	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetManage	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
Zvi	O
Alon	O
noted	O
that	O
'	O
As	O
soon	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
decided	O
to	O
give	O
away	O
Outlook	O
with	O
Office	O
,	O
we	O
started	O
getting	O
phone	O
calls	O
questioning	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
Ecco	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
Ecco	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
is	O
not	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
plugin	O
extensions	O
to	O
the	O
software	B-Application
continues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Scott	O
Rosenberg	O
,	O
a	O
programmer	O
using	O
the	O
handle	O
"	O
slangmgh	O
"	O
developed	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
Ecco	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
posted	O
to	O
ecco_pro	O
users	O
group	O
on	O
Yahoo	O
which	O
includes	O
fixes	O
and	O
upgrades	O
to	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
incorporate	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EccoPro	O
to	O
Android	O
Synchronization	O
Software	B-Application
MyPhoneExplorer	B-Application
able	O
to	O
synchronize	O
Contacts	O
,	O
Calendar	O
,	O
Tasks	O
and	O
Ecco	O
Outlines	O
to	O
Android	O
Phones	O
and	O
Tablets	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
9	O
July	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
