<s>
Rational	B-Protocol
Synergy	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
software	O
tool	O
that	O
provides	O
software	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
(	O
SCM	O
)	O
capabilities	O
for	O
all	O
artifacts	O
related	O
to	O
software	O
development	O
including	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
documents	O
and	O
images	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
built	O
software	O
executable	O
and	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rational	B-Protocol
Synergy	I-Protocol
also	O
provides	O
the	O
repository	O
for	O
the	O
change	B-Application
management	I-Application
tool	O
known	O
as	O
Rational	O
Change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
these	O
two	O
tools	O
form	O
an	O
integrated	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
and	O
change	B-Application
management	I-Application
environment	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
software	O
development	O
organizations	O
that	O
need	O
controlled	O
SCM	O
processes	O
and	O
an	O
understanding	O
of	O
what	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
build	O
of	O
their	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Synergy	O
refers	O
to	O
its	O
database	O
level	O
integration	O
with	O
Change	B-Application
Management	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
views	O
into	O
what	O
is	O
in	O
a	O
build	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
defects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computers	O
West	O
was	O
supporting	O
itself	O
through	O
contract	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
finance	O
and	O
insurance	O
at	O
automobile	O
dealerships	O
on	O
the	O
Pick	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
decided	O
to	O
pursue	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
and	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
product	O
,	O
renamed	O
itself	O
CaseWare	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
hired	O
three	O
more	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
decided	O
that	O
a	O
compiled	O
language	O
such	O
as	O
C++	B-Language
was	O
not	O
sufficiently	O
flexible	O
,	O
reliable	O
,	O
and	O
productive	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
a	O
new	O
programming	O
language	O
called	O
ACcent	O
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACcent	O
has	O
many	O
features	O
similar	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
but	O
pre-dates	O
it	O
by	O
five	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
for	O
the	O
compiler	O
and	O
execution	O
environment	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
Amplify	O
Control	O
product	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
ACcent	O
language	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
scalable	O
,	O
networked	O
client-server	O
architecture	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
with	O
a	O
schema	O
flexible	O
enough	O
to	O
allow	O
customer	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
built-in	O
data	O
types	O
in	O
ACcent	O
without	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
physical	O
schema	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CaseWare	O
Amplify	O
Control	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
distributed	O
build	B-Application
automation	I-Application
and	O
continuous	O
integration	O
system	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
today	O
's	O
Maven	B-Language
and	O
Hudson	B-Language
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
a	O
bug	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
also	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
somewhat	O
successful	O
,	O
but	O
lacked	O
experienced	O
leadership	O
and	O
started	O
to	O
lose	O
market	O
share	O
to	O
ClearCase	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
CaseWare	O
and	O
Amplify	O
Control	O
were	O
renamed	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
Software	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1997	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
was	O
approaching	O
100m	O
in	O
revenue	O
and	O
expanded	O
into	O
Europe	O
,	O
eventually	O
opening	O
a	O
help	O
desk	O
office	O
in	O
Ireland	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
eventually	O
providing	O
24x7	O
support	O
to	O
the	O
Fortune	O
500	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
considered	O
the	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Clearcase	I-Protocol
product	O
line	O
as	O
its	O
competitor	O
in	O
the	O
Engineering	O
and	O
Scientific	O
market	O
and	O
Platinum	O
Harvest	O
as	O
its	O
competitor	O
on	O
Wall	O
Street	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fears	O
over	O
the	O
Y2K	O
bug	O
was	O
a	O
profitable	O
motivator	O
for	O
clients	O
to	O
buy	O
SCM	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
at	O
this	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
 '	O
major	O
selling	O
points	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
was	O
Task	O
Based	O
CM	O
,	O
a	O
customization	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
major	O
clients	O
(	O
Tandem	O
Computer	O
)	O
had	O
requested	O
which	O
they	O
had	O
rolled	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
turned	O
into	O
a	O
major	O
selling	O
point	O
over	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Clearcase	I-Protocol
which	O
still	O
needed	O
major	O
add-on	O
professional	O
services	O
work	O
to	O
adapt	O
to	O
a	O
customer	O
's	O
workflow	O
and	O
methodology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuus	B-Protocol
tried	O
with	O
mixed	O
success	O
to	O
jump	O
on	O
the	O
.com	O
bandwagon	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
getting	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
to	O
run	O
its	O
Informix	O
database	O
and	O
server	O
processes	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	O
,	O
an	O
integration	O
with	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
make	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
look	O
like	O
Visual	O
Sourcesafe	O
to	O
the	O
IDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
Software	O
announced	O
a	O
public	O
offering	O
listing	O
its	O
stock	O
on	O
the	O
NASDAQ	O
Stock	O
Market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
Swedish	O
software	O
company	O
Telelogic	B-Language
,	O
agreed	O
to	O
purchase	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
Software	O
in	O
a	O
deal	O
worth	O
$42	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
Telelogic	B-Language
,	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
was	O
renamed	O
Synergy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2001	O
,	O
it	O
decided	O
to	O
lay	O
off	O
the	O
entire	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
Professional	O
Services	O
organization	O
staff	O
,	O
reasoning	O
that	O
the	O
QSS	O
services	O
folk	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
support	O
both	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
strategy	O
did	O
n't	O
work	O
out	O
so	O
well	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
ex-services	O
folk	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
find	O
consulting	O
jobs	O
with	O
Continuus	B-Protocol
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
IBM	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
purchased	O
Telelogic	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synergy	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	O
's	O
Rational	O
Software	O
family	O
of	O
SCM	O
tools	O
and	O
named	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Synergy	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
IBM	O
anncounced	O
the	O
withdrawal	O
and	O
support	O
discontinance	O
of	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Synergy	I-Protocol
and	O
Rational	O
Change	O
.	O
</s>
