<s>
TCP	O
Software	O
(	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
LLC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
time	O
and	O
attendance	O
workforce	O
management	O
system	O
founded	O
in	O
1988	O
to	O
serve	O
the	O
time	O
tracking	O
needs	O
in	O
the	O
restaurant	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
as	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
application	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
developed	O
into	O
a	O
Windows	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
into	O
a	O
web	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
perpetual	O
license	O
or	O
a	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
(	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
)	O
and	O
serves	O
approximately	O
30,000	O
customers	O
with	O
millions	O
of	O
users	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MobileClock	O
app	O
and	O
WebClock	O
application	O
make	O
it	O
easy	O
for	O
employees	O
to	O
clock	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
while	O
data	O
is	O
immediately	O
recorded	O
in	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TCP	O
Software	O
(	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
LLC	O
)	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
1988	O
and	O
known	O
as	O
Data	O
Management	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
DMI	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
several	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
up	O
to	O
1994	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
in	O
1999	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
year	B-Error_Name
2000	I-Error_Name
problem	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
also	O
written	O
for	O
SCO	B-Operating_System
UNIX	I-Operating_System
and	O
IBM	B-Application
AIX	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
used	O
a	O
Dbase	B-Application
compatible	O
database	O
,	O
but	O
from	O
version	O
5.0	O
,	O
it	O
changed	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
removed	O
the	O
necessity	O
of	O
a	O
client	O
installation	O
and	O
also	O
made	O
the	O
system	O
available	O
to	O
Macintosh	B-Device
users	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Hybrid	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
3.0	O
for	O
Web	O
and	O
6.0	O
for	O
Windows	O
to	O
operate	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
model	O
,	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
OnDemand	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
subscribers	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
application	O
on	O
a	O
database	O
hosted	O
by	O
Data	O
Management	O
Inc	O
.	O
at	O
a	O
SAS	O
70	O
compliant	O
data	O
center	O
with	O
encrypted	O
data	O
transmission	O
and	O
daily	O
backups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
new	O
employee	O
access	O
points	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
2011	O
:	O
an	O
interactive	O
voice	O
response	O
system	O
and	O
mobile	O
applications	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
a	O
partnership	O
was	O
announced	O
between	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
and	O
Windsor	O
Management	O
Group	O
,	O
which	O
services	O
"	O
850+	O
school	O
districts	O
"	O
around	O
the	O
country	O
,	O
to	O
bundle	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
with	O
the	O
financial	O
and	O
HR	O
management	O
solution	O
,	O
Infinite	O
Visions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
formed	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
Texas	O
Computer	O
Cooperative	O
(	O
TCC	O
)	O
which	O
provides	O
administrative	O
software	O
to	O
Texas	O
schools	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
LLC	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
a	O
Providence	O
Equity	O
Partners	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
rebranded	O
to	O
TCP	O
Software	O
for	O
marketing	O
purposes	O
(	O
the	O
legal	O
name	O
remains	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
,	O
LLC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
v7	O
software	O
includes	O
several	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
Unlike	O
many	O
flashy	O
software	O
products	O
,	O
Timeclock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
works	O
just	O
fine	O
on	O
older	O
PC-XT	O
'	O
s	O
"	O
and	O
it	O
can	O
"	O
streamline	O
paperwork	O
and	O
provide	O
managers	O
with	O
a	O
handy	O
tool	O
for	O
analyzing	O
labor	O
costs.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
Miami	O
Herald	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
will	O
maintain	O
the	O
records	O
of	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
10,000	O
employees.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
San	O
Angelo	O
Standard	O
Times	O
reported	O
that	O
TimeClock	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
scales	O
to	O
any	O
size	O
from	O
small	O
family	O
owned	O
shops	O
to	O
large	O
companies	O
like	O
NASA	O
and	O
that	O
about	O
50,000	O
companies	O
were	O
using	O
the	O
system	O
including	O
Boeing	O
,	O
Harley	O
Davidson	O
,	O
Ford	O
Motor	O
Company	O
,	O
Dial	O
,	O
and	O
Sara	O
Lee	O
.	O
</s>
