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C/Soft Inc. - a start-up success after one year.


CARMEL, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1996--After several years at Digital Equipment Corporation, David Burns David Burns may refer to:
  • David Burns (basketball), American basketball player
  • David D. Burns, American author
 left to connect with Dennis Wetzel, a former business colleague. Together with the help of two other former Digital employees Tony Valasek and Howard Bates Bates   , Katherine Lee 1859-1929.

American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911.
, they decided to start an information technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives.  company, C/Soft Inc.

Starting out with only $50,000 of their own money and a collection of their personal computer equipment, these four founding partners created C/Soft Inc. After incorporation in late 1994, they acquired a small office suite approximately 1,200 square feet at 8250 Haverstick in Indianapolis. With only a few clients they managed to slowly build credibility in the technology arena.

Today, C/Soft's 5,200 square foot office is located in Carmel, Indiana Carmel (IPA: [ˈkɑɹ.ml̩]) is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 37,733 at the 2000 census but has been growing very rapidly.  which includes two conference rooms, a technology integration lab, a satellite for their vendor broadcast program and a seminar room used to host events and training. With a staff of 20 plus employees, C/Soft has an impressive client list including companies such as Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
  • Eli Lilly and Company, a global pharmaceutical company
  • Colonel Eli Lilly (1839-1898), founder of Eli Lilly and Company
  • Eli Lilly (industrialist) (1885-1977), former president of Eli Lilly and Company
 & Company, Cummins Engine and DowElanco to name a few. C/Soft has developed several business partnerships with leading technology vendors such as Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, Sun, Forte, Digital and Novell. It is this cross-platform experience that allows C/Soft to be leaders in the Internet/Intranet arena as well as messaging, client/server technology, system integration and database development.

A noted milestone: C/Soft has also been selected as a Growth 100 Award recipient from Indiana University's Graduate School of Business and Center for Entrepreneurship en·tre·pre·neur  
n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.



[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.
 and Innovation. This award identified C/Soft as one of the initial top 25 "high growth potential companies" in Indiana.

CONTACT: C/SOFT, Carmel

Kathy Losos, 317/816-7800

klosos@c-soft.com
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