Comshare celebrates 30 years as a solid success in computer software industry.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 1996--Comshare, Inc., The Decision Support Company(TM), today celebrated its 30th birthday and its position as the market leading decision support software company worldwide. "As one of the top 50 independent software companies in the world, we are in a very elite group of a few companies that still exist so many years after being founded," said T. Wallace Wal·lace , Alfred Russel 1823-1913. British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin. Wrathall, president and chief executive officer. "Most software companies have one or two major successes and then disappear. Comshare has surmounted sur·mount tr.v. sur·mount·ed, sur·mount·ing, sur·mounts 1. To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer. 2. To ascend to the top of; climb. 3. a. To place something above; top. the challenges of changing software technology and customers' needs to continue to be highly successful throughout the 30 years," he noted. Founded as a timesharing A multiuser computer environment that lets users initiate their own sessions and access selected databases as required. Today's networks of servers and client machines are all technically timesharing environments; however, the term originated in the 1960s when many terminals were first company, Comshare grew to become a highly regarded provider of mainframe software in the 1980s. As software technology changed, the Company evolved further, becoming the world's leading provider of executive information systems. More recently, it has again adapted to new market needs and is now a worldwide success in providing decision support applications. Comshare is a profitable growth company with 700 employees, $108 million in revenue and $5.3 million in profit in fiscal 1995. The Company's success and financial strength stems from the depth and breadth of experience it has attained at·tain v. at·tained, at·tain·ing, at·tains v.tr. 1. To gain as an objective; achieve: attain a diploma by hard work. 2. in providing decision support solutions to 3,000 customers in 39 countries around the world. Its newest product, Commander Decision(TM) is a planning, analysis and reporting system that opens the next stage in the evolution of decision support. CONTACT: Comshare, Inc., Ann Arbor Dan Jankowski Jankowski (feminine: Jankowska, plural: Jankowscy) is the 13th most common surname in Poland (68,514 people) Famous people:
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