Uniface (company)

Uniface B.V.
Industry Software Development
Founded 1984 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 CEO: Aad van Schetsen
Brands Uniface
Website Uniface Official Website

Uniface is a privately held software development company, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It develops the Uniface programming language. The company has around 140 employees and 1600 customers.[1] Telmex,[2] Kawasaki, Airbus or FedEx are Uniface’s customers. Uniface was bought by Compuware on 1994. After 20 years the company has been sold[3] to Marlin Equity Partners.[4] The company has offices in Amsterdam, Sydney, Vienna, Brussels, Sao Paulo, Montreal, Paris, Munich, Dublin, Tokyo, Barcelona, Maidenhead and Detroit.[5]

Products

Uniface is a development tool for companies, an IDE, integrating web, mobile and cloud based on the Uniface programming language. This software is distributed on a server based system that licenses to clients on demand. The last version of the product is Uniface 9.6. In the past it was possible to develop on Apple and DEC platforms, but now only Windows is supported.

History

The programming language Uniface was called UNIS originally and it was developed in the Netherlands in 1984 by Inside Automation. Two years later, the product was launched to the public as Uniface 3, and the company name was changed to Uniface B.V. In 1994, the company was bought by Compuware Corporation. That same year Uniface Six, the first version that used a GUI, was launched. The last version of the program is Uniface 9.6, which was launched in 2012. In 2014 the company was acquired by Martin Equity Partners, and became again Uniface B.V. The company has now over 250 partners.

Administration

Aad van Schetsen serves as the company CEO, Arjan Schouten is CFO and Roel Stoepker is CTO.

References

  1. ↑ "Uniface". Bloorresearch. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "South African IT skills outsourced to South America". IT Web Business. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Compuware Wraps Up Sale Of Changepoint, Uniface, Services Unit". CBS. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Three Compuware Business Units for $160M". Private Equity. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Contact". Uniface. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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