Ab Initio Software

{{Short description|American enterprise software corporation}}

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{{Infobox company

|name = Ab Initio Software

|logo = File:Ab_Initio_Software_logo.png

|type = Private

|industry = Enterprise software

|predecessor = Thinking Machines

|foundation = {{Start date|1995}}

|location_city = Lexington, Massachusetts

|location_country = United States of America

|area_served = Worldwide

|homepage = {{URL|http://www.abinitio.com|www.abinitio.com}}

}}

Ab Initio Software is an American software corporation based in Lexington, Massachusetts. The company specializes in develops software for managing information processing systems.{{Cite web|title=Company Overview of Ab Initio Software Corporation|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=11867216|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304081024/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=11867216|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2009|work=Business Week|accessdate=June 5, 2013}} It was founded in 1995 by the former CEO of Thinking Machines Corporation, Sheryl Handler, and several other former employees after the bankruptcy of that company.{{Cite news |last=Taubes |first=Gary A. |author-link=Gary Taubes |date=September 15, 1995 |title=The Rise and Fall of Thinking Machines |work=Inc. Magazine |url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/19950915/2622.html |accessdate=June 5, 2013}}