Flux (software company)
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{{Infobox company
| name = Flux
| logo = Flux-logo.png
| type = Private
| foundation = {{start date and age|2000}}
| location = Boulder
| industry = Enterprise Software, Finance
| area_served = Worldwide
| website = {{URL|http://flux.ly}}
}}
Flux is a software company that develops and licenses software products targeted for workflow, job scheduling, and managed file transfer. Headquartered in Boulder, Flux also has offices in Houston and Memphis.{{Cite web |title=Fluz |url=https://www.theladders.com/company/fluz-jobs}}
Company
Flux was founded in 2000 by David Sims when it transitioned from a one-person consulting shop to a software company that sold an automatic job scheduler software component for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition. The company has been self-funded since its inception.{{cite news |url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/53006/From_Practice_To_Product |title=From Practice To Product |date=30 October 2000 |work=Computerworld}}
Since then, the company's products have expanded into the following markets:
- Workflow{{cite news |url=http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/top-10-java-workflow-engine/ |title=Top 10 Java Workflow Engine |date=13 March 2009 |newspaper=The Gaea Times}}{{cite news |url=http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/davis-sims |title=Flux Workflow Surviving Despite Open Source |date=18 March 2005 |newspaper=Manageability |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=20 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420200527/http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/davis-sims |url-status=dead }}
- Job scheduling{{cite news |url=http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs061411-story01.html |title=Flux Delivers Automation for Changing Workloads |date=14 June 2011 |newspaper=IT Jungle}}
- Managed file transfer
Partners
File Transfer Consulting has partnered with Flux to provide a resource for designing managed file transfer systems. Flux is one of the tools that File Transfer Consulting uses to help meet its clients' managed file transfer needs. File Transfer Consulting's staff has developed managed file transfer tools that are used by more than 1,200 enterprises worldwide.{{cite news |url=http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs072611-story08.html |title=Flux Hooks Up with MFT Consultancy |date=26 July 2011 |newspaper=IT Jungle}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://flux.ly}}
- {{LinkedIn page|company/flux}}
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Category:Managed file transfer