Open Environment Corporation
{{Infobox company
| name = Open Environment Corporation (OEC)
| foundation = 1992
| location_city = Cambridge, MA
| location_country = USA
| industry = Technology, Outsourcing Services, Business Consulting
| homepage = [http://www.borland.com/ www.borland.com]
}}
Open Environment Corporation (OEC) was founded by John J. Donovan[https://books.google.com/books?id=7KAW-ToDnBAC&dq=%22open+environment+corporation%22++donovan&pg=PA237 The business of software: what every manager, programmer, and entrepreneur ...], by Michael A. Cusumano in 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts,A 1-2-3 approach to client/server apps, Network World, August 01, 1992 USA. OEC develops that enables companies to create applications for distributed, client/server computing systems. OEC pioneered a three-tieredToolkit guards client/server security, Info World, September 23, 1993 software architecture that allows customer to rapidly develop, deploy and manage software applications to access critical information quickly on an enterprise-wide basis.[http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-strategy-company/7109885-1.html Open Environment Corporation Announces Product Name Change],All Business, March 21, 1995
History
In 1992, Open Environment Corporation was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) by John J. Donovan, former chairman.[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BORLAND+TO+ACQUIRE+OPEN+ENVIRONMENT+CORPORATION%3B+Together+to+Offer...-a018275531 BORLAND TO ACQUIRE OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION; Together to Offer Multi-Tier, Scalable Client/Server and Intranet Solutions.], BUSINESS WIRE, May 13, 1996 It was initially founded as a division of Cambridge Technology Group, and then spun-out in 1992.
On February 10, 1995, OEC completed its initial public offering on NASDAQOpen Environment Corporation Annual Report 1995[http://www.allbusiness.com/banking-finance/financial-markets-investing-securities/7117072-1.html Open Environment Corporation files initial public offering of 2,750,000 shares of common stock.],Business Wire, April 13, 1995 under ticker OPEN.[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FITZGERALD+COMMUNICATIONS+PARTNERS+WITH+OPEN+ENVIRONMENT+CORPORATION...-a018299043 FITZGERALD COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS WITH OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION AND VISIX SOFTWARE], PRNewswire, May 20, 1996
On August 31, 1995, OEC bought Jarrah Technologies Pty. Limited in a stock-swap.
In 1996 OEC was bought out by Borland.[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18275531.html Borland to Acquire Open Environment Corporation]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Business Wire, May 13, 1996
Products
OEC ToolkitClient/Server Applications, Network World, Volume 10, Number 39 is a set of client/server application development software. OEC sold and marketed this product jointly with IBM. The product, which eventually would become known as Entera, and was the first middleware product sold as a best-of-breed application server platform.Entera