Softlab

{{Short description|German software development company}}

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| image_caption = 1978-79 Softlab Munich, Tucherpark

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| successor = Cirquent (since 2012 part of NTT DATA)

| foundation = 1971

| founder = Klaus Neugebauer
Gerhard Heldmann
Peter Schnupp

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| location_city = Munich

| location_country = Germany

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| products = Maestro I
Maestro II

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Softlab GmbH was a software development and information technology consulting company who developed and deployed a software application called Maestro I, which was the first integrated development environment in the history of computing.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=CBR Staff |date=1991-08-21 |title=SOFTLAB WINS FIRST MAESTRO II ORDER |url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/softlab_wins_first_maestro_ii_order |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Tech Monitor |language=en-US}} Founded in Munich, Germany, in 1971, Softlab became a part of the BMW Group in 1992.{{cite news |date=March 9, 2000 |title=BMW subsidiary opens headquarters, No charges planned in Denny's incident, Graham: Job losses at SRS are inevitable |url=http://www.goupstate.com/news/20000309/bmw-subsidiary-opens-headquarters-no-charges-planned-in-denny39s-incident-graham-job-losses-at-srs-are-inevitable |website=GoUpstate |location=Spartanburg, SC |publisher=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |accessdate=2016-10-30}} In 2008, BMW merged Softlab and some subsidiary companies of Softlab Group into a new company named Cirquent.{{Cite web |title=Softlab ändert Namen und Strategie |url=https://www.computerwoche.de/a/softlab-aendert-namen-und-strategie,1221948 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=www.computerwoche.de |language=de}}