UniPrise Systems, Inc. was a privately held software company with its headquarters in Irvine, California. The company was founded in November 1993 by Joseph Perry, Randy Knapp, and Robert Mowry.[1][2] Software development, engineering and technical support were located in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

UniPrise Systems, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
FoundedNovember 1993; 30 years ago (1993-11) in Irvine, California
Founders
  • Joseph Perry
  • Randy Knapp
  • Robert Mowry
Defunct1998; 26 years ago (1998)
FateDissolution

UniPrise specialized in compilers and database products for the Unix environment. In 1997 they signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard corporation to bundle their database monitoring software with HP OpenView systems management software.[3][4] As of 1998 products included:[5]

  • IMPERA – a management tool for distributed database systems.
  • Access/DAL – database access middleware.
  • UniPrise PL/I for UNIX.
  • PL/I for OpenVMS[6]

The company abruptly went out of business in 1998. Seventeen employees filed a lawsuit against the company's chairmen the following year, citing unpaid wages, business expenses, and benefits.[7] The case was settled in 2001.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Employee Benefits Security Administration (October 30, 2001). "Labor Department Settles with a Software Company and Its Former Executives for Federal Pension Violations". United States Department of Labor.
  2. ^ Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. Vol. 45. Gale Research. 2003. p. 4467. ISBN 9780787658960 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Campbell, Ronald (July 6, 1997). "Irvine software firm gets Hewlett-Packard contract". The Orange County Register. Freedom Communications: K16 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Fitzloff, Emily (July 7, 1997). "HP OpenView expands realm for Informix, Oracle systems". InfoWorld. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  5. ^ UniPrise Systems. "Mission Statement". Archived from the original on February 14, 1998. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  6. ^ "Software Product Description - PL/I for OpenVMS Systems" (PDF). Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Retrieved Jan 10, 2020.
  7. ^ Lewis, Diane E. (October 24, 1999). "Start-up crashed, staff burn". The Boston Globe: F4 – via ProQuest.