| Watcom International A provider of application development tools and -based s. Founded in 1974, Watcom initially focused on scientific and engineering markets establishing itself as a supplier of programming and information tools worldwide, serving customers in 60 countries with highly regarded products such as -77 for s, s and s. Since the introduction of in 1988, the company has emerged as an industry leader in optimising compilers for 16 and 32-bit s. Moving into the market in 1992, Watcom introduced , including for multi-user networks and single-user applications. The product has since been incorporated into 's development environment and the . In June, 1993, Watcom launched {VX*REXX}, an integrated visual development environment for . In February 1994, Watcom became a wholly-owned subsidiary of which merged with {Sybase Inc.} on 13 February 1995. Today the company addresses a broad range of application developers, including corporate professionals, system integrators, s and independent software vendors. Watcom has strategic relationships with , , , and . Based on its academic roots, Watcom maintains a research relationship with the nearby . Watcom's products include the s, {Watcom C/C++}, and {Watcom VX*REXX} 2.1. Ian McPhee is President and Chief Executive Officer, David Boswell is Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Craig Dynes is Vice President of Finance and David Yach is Vice President of Development. Headquarters: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. (1995-04-18) |