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Gupta Technologies

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Gupta Technologies
Industrysoftware
Founded1984
FounderUmang Gupta
FateAcquired by Unify Corporation in 2006, currently part of OpenText
SuccessorUnify Corporation, Now OpenText
HeadquartersRoseville, Placer County, California
ProductsSQL relational database management system

Gupta Technologies, LLC was a software development company based in Roseville, Placer County, California. It was later renamed to Centura Software in the late 1990s and then to Halo Technology Holdings, Inc in 2005. It was acquired by Unify Corporation in 2006.

Its principal products are the SQL relational database management system SQLBase, a mobile HTML5 enterprise development system called TD Mobile and a rapid application development system called Team Developer (also known as SQLWindows). The company is considered as the provider of the first client/server relational database software that would run on personal computers (PC), rather than mini computers.

Company history

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The company was founded in 1984 by Umang Gupta, a former vice president at Oracle Corporation. Gupta's first product was SQLBase, followed by SQLWindows, which combined SQLBase with a graphical user interface and programming language for creating business applications. SQLWindows was one of the first GUI development tools for Microsoft Windows. The company went public in 1993 (NASDAQ: GPTA).[citation needed]

The name of the company was changed to Centura Software in the late 1990s.[1] In February 2001 Centura was taken over by the Platinum Equity investment company. Centura Software filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in August 2001, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission revoked the registration of Centura's common stock in December 2004.[2] After the bankruptcy, some assets were kept by a reborn Gupta Technologies LLC. In January 2005 Gupta Technologies, LLC was bought by another investor, Warp Technology Holdings, Inc. In May 2005 the company changed its name to Halo Technology Holdings, Inc. In September 2006 the company was acquired by Unify Corporation. In June 2010 Unify announced its merger with Daegis, a US company that provides software for electronic discovery in litigation matters.[citation needed]

In November 2012 the Unify database and development tools division was renamed back to Gupta Technologies.[3]

In 2015 Gupta was acquired by OpenText.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Groff, James R; Weinberg, Paul N (2002). SQL: The Complete Reference (Second ed.). McGraw-Hill/Osborne. pp. Appendix B.
  2. ^ ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS, MAKING FINDINGS, AND REVOKING REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(j) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Admin. Proc. File No. 3-11753
  3. ^ "Unify Database and Development Tools Business Changes Name to Gupta Technologies". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  4. ^ "Gupta Team Developer". OpenText.
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