Watcom International
Watcom International
(company)Founded in 1974, Watcom initially focused on scientific andengineering markets establishing itself as a supplier ofprogramming and information tools worldwide, serving customersin 60 countries with highly regarded products such asWATFOR-77 for mainframes, minicomputers and PCs.
Since the introduction of Watcom C in 1988, the company hasemerged as an industry leader in optimising compilers for 16and 32-bit Intel-based IBM PCs.
Moving into the client/server market in 1992, Watcomintroduced Watcom SQL, including SQL database serversfor multi-user networks and single-user stand-aloneapplications. The product has since been incorporated intoPowersoft's PowerBuilder development environment and thePowersoft Enterprise Series. In June, 1993, Watcom launchedVX*REXX, an integrated visual development environment forOS/2.
In February 1994, Watcom became a wholly-owned subsidiary ofPowersoft Corporation which merged with Sybase Inc.on 13 February 1995. Today the company addresses a broadrange of application developers, including corporate MISprofessionals, system integrators, VARs and independentsoftware vendors.
Watcom has strategic relationships with IBM, Lotus,Microsoft, Intel and Novell. Based on its academicroots, Watcom maintains a research relationship with thenearby University of Waterloo.
Watcom's products include the Watcom SQL databases,Watcom C/C++, and Watcom VX*REXX 2.1.
Ian McPhee is President and Chief Executive Officer, DavidBoswell is Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Craig Dynesis Vice President of Finance and David Yach is Vice Presidentof Development.
Headquarters: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.