Gupta Technologies
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Gupta Technologies, LLC was a software development company whose principal products were the SQL relational database SQLBase, and a Rapid application development system called Team Developer.
The company was founded in 1984 by Umang Gupta, a former manager at Oracle Corporation. Gupta's first product was Gupta SQL/Windows, which incorporated a relational database engine and a graphical user interface Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language for creating business applications. SQL/Windows one of the first GUI tools for Microsoft Windows.
The name of the company was changed to Centura Software in the late 1990s.[1] Centura Software filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in August of 2001, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission revoked the registration of Centura's common stock in December of 2004 [2]. After the bankruptcy, some assets were kept by a reborn Gupta Technologies LLC, which was acquired by Unify Corporation in September, 2006.
Gupta/Centura's headquarters were in Redwood Shores, California.
SQLBase is targeted towards small PC applications and handheld devices such as handheld PCs and cell phones.
[edit] References
- ^ James R. Groff and Paul N. Weinberg, SQL: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, 2002 McGraw-Hill/Osborne. Appendix B
- ^ 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
