Ashton-Tate History: Press Releases
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| Financial | People | Lawsuits | Acquisitions | Major Product Announcements |
1984
| Ashton-Tate Names Frank Murnane VP, Finance | |
| 1/11/1984 | Benincasa Appointed Vice President, New Business Development, At Ashton Tate |
| 1/25/1984 | dBASE II Available for Lisa 2 |
| 1/26/1984 | dBASE II Available for Macintosh |
| 2/10/1984 | Ashton-Tate Offers New Catalog Listing Software Programs with Variety of Applications |
| 2/14/1984 | Julian K. Brantley Named Vice President, Communications at Ashton-Tate |
| 2/15/1984 | Ashton-Tate Announces Multi-User dBASE II Version |
| 3/21/1984 | Ashton-Tate Announces Record Results for Fiscal 1984 |
| 3/28/1984 | Ashton-Tate Launches Framework with Precedent-Setting Marketing Efforts |
| Software Publisher Ashton-Tate Names Ronald Posner to Board | |
| dBASE II Still the Industry Standard for Eight-Bit Microcomputers | |
| Ashton-Tate Names Martin Mazner Vice President, Marketing | |
| Ashton-Tate Names Ed Esber Executive Vice President | |
| Ashton-Tate Names Bennett to Marketing Post | |
| 5/15/1984 | dBASE III; The New Standard for Information Management |
| Ashton-Tate Exec Named Entrepreneur of the Year (David Cole) | |
| 5/21/1984 | Ashton-Tate Restructures Domestic Distribution |
| 5/21/1984 | Ashton-Tate and Informatics Agree to Market Micro-Mainframe Product |
| 6/15/1984 | Ashton-Tate Announces First Quarter Results |
| 8/13/1984 | George Tate, Microsoftware Industry Pioneer, Dies |
| 8/21/1984 | Barry Berke Named Vice President, Operations for Ashton-Tate |
| 9/4/1984 | Software Publisher Ashton-Tate Restructured; Esber Named President, COO |
| 9/10/1984 | Ashton-Tate Announces Second Quarter Results |
| 9/21/1984 | Ashton-Tate to Enter Consumer Market |
| 9/28/1984 | Ashton-Tate Names Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, Inc. New Advertising Agency |
| 10/1/1984 | Ashton-Tate Announces Multi-Million Dollar Deal with Tandy Corp. |
| 10/5/1984 | Ashton-Tate Publishing to Host Author Reception |
| 10/15/1984 | Ashton-Tate Announces $10 Million Agreement with French Software Distributor (LCE) |
| 10/26/1984 | Entre’, Businessland to Distribute Ashton-Tate Products |
| 11/5/1984 | Ashton-Tate Products to Support TI Professional Computer Family |
| Ashton-Tate’s dBASE II & Friday!, for IBM’s PCjr | |
| 11/9/1984 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Unravels Mysteries for Users |
| 11/12/1984 | Ashton-Tate Follows Success Path by Improving, Enhancing Products |
| 11/9/1984 | Ashton-Tate Releases dBASE II Update, dBASE II Multi-user for TurboDOS |
| dBASE III, The New Standard for Information Management | |
| 11/9/1984 | Ashton-Tate Releases dBASE III, Framework Updates Both Support IBM PC/AT, AT&T 6300 Personal Computer |
| 11/12/1984 | Ashton-Tate Releases New dBASE II and dBASE III Runtime |
| Ashton-Tate Pioneers International Market |
1985
| Ashton-Tate to Expand on Successful Course During 1985 | |
| 1/18/1985 | Framework: New Generation of Productivity Software |
| 2/15/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Resignation of Vice President, Finance (Frank Murnane) |
| 1/22/1985 | Ashton-Tate & ACT Announce Intention to Enter Into Distribution Agreement |
| 1/21/1985 | Ashton-Tate Signs Italian Distribution Agreement (EIS) |
| 1/22/1985 | Ashton-Tate & ACT Intention to Enter Into Distribution Agreement (ACT) |
| 1/29/1985 | Ashton-Tate Discontinues Domestic Shipment of Multi-User Version of dBASE II |
| 2/11/1985 | Framework is “Le Premier” in France |
| 2/20/1985 | Ashton-Tate Signs New Agreement for Software Distribution in Mexico (SIGA) |
| 2/25/1985 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Unravels Mysteries for Users |
| 2/27/1985 | Ashton-Tate Reorganized; Posner Named Executive Vice President |
| 3/25/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Record Results for Fiscal 1985 |
| 3/26/1985 | Ashton-Tate’s dBASE III System Supports New AT&T Unix PC |
| 3/26/1985 | Ashton-Tate’s dBASE III and Framework Now Available for the Data General/One |
| New Software from Ashton-Tate (TimeFrame & FrameLock) | |
| 4/2/1985 | Background: Corporate Account Update |
| 4/2/1985 | Ashton-Tate Targets Corporate Arena in Major New Strategy |
| 4/2/1985 | Background: Software Dealer Program |
| 4/10/1985 | Ashton-Tate Names James Merson Vice President, Marketing |
| 4/11/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Agreement to Purchase Forefront Corporation |
| 4/15/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Opening of New Office in Spain |
| 4/24/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Support for New Intel Memory Board |
| 5/7/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces New Operation in Japan |
| 5/7/1985 | Ashton-Tate Signs Major Pacts with Distributors in Australia and Far East |
| 5/16/1985 | Developer of “Framework” Cited for Technical Excellence by PC Magazine |
| 5/17/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Resignation of Vice President-Sales (Carl Gritzmaker) |
| 5/20/1985 | Ashton-Tate, Software AG to Market New Micro-to-Mainframe Connection |
| 6/6/1985 | Ashton-Tate Launches “Framework” Promotion, June 17 – July 31 |
| 6/7/1985 | Ashton-Tate to Provide Annual Report on a Diskette |
| 6/13/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces First Quarter Results |
| 6/17/1985 | Framework to Support New AST Memory Board |
| 6/20/1985 | Ashton-Tate Names Cary Hobbs Managing Director, United Kingdom |
| 6/28/1985 | New Authorized Training Center Program Set by Ashton-Tate to Support Users. |
| 6/28/1985 | Ashton-Tate “Courseware” to Train Users |
| 7/1/1985 | Ashton-Tate Introduces New dBASE III and dBRUN for Developers |
| 7/1/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces “VAR” Program; New dBASE III Developer’s Release |
| 7/9/1985 | Ashton-Tate CEO Announces Relocation of Corporate Headquarters |
| 7/11/1985 | Ashton-Tate Selects Chiat/Day as AD Agency |
| 7/25/1985 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Signs Distribution Agreement with McGraw-Hill |
| 7/25/1985 | Ashton-Tate’s “Framework” to Accompany College Textbooks from McGraw-Hill |
| 7/30/1985 | Ashton-Tate to Purchase MultiMate; Acquisition is Largest in Micro Software History |
| 8/5/1985 | dBASE III and Framework Shipping for TI’s Professional Computer Family |
| 8/12/1985 | Ashton-Tate Supports Retailers’ Sales Forces Through Corporate Accounts Seminar |
| 8/12/1985 | Ashton-Tate Names Roy Folk, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Planning |
| 8/22/1985 | Ashton-Tate Names E. Charles Ellison Vice President, Domestic Sales |
| 8/26/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Agreement with Datalogica |
| 9/9/1985 | Ashton-Tate Reports 43 Percent Increase in Sales 407 Percent Increase in Earnings for Second Quarter |
| 9/10/1985 | New Products from Ashton Tate Publishing Group Support Framework II |
| 9/10/1985 | Ashton-Tate Introduces Framework II |
| 9/17/1985 | Ashton-Tate’s Corporate Advisory Board to Provide Important Product Input |
| 10/7/1985 | Ashton-Tate Signs Agreement to Purchase MultiMate International Corporation |
| 10/10/1985 | Ashton-Tate Reduces dBRUN Prices to Assist VARs and Corporate Developers |
| 10/25/1985 | Ashton-Tate Demonstrates Framework II to User Groups |
| 10/28/1985 | Ashton-Tate Ships Framework II, Announces Framework II Promotion Program |
| 11/4/1985 | Ashton-Tate Introduces Financial Management Add-in for Framework II |
| 11/19/1985 | Ashton-Tate Reports Record Sales and Earnings for Third Quarter |
| 11/20/1985 | Ashton-Tate Introduces cTOOLS, Add-in Programming Packages for dBASE III Plus |
| 11/20/1985 | Ashton-Tate Introduces dBASE III Plus LAN Pack, A Network-Only Solution for dBASE III Plus |
| 11/20/1985 | Ashton-Tate Introduces dBASE III Plus, Raises dBASE Standard |
| 11/27/1985 | Ashton-Tate Announces Resignation of Vice President, Marketing (Merson) |
| 12/5/1985 | Ashotn-Tate Completes Acquisition of MultiMate International Corporation |
| 12/9/1985 | Graphics Program Developer Wins Grand Prize in Ashton-Tate’s Framework Applications Contest |
| 12/11/1985 | Ashton-Tate Assists FBI in Investigation of Alleged Software Pirates |
| 12/12/1985 | Framework Wins Software Product Awards in Germany and Holland |
| 12/16/1985 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Introduces Four New Books |
| 12/20/1985 | Ashton-Tate Opens Subsidiary in Australia |
1986
| 1/7/1986 | MultiMate LAN-Version Software Improves Workstation Resourcing |
| 1/8/1986 | Ashton-Tate Ships dBASE III Plus |
| 1/13/1986 | Ashton-Tate Plans Free Dealer Training Workshops for dBASE III Plus |
| 1/14/1986 | Ashton-Tate Corrects Manufacturing Error in dBASE III Plus |
| 1/23/1986 | Ashton-Tate Plans Two Major Promotions for Dealers and Distributors |
| 1/27/1986 | Ashton-Tate Steps Up Effort to Curb Illegal Copying of Software in Foreign Markets |
| 1/27/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Resignation of Board Member (Hal Lashlee) |
| 1/29/1986 | Ashton-Tate Ships dBASE III Plus LAN Pack |
| 2/5/1986 | Ashton-Tate Names David Russian Vice President, Controller |
| 2/13/1986 | MultiMate Ships Version 3.60 of MultiMate Advantage Professional Word Processor |
| 2/18/1986 | Ashton-Tate’s Dealer Advisory Board to Provide Input on Important Issues |
| 2/20/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces MultiMate Reorganzation; Work Force to be Reduced Due to Job Duplication |
| 2/27/1986 | Ashton-Tate Names Info-Soft Master Distributor in Venezuela |
| 3/5/1986 | Ashton-Tate Names Rovert Carr Chief Scientist |
| 3/11/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Plans for Public Offering |
| 3/12/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Record Revenues and Earnings for Fiscal Year 1986 |
| 3/14/1986 | Zenith Data Systems to Provide US Armed Forces with 90,000 Units of Ashton-Tate Software |
| 3/18/1986 | ADR and Ashton-Tate Join Forces to Offer Micro/Mainframe Solution |
| 3/19/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces New Corporate Upgrade Program for dBASE III Plus and Framework II |
| 3/26/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Filing of Registration Statement |
| 3/31/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Appointment of New Board Member (Sandy Kaplan) |
| 4/2/1986 | Ashton-Tate’s Products to Support IBM PC Convertible |
| 4/7/1986 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Ships 12 New Products to Support dBASE III Plus and Framework II |
| 4/8/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Commencement of Public Offering |
| 4/10/1986 | Ashton-Tate Signs Marketing Deal with Javelin Software to Distribute Javelin Outside of the US and Canada |
| 4/14/1986 | Ashton-Tate Signs Strategic VAR Agreement to Provide Low-Cost Financial Information to Framework II Users |
| 4/16/1986 | Ashton-Tate Charges Two Companies with Software Piracy |
| 4/21/1986 | Ashton-Tate Releases German Translations of dBASE III Plus, Framework II, and MultiMate 3.31 |
| 4/30/1986 | Ashton-Tate Names James Furneaux to Board of Directors |
| 5/8/1986 | Ashton-Tate Files Another Software Piracy Suit |
| 5/19/1986 | Ashton-Tate Reports First Quarter Earnings Up 118.6% on Sales Increase of 71.8% |
| 5/22/1986 | Ashton-Tate Introduces dBRUN III Plus |
| 5/27/1986 | Ashton-Tate National Tour to Feature MultiMate Advantage Version 3.60 |
| 5/27/1986 | Ashton-Tate Ships LAN Family of Products for MultiMate Advantage 3.60 Professional Work Processor |
| 6/10/1986 | Ashton-Tate Creates Two New Divisions (Folk and Posner-Software Products & Systems, Service and Information) |
| 6/11/1986 | Ashton-Tate to Stage Developer’s Conference |
| 6/25/1986 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Releases Two New Books Supporting dBASE III Plus and Framework II |
| 6/26/1986 | Cincom, Ashton-Tate Sign Cooperative Marketing Agreement |
| 7/2/1986 | Ashton-Tate Names European Managing Director (Peter E. Tik) |
| 7/22/1986 | Ashton-Tate Appoints Vice President, Human Resources (Paula Cowan) |
| 7/28/1986 | Ashton-Tate and Comshare Offer Macro-Mainframe Link |
| 8/5/1986 | Ashton-Tate to Acquire Decision Resources, Inc., A Leading Business Graphics Software Company |
| 8/7/1986 | Ashton-Tate Elects Esber Chairman, Names Three Executives to Board of Directors ( James Castle, F. William Graham & Henry Sweetbaum) |
| 8/11/1986 | Ashton-Tate Introduces dBASE Mac, Extending dBASE Standard to the Macintosh Computer |
| 8/15/1986 | Ashton-Tate Reports Results of Annual Shareholder Meeting |
| 8/18/1986 | Ashton-Tate Reports 78.2 Percent Increase in Sales; 87.5 Percent Increase in Earnings for Second Quarter |
| 8/19/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces First Phase of Comprehensive Support and Service Program |
| 8/19/1986 | Custom Support Plan |
| 8/19/1986 | Ashton-Tate Removes Copy Protection |
| 8/19/1986 | Ashton-Tate Remains Committed to Dealers |
| 9/8/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Agenda for this Month’s Developers’ Conference |
| 9/10/1986 | 3Com, Ashton-Tate to Offer Joint Seminar Series |
| 9/16/1986 | Ashton-Tate, SkiSoft Agree to Develop Desktop Publishing Product |
| 9/17/1986 | Ashton-Tate Signs $42.1 Million Contract to Distribute dBASE III Plus, Framework II and MultiMate in France |
| 9/19/1986 | Network Innovations and Ashton-Tate Join Forces to Offer Micro/Mini Database Link |
| 9/22/1986 | Ashton-Tate Signs Agreement to Purchase Decision Resources, Inc. |
| 9/23/1986 | Ashton-Tate dBASE III Plus Compatible with AT&T’s StarLAN Network |
| 9/29/1986 | Ashton-Tate to Sell dBASE Programmers’ Utility Package |
| 9/30/1986 | Ashton-Tate to Offer Toolkit for Framework II Developers |
| 10/2/1986 | Ashton-Tate Names Luther Nussbaum President and Chief Operating Officer |
| 10/6/1986 | dBASE Sales Reach One Million Ashton-Tate Celebrates with Promotion |
| 10/7/1986 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Ships 6 New Products to Support dBASE III Plus and Framework II |
| 10/13/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Dealer Contest Winners; 7 Win Trips to Hawaii |
| 10/17/1986 | Ashton-Tate Announces Resignation of Ronald S. Posner |
| 10/27/1986 | Ashton-Tate Introduces RapidFile, A Complete and Versatile File Manager |
| 11/4/1986 | Ashton-Tate’s dBASE III Plus Compatible with IBM’s Token-Ring Network |
| 11/18/1986 | Ashton-Tate Reports Record Sales and Earnings for Third Quarter |
| 11/24/1986 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Introduces Pascal Programming Aid for dBASE III Plus |
| 12/8/1986 | Ashton-Tate Names Frank Winiarski Vice President of Operations |
| 12/22/1986 | Ashton-Tate Charges Canadian Firm with Software Piracy |
1987
| 1/5/1987 | Ashton-Tate Sues for Theft (Migent and Queue Associates) |
| 1/20/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer (Norm Block) |
| 1/21/1987 | Ashton-Tate Ships RapidFile |
| 1/27/1987 | Ashton-Tate Lydia Dobyns Vice President Marketing |
| 2/2/1987 | Ashton-Tate’s MultiMate Advantage 3.60 Compatible with IBM’s Token-Ring Network |
| 2/3/1987 | Ashton-Tate Names Di Giovanni Vice President, MIS |
| 2/24/1987 | Ashton-Tate Names George Farinsky Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| 3/2/1987 | Ashton-Tate Reports Record Revenues for Fiscal Year 1987 |
| 3/2/1987 | Ashton-Tate’s dBASE Mac to Support Macintosh II and Macintosh SE |
| 3/5/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces “Thank You” Promotion To Increase Dealer Volume |
| 3/9/1987 | Ashton-Tate to Host “Solutions Showcase,” A Vertical Market Solutions Forum for Business Consumers |
| 3/10/1987 | Ashton-Tate Ships Framework II Developer’s Toolkit |
| 3/11/1987 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Introduces Two New Titles for Database Users |
| 4/2/1987 | Ashton-Tate Removes Copy Protection From Master Graphics Series |
| 4/2/1987 | Ashton-Tate’s Product Compatible With IBM Personal System/2; Company Shipping 3 1/2 – 5 1/4-inch Disks in Same Box |
| 4/6/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces It Will Not Proceed With Public Offering |
| 4/8/1987 | Ashton-Tate Names Relational Database Expert as Senior Scientist; Acquires SQL Technology (Harry K. T. Wong) |
| 4/14/1987 | Ashton-Tate Introduces New MultiMate Advantage II Word Processing Software |
| 5/5/1987 | Ashton-Tate Develops dBASE III Plus Application for Dun’s Marketing Services |
| 5/11/1987 | Ashton-Tate Introduces Developer Registry, A Comprehensive Listing of Third-Party Products and Services |
| 5/18/1987 | Ashton-Tate’s dBASE III Plus Compatible With Ungermann-Bass Networks |
| 5/19/1987 | Ashton-Tate Corporation Announces First Quarter Revenues and Earnings |
| 5/20/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces New Volume Upgrade Program Featuring Lower Prices, Simplified Upgrade Process |
| 5/27/1987 | New Ashton-Tate Materials Show Customers How To Increase Productivity with Framework II |
| 6/1/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces New, Comprehensive Corporate & Governement Services Program |
| 6/11/1987 | Ashton-Tate Chairman Ed Esber Discusses Company Strategy and PC Industry Issues at Annual Stockholders’ Meeting |
| 6/23/1987 | Ashton-Tate and Airus, Inc., Sign Technology Licensing Agreement |
| 6/30/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces Framework II Applications Contest |
| 7/7/1987 | Ashton-Tate Granted Preliminary Injunction (Against Queue Associates and Gary Balleisen) |
| 7/29/1987 | Ashton-Tate Offers Three Graphics Products In New Presentation Pack (Chart-Master, Sign-Master and Diagram-Master) |
| 7/30/1987 | Ashton-Tate Readies dBASE Mac to Ship in August |
| 8/4/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces Byline PC Desktop Publishing Software for Business Professionals |
| 8/5/1987 | Ashton-Tate Names Floyd Bradley Vice President, Europe |
| 8/17/1987 | RapidFile Frequent Filer Campaign Lands at Ashton-Tate Dealers |
| 8/18/1987 | Ashton-Tate Reports 55.4 Percent Increase in Earnings and 29.8 Percent Increase in Sales for Second Quarter |
| 8/24/1987 | Ashton-Tate’s Framework II Available on Wang PCs; Wang Selling Product |
| 8/25/1987 | Database Experts Join Ashton-Tate Research and Development Staff (Arvola Y. Chan and Micahel K. Benson) |
| 8/26/1987 | Ashton-Tate Names 23 Members to 1987-1988 Executive Advisory Board |
| 8/28/1987 | Robert Carr Resignation |
| 9/3/1987 | Ashton-Tate Ships dBASE Mac; New Features Include Color, Mac II Support |
| 9/8/1987 | Spanish Language Versions of Ashton-Tate Software Products Now Available in the United States |
| 9/9/1987 | Ashton-Tate’s dBASE III Plus To Support New MicroVAX 3500 and 3600 From Digital Equipment Corporation |
| 9/14/1987 | Ashton-Tate Introduces Multimate Advantage II LAN |
| 9/30/1987 | Ashton-Tate Ships Byline, PC Desktop Publishing Software for Business Professionals |
| 10/14/1987 | Ashton-Tate and Hewlett-Packard to Conduct Seminars on Written Communications |
| 10/26/1987 | Ashton-Tate Releases dBASE Direct/36 — Database Connectivity Solution for System/36 |
| 10/28/1987 | UCLA Professor Wins Framework II Applications Contest, Receives Ashton-Tate Achievement Award |
| 10/30/1987 | Ashton-Tate Accepting Applications for Second Edition of Developer Registry |
| 11/10/1987 | Ashton-Tate Provides Support Through Free Bulletin Board for PC, Macintosh Users |
| 11/17/1987 | Ashton-Tate Reports 40.5 Percent Increase in Earnings and 17.9 Percent Increase in Sales for Third Quarter |
| 11/18/1987 | Ashton-Tate Publishing Group Offers Five New Books to Support dBASE III Plus, dBASE Mac, and Multimate Advantage II |
| 11/30/1987 | Seven US Companies Take Action to Fight Software Copyright Infringement |
| 12/2/1987 | Ashton-Tate Appoints Creator of Query-by-Example as Senior Scientist (Dr. Moshe M. Zloof) |
| 12/7/1987 | Ashton-Tate Corporation Names Barry Obrand Vice President, US and Canada Sales |
| 12/8/1987 | Ashton-Tate Announces The Ashton-Tate Graphics Service and Master Graphics Express |
| 12/16/1987 | DP Enterprises to Distribute Ashton-Tate dBASE Direct/36 Product |
1988
| 1/13/1988 | Platforms for Workgroup Computing: MS OS/2 LAN Manager, IBM OS/2 LAN Server, and Ashton-Tate/Microsoft SQL Server |
| 1/13/1988 | Microsoft and Sybase Announce Development and Licensing Agreement for SQL Server Product |
| 1/13/1988 | Ashton-Tate, Microsoft and Sybase Join Forces |
| 1/18/1988 | Spell Checker, OS/2 Cerfication, Top New Enhancements for Ashton-Tate’s One-Year-Old RapidFile Database |
| 1/26/1988 | Ashton-Tate Introduces “Draw Applause” State-of-the-Art Presentation Graphics Product |
| 2/8/1988 | Ashton-Tate to Publish Apex’s “FrontRunner” Software for Easy Development of Memory-Resident dBASE III Plus Programs |
| 2/10/1988 | Next-Generation Spreadsheet, Word Processor Join Ashton-Tate’s Macintosh Product Family |
| 2/17/1988 | Ashton-Tate Introduces dBASE IV for MS-DOS and OS/2 — Successor to the World’s No. 1 Database Management Software |
| 2/22/1988 | Ashton-Tate and Hewlett-Packard Team Up to Conduct Seminars on Word Processing, Laser Printers |
| 3/1/1988 | Ashton-Tate Reports Record Revenues, Net Income for Fiscal 1988 |
| 3/30/1988 | Ashton-Tate Announces dBASE Direct/38 — Database Connectivity Solution for System/38 |
| 4/11/1988 | Ashton-Tate Announces Technology Agreement with InterBase Software Corporation |
| 4/21/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships dBASE Mac Runtime: The First Mac Database with Unlimited Runtime Distribution |
| 4/27/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships FullWrite Professional, State-of-the-Art Macintosh Word Processing Software |
| 5/2/1988 | Two Leading Word Processing Experts Join Ashton-Tate Development Team (Philip Michael Florence and Dr. Robert A. Greene) |
| 5/5/1988 | Ashton-Tate, Hewlett-Packard Offer Free MultiMate LaserJet Printer Kit |
| 5/17/1988 | Ashton-Tate Reports 22.1 Percent Increase in Earnings and 20.2 Percent Increase in Sales for First Quarter |
| 5/24/1988 | Ashton-Tate Affirms Goal of dBASE IV Shipments by July 31st |
| 5/24/1988 | Ashton-Tate Corporation Announces Framework III — Major Upgrade to Integrated Decision-Support Software |
| 5/31/1988 | Simon & Schuster’s Brady Unit to Distribute Ashton-Tate Books |
| 5/31/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships dBASE Direct/38, Database Connectivity Solution for IBM System/38 |
| 6/8/1988 | Ashton-Tate Established Production Facility in Swords, Ireland |
| 6/16/1988 | Ashton-Tate Corrects Manufacturing Error in Specific Serial Numbered Packages of MultiMate Advantage II and dBASE III Plus |
| 6/21/1988 | Ashton-Tate’s RapidFile and Avery Laser Printer Labels to be Part of a Co-promotion Package |
| 7/5/1988 | Appointment of Terence J. Garnett to VP and GM of Ashton-Tate’s Macintosh Software Division |
| 7/6/1988 | Ashton-Tate Will Offer dBASE IV, Other New Products, Free to Early Developer Conference Registrants |
| 7/26/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships Framework III |
| 7/29/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships FullImpact; Second Generation Graphic Macintosh Spreadsheet |
| 8/3/1988 | Ashton-Tate’s RapidFile and Deluxe Business Forms to be Part of a Co-promotion Program |
| 8/5/1988 | Ashton-Tate Bundles Presentation Pack and Map-Master with PC Partner |
| 8/16/1988 | Ashton-Tate Announces Support for Intel PC Connectivity Platform |
| 8/16/1988 | Ashton-Tate Reports Net Income of $11.5 Million and Net Revenues of $71.9 Million for Second Quarter |
| 8/29/1988 | Ashton-Tate Announces Draw Applause Version 1.1 at Info Center Conference |
| 8/29/1988 | Ashton-Tate to Offer Microcomputer Software Through Campus Bookstores |
| 9/19/1988 | Ashton-Tate Promotes Two Executives: Peter Boot Promoted to VP International–Robert Kimball Becomes Dir Pdt Mgmt Mgmt Dec Sup Pdts |
| 9/14/1988 | Ashton-Tate Readies dBASE IV for Shipment |
| 9/19/1988 | Ashton-Tate Unviels “One-on-One” Sweepstakes |
| 9/20/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships “Turbosearch” High Performance Information Retrieval Software |
| 9/28/1988 | Ashton-Tate Preps dBASE IV for First Customer Shipments in October |
| 10/22/1988 | Ashton-Tate Appoints Eric Kim Vice President and General Manager, Database Products Division |
| 10/24/1988 | Ashton-Tate and Digital Equipment Corporation Sign dBASE Development and Marketing Agreement |
| 10/24/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships dBASE IV to Customers |
| 10/26/1988 | Ashton-Tate Expands Role of Tate Publishing |
| 11/1/1988 | Microsoft and Ashton-Tate Ship SQL Server Network Developer’s Kit |
| 11/14/1988 | Ashton-Tate Announces Byline 2.0 |
| 11/15/1988 | Ashton-Tate Reports Net Income of $11.7 Million and Net Revenues of $75.7 Million for Third Quarter |
| 11/16/1988 | Microsoft and Ashton-Tate Announce April 1989 Availability for OS/2 SQL Server |
| 11/18/1988 | Ashton-Tate Consolidates Connecticut Software Development Facilities |
| 11/18/1988 | Legal Action Taken by Ashton-Tate Against Fox Software, Inc. and the Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. |
| 12/6/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships Framework III LAN |
| 12/7/1988 | Ashton-Tate Ships Step Ivward |
1989
| 1/1/1989 | FullPaint Fact Sheet |
| 1/1/1989 | NCPC Fact Sheet |
| 1/1/1989 | dBASE Mac Fact Sheet |
| 1/1/1989 | A-T Background Mac Software Division |
| 1/1/1989 | FullImpact Fact Sheet |
| 1/1/1989 | FullWrite Professional Fact Sheet |
| 1/9/1989 | Obrand/Richards Executive Announcement |
| 2/1/1989 | A-T Ships Framework III 1.1 |
| 2/2/1989 | A-T Appoints Joe Brilando VP of Corp Marketing |
| 2/13/1989 | A-T Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan |
| 3/6/1989 | Additional Device Drivers Now Available for Draw Applause |
| 3/16/1989 | A-T Announces Value Added RapidFile Promotion |
| 3/17/1989 | A-T Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire InterBase |
| 3/22/1989 | A-T Ships Macintosh Software Updates |
| 3/23/1989 | A-T Announces MM Adv II Printer Enhancement Pack |
| 3/23/1989 | Winner by TKO Compaign Luther Nussbaum |
| 3/23/1989 | A-T Launches Largest Promotional Campaign In Company History |
| 3/27/1989 | A-T Announces FW III Runtime for Developers |
| 4/1/1989 | FullWrite Professional Fact Sheet |
| 4/1/1989 | FullImpact Fact Sheet |
| 4/7/1989 | A-T Reports Record Revenue for Fiscal 1989 |
| 4/10/1989 | A-T Wins Summary Judgement in Lawsuit Against Bravo |
| 4/12/1989 | A-T Announces CompuServe Mailbox/dBASE Language Board |
| 4/17/1989 | A-T Announces New Order Policy for Graphics Service |
| 4/18/1989 | A-T Open Connectivity Strategy Endorses DCA/Microsoft |
| 4/19/1989 | A-T Certifies dBASE IV for AT&T Star LAN Networks |
| 4/24/1989 | A-T and Novell Join Forces to Promote Netware with FW III |
| 4/25/1989 | A-T Gives 50 Mac II Systems to Winners of 1-on-1 Sweepstakes |
| 5/1/1989 | A-T Seeks Comp. Book Authors, Independent Developed Software Products |
| 5/3/1989 | A-T Announces Retail Shipment of the A-T/Microsoft SQL Server |
| 5/4/1989 | A-T Annonces SQL Server Gold Reseller Program |
| 5/8/1989 | A-T Publishing Introduces dBASE File Recovery |
| 5/8/1989 | A-T Ships Arabic Version of Framework III |
| 5/9/1989 | A-T Announces Support & Training Programs for SQL Server |
| 5/9/1989 | A-T Ships Framework III Runtime |
| 5/10/1989 | A-T Annonces Support for the IBM PS/2 Portable Microcomputer |
| 5/23/1989 | A-T Stockholders Approve 3 Proxy Proposals at Annual Meeting |
| 6/8/1989 | Marketing Piece-“The Tech. of Successful Reseller of the 90’s SQL |
| 6/8/1989 | A-T and Compubox dBASE IV TKO Promotion |
| 6/13/1989 | A-T Anticipates Reduced Revenue and a Net Loss for 2nd Quarter |
| 6/15/1989 | A-T Announces SQL Server Value-Addend Distributors |
| 6/16/1989 | A-T Receives Class Action Suit |
| 6/19/1989 | A-T Announces Regional SQL Server Open Forums |
| 6/19/1989 | A-T Announces Meeting of the Minds II, Developer Conference |
| 6/20/1989 | A-T to Defend Against Claims about Disclosure and Trading |
| 7/12/1989 | A-T Announces Formation of Applications Group |
| 7/17/1989 | A-T and SPSS Inc. Team up to Introduce dBASE Stats |
| 7/17/1989 | Framework III Developer’s Toolkit Announcement |
| 7/18/1989 | A-T Launches dBASE IV Summer Bundle Promotion |
| 7/18/1989 | A-T Ships Trading Places Virtual Memory Product |
| 7/25/1989 | A-T Reports 2nd Quarter Loss |
| 7/31/1989 | Easy Access T Mainframe Data Provided by Macintosh Solution |
| 8/14/1989 | Framework III Developer’s Toolkit Ships |
| 8/14/1989 | Upgrade Promotion for FullWrite and FullImpact |
| 8/15/1989 | dBASE IV Developers Conference Statement |
| 8/15/1989 | A-T Corporate Backgrounder |
| 8/15/1989 | Cost Control, Workforce Reduction |
| 8/15/1989 | dBASE IV 1.1 Phased Release |
| 9/1/1989 | Northern Califronia Product Center Fact Sheet |
| 10/2/1989 | MacAmerica to Distribute A-T Macintosh Software Products |
| 10/10/1989 | Training Software for SQL Server at Info ’89 |
| 10/17/1989 | Third Quarter Loss Report |
| 10/17/1989 | dBase IV 1.1 Beta Testing Begins |
| 10/23/1989 | 8-City Road Tour to Introduce Three Software Products (MultiMate 4.0, Applause II & Control Room) |
| 10/23/1989 | Technology Agreement with Ratinal Systems Signed |
| 10/30/1989 | Introductory Promotion for Applause II, Available for $99.95 |
| 10/30/1989 | Applause II Announcement |
| 10/30/1989 | Multimate 4.0 Announcement |
| 10/30/1989 | Control Room, Mew Utility Lets Users Control Computer |
| 11/6/1989 | Framework III LAN Certified on Banyan Vines |
| 11/6/1989 | A-T Announces Support for Compaq New Workstation, Server & LAN |
| 11/6/1989 | Ashton-Tate Active at Comdex/Fall |
| 11/7/1989 | Framework III Fax Capability with Alcom Easygate LANFAX Software |
| 11/13/1989 | Ashton-Tate Announces Russian Version of Framework III |
| 11/20/1989 | Deman for dBASE Family Remains Strong |
| 12/5/1989 | Byline 2.0 Statement |
| 12/14/1989 | A-T Sells Interst in Sybase to Lotus |
| 12/14/1989 | dBASE IV 1.1 Upgrade Policy Clarified |
| 12/14/1989 | A-T & Microsoft Broaden Distribution Channels for SQL Server |
| 12/18/1989 | Multimate 4.0 Ships on Schedule |
1990
| 1/3/1990 | A/T and Technology Works Announce New Promotion for MAC |
| 1/3/1990 | A/T Introduces New Technical Support Focus |
| 1/8/1990 | A/T Appoints Donald F. Dempsey VP and GM |
| 1/8/1990 | A/T Launches “Attain” Customer Training Network |
| 1/8/1990 | A/T Announces Reduced Pricing for Framework/Dev Products |
| 1/11/1990 | A/T Announces Resignation of Eric Kim |
| 1/15/1990 | A/T Introduces Free Tech Support for Canadian Customers |
| 1/16/1990 | William and Mary Alumnus to Head Area Campaign Drive (Bill Lyons) |
| 1/22/1990 | A/T’s MultiMate 4.0 Includes Docucomp from Advanced Software |
| 1/23/1990 | A/T and Sun Microsystems Sign Joint Product Dev/Mktg |
| 1/30/1990 | A/T Launches Authorized Educational Reseller Program |
| 2/7/1990 | A/T Reports Calendar 1989 Results |
| 2/8/1990 | A/T Ships New Graphics Software Applause II |
| 2/12/1990 | A/T and F.J.Barrett Announce dBASE Direct Direct 3270 Add-ons |
| 2/12/1990 | A/T Ships dBASE Direct for AS/400 |
| 2/12/1990 | A/T Ships dBase Direct for 3270 |
| 2/12/1990 | DPE Announces Availability of New dBASE Direct Products |
| 2/12/1990 | A/T Announces SQL Link for Framework III |
| 2/15/1990 | A/T Appoints Floyd Bradley as Interim VP and GM |
| 2/19/1990 | A/T Announces Agreement with General Parametrics |
| 3/12/1990 | A/T Announces New Suggested Retail Price for dBASE Stats |
| 3/19/1990 | Action Technologies and A/T Announce MHS Agreement |
| 3/27/1990 | A/T Ships Control Room |
| 3/27/1990 | A/T Announces Alliance with Macreations |
| 3/28/1990 | A/T Appoints David B. McGlaughlin Director of Canada |
| 4/10/1990 | A/T Announces Full Impact 2.0 at MacWorld Expo |
| 4/17/1990 | A/T to Host 1990 Technical Conference |
| 4/18/1990 | A/T Reports First Quarter Results |
| 4/30/1990 | A/T Announces Management Realignment (Esber not CEO) |
| 5/1/1990 | A/T Ships SQL Link for Framework III |
| 5/1/1990 | A/T’s MultiMater for PC-DOS Now Available Under UNIX |
| 5/3/1990 | A/T Begins Beta Testing of dBASE IV and VAX VMS |
| 5/7/1990 | A/T and InterBase Software Products Focus on UNIX |
| 5/21/1990 | A/T Appoints David Proctor as VP and GM |
| 6/4/1990 | A/T’s Applause II Supports Matrix Film Recorder |
| 6/5/1990 | A/T Announces Restructuring of its European Operations |
| 6/7/1990 | A/T Ships Framework III and Informontage-2 |
| 6/19/1990 | A/T Announces MultiMate 4.0 for Networks |
| 6/19/1990 | A/T Licenses Bitstream Speedo Font Scaling Technology |
| 7/13/1990 | Harvey Jeane Resigns from A/T |
| 7/16/1990 | A/T Ships Full Impact 2.0 |
| 7/16/1990 | A/T Sells dBASE Mac |
| 7/16/1990 | PC Industry Specialists Agree on European Standard |
| 7/18/1990 | A/T Reports Second Quarter Results |
| 7/19/1990 | A/T Announces First Authorized Training Center in USSR |
| 7/19/1990 | A/T Active at PC World Forum in Moscow |
| 7/31/1990 | A/T and Digital Equipment Announce dBASE IV for VAX VMS |
| 7/31/1990 | A/T Ships dBASE IV Version 1.1 |
| 7/31/1990 | A/T Ships dBASE IV 1.1 in English, French, German |
| 8/7/1990 | A/T Announces FullWrite Prof 1.5 at MacWorld Expo |
| 8/7/1990 | A/T Announces dBASE IV Runtime Plus at MacWorld Expo |
| 8/8/1990 | A/T to Spotlight dBASE IV 1.1 X-Platform at Tech Conf |
| 8/14/1990 | A/T Announces Support for SQL Server & Upgrade Program |
| 8/14/1990 | A/T to Repurchase Common Shares |
| 8/15/1990 | A/T Begins Beta Testing of dBase IV for UNIX |
| 8/29/1990 | A/T Reorganizes Product Dev; Closes Glendale Facility |
| 9/5/1990 | A/T Announces PowerStep |
| 9/10/1990 | A/T Features dBASE IV 1.1 in Tech Conf Sessions |
| 9/10/1990 | A/T Announces dBASE IV for Sun |
| 9/11/1990 | A/T to Host European Tech Conference in November |
| 9/11/1990 | A/T Announces Arabic Version of dBASE IV |
| 9/18/1990 | A/T Exhibits PowerStep at Next Product Announcements |
| 9/24/1990 | A/T Announces FrameWork XE |
| 9/26/1990 | A/T to Repurchase Additional Common Shares |
| 9/26/1990 | A/T Begins Beta Testing of dBASE IV Server Edition |
| 10/15/1990 | A/T Certifies dBASE IV for VMS Systems |
| 10/15/1990 | A/T’s FullWrite and FullImpact to Support Sound-In Capability of Mac |
| 10/17/1990 | A/T Reports Third Quarter Profit |
| 10/29/1990 | A/T Appoints David Proctor Executive VP |
| 10/30/1990 | A/T Announces dBASE X-Platform Challenge at Comdex ’90 |
| 10/31/1990 | A/T Recruits Resellers for dBASE IV for Sun |
| 10/31/1990 | A/T Certifies dBASE IV for VMS Systems |
| 11/12/1990 | A/T Signs Agreement with Pocket Soft to Use .RTLINK |
| 11/12/1990 | A/T Shows New Products, X-Platform Challenge at Comdex |
| 11/15/1990 | A/T MacMillan Announces Acquisition of A/T Books |
| 12/3/1990 | A/T Successfully Meets dBASE IV X-Platform Challenge |
| 12/10/1990 | A/T and Digital Equipment Ship dBASE IV for VMS |
| 12/12/1990 | Lyons Elected CEO of A/T |
| 12/13/1990 | A/T Responds to Ruling in Copyright Infringement Case |
| 12/17/1990 | A/T Continues Stock Repurchase Program |
| 12/19/1990 | A/T Receives Class Action Suit |