User Base
When Nomad was released as a licensed software product it was acquired by some of the large corporations that had been using the time-sharing service. These included Exxon and Nytel. (A few large users like Bank of America and SOCAL, i.e. Standard Oil of California, had previously negotiated site licenses for their own VP/CSS datacenters, most of which ran Nomad. Most VP/CSS sites eventually migrated to the VM platform.) Abbott Laboratories, American Express. Boeing, First Chicago, and Motorola were also customers. Other later customers who were new to the product included ICI and Royal Insurance. With a limited client base came an opportunity for niche suppliers to provide independent application development and support. In the UK this market was filled by BSL International, RCMS, and Rex Software. RCMS became the UK vendors of Nomad while BSL operated throughout Europe and the US.
Nomad continues to be used by large corporations and distributors, especially in the financial and health vertical markets.
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