History
Incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 1987, the company was originally incorporated as Blyth Holdings, Inc. and the name was changed to Omnis Technology Corporation in September 1997. Effective December 1, 2000, the company completed the acquisition of PickAx, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Concurrent with the acquisition, the company changed the name from Pick Systems to Raining Data Corporation. On April 17, 2008, the company changed the name to TigerLogic Corporation.
The principal asset of PickAX is PICK Systems acquired from the estate of Richard Pick, the founder of Pick Systems. PICK Systems was incorporated in California in November 1982
- 2000: Definitive merger agreement between Omnis and PICK. Name changes to Raining Data Corporation integrating two companies to create an enterprise to take advantage of emerging trends in cross-platform, web-enabled, data intensive business applications.
- 2002: Raining Data, a long time provider of scalable data management software focuses company on XML market initiatives with new XML data management solutions that streamline access to a variety of critical business data.
- 2002: Raining Data announces the developer release of TigerLogic XML Data Management Server (XDMS) V1.0 on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Platforms.
- 2003: Availability of TigerLogic XDMS 1.1. supports Solaris, Windows 2000 and Windows XP environments and includes patent-pending technology that significantly boosts the performance and efficiency of data architectures.
- 2007: Major new 3.0 release of TigerLogic XDMS software now supports the January 2007 W3C XQuery 1.0 specification and an XQuery API for Java interface.
- 2008: TigerLogic announces new Web search product called Yolink, an Internet browser-based application that enhances the search experience of any popular search engine or Web page; company changes name from Raining Data.
- 2009: TigerLogic Corporation Releases Yolink 3.1 with Google Docs and Diigo Integration.
- 2009: TigerLogic Corporation Unveils Yolink 1.0 Developer Beta for Google Chrome Browser, with Google Docs Integration.
- 2010: TigerLogic Announces Major Releases of Its Next-Generation Database Management System.
- 2010: TigerLogic Announces Release of Mobile Apps Development Tool for the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
- 2010: TigerLogic Launches PostPost, a Real-Time Facebook Newspaper.
- 2011: TigerLogic Launches PostPost App in Google Chrome Web Store.
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