cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message fort internet software type private industry software founded 1987 founder charles dazler knuff headquarters carlsbad california united states key people charles dazler knuff president and ceo products agent website http www.forteinc.com originally forte advanced management systems fort internet software makes agent a windows based usenet news and email client . in the 1980s and 1990s fort also produced enterprise level products including network optimization and station administration tools that were licensed by nortel networks . in 1996 fort created adante software for managing high volumes of inbound corporate email . in late 1997 fort was acquired by genesys telecommunications which was then purchased by alcatel to integrate adante into the genesys and alcatel product lines . in 2000 alcatel sold forte s consumer software group to charles dazler knuff . now known as fort internet software this group continues to develop agent and to research the areas of social software email and wireless communications using trust networks . in 2003 fort created fort internet services which offers agent premium newsgroups apn a high speed high retention usenet news service . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fort internet software & oldid 734097758 categories software companies based in californiaprivately held companies based in californiacompanies based in carlsbad californiahidden categories articles lacking sources from july 2012all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 03 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view