computer software founded 2009 headquarters santa barbara ca new haven ct usa products koha support website http bywatersolutions.com bywater solutions is a privately owned and funded company founded in march 2009 by ceo brendan a. gallagher and evp nathan a. curulla 1 2 which provides implementation hosting support consultation and development services for the koha integrated library system . 3 4 5 contents 1 history 1.1 origin of the company name 1.2 partnerships 1.3 honors 2 references history edit after the founding of bywater solutions in 2009 gallagher began contributing to the koha community by way of small developmental fixes . bywater signed their first contract in june 2009 . 6 7 since that time bywater has grown to a koha dedicated staff of 13 8 and supports over 800 9 library sites including publics 10 schools academic 11 small non profits 12 and special libraries 13 14 within north america . since its founding bywater has also partnered with other open source software companies worldwide to work on improving the koha project both with documentation and developments . 15 16 17 18 19 origin of the company name edit bywater solutions is named after a village in j. r. r. tolkien s epic trilogy the lord of the rings . bywater is a village which is situated in close proximity to the shire the home of bilbo and frodo baggins who are the two main characters in the story . bywater was known primarily for the inn of the green dragon a central meeting place for travelers and adventurers in the story . the inn was a hub for the collaboration and exchange of news and ideas in the world of middle earth and thus resembles the environment found in koha and open source software in general . because of the company s primary dealings with libraries worldwide the founders thought that it was important to incorporate a literary reference to the name of the company and being lifelong childhood friends this literary work has personal value to them both . 20 partnerships edit in march 2015 ebsco information services and bywater solutions partnered together to allow libraries that use koha ils to easily integrate ebsco discovery service . 21 honors edit in 2015 bywater solutions was recognized by inc. magazine as being one of the top 5 000 fastest growing business in the united states . bywater was ranked number 3 862 out of the 5 000 businesses highlighted in the magazine s annual spotlight . 22 references edit bywater solutions company profile . librarytechnology.org . retrieved 9 december 2011 . bywater solutions about us . bywater solutions . retrieved 9 december 2011 . breeding marshall . lib web cats . lib web cats . retrieved 9 december 2011 . koha paid support . koha . retrieved 9 december 2011 . breeding marshall april 1 2011 . automation marketplace 2011 the new frontier . library journal . retrieved 12 december 2011 . bywater solutions listed as an official koha support company . librarytechnology.org . retrieved 9 december 2011 . rogers michael april 28 2009 . infotech briefs credo ebsco serials solutions . library journal . retrieved 12 december 2011 . bywater solutions about us . bywater solutions . retrieved 9 december 2011 . lib web cats . librarytechnology.org . retrieved 9 december 2011 . america s first public koha library chooses bywater solutions . liswire . retrieved 12 december 2011 . wale carla p. 2011 . cloudy with a chance of open source open source integrated library systems and cloud computing in academic law libraries . legal reference services quarterly . 30 310 331 . doi 10.1080 0270319x .2011.626324 . rapp david 1 august 2011 . nonprofit brings open source ils to libraries in military installations . library journal . retrieved 12 december 2011 . morton owens emily g. ; karen l. hanson ; ian walls 2011 . implementing open source software for three core library functions a stage by stage comparison . journal of electronic resources in medical libraries . 8 1 1 14 . doi 10.1080 15424065.2011.551486 . wale carla p. 2011 . cloudy with a chance of open source open source integrated library systems and cloud computing in academic law libraries . legal reference services quarterly . 30 310 331 . doi 10.1080 0270319x .2011.626324 . cormack chris . bywater solutions and biblibre partner in us . retrieved 12 december 2011 . bowen ayre lori . more breaking news biblibre to do koha development for bywater solutions customers . open source open libraries . retrieved 12 december 2011 . bywater solutions and biblibre welcome nicole c. engard . liswire . retrieved 12 december 2011 . bywater solutions and software.coop collaborating on koha edi support . software.coop . retrieved 12 december 2011 . six libraries partner to bring dom biblio indexing to koha . retrieved 27 march 2012 . our history . bywater solutions . retrieved 25 october 2012 . https www.ebsco.com news center press releases ebscos partnership with bywater solutions enables interoperability http www.inc.com inc5000 list 2015 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bywater solutions & oldid 742535835 categories free software companieslibrary automationlibrary related organizationssoftware companies based in californiacompanies established in 2009companies based in californiacompanies based in connecticutamerican companies established in 2009software companies established in 2009 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 4 october 2016 at 08 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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