please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message cincom systems inc. type private industry computer software it services founded 1968 headquarters cincinnati ohio usa key people thomas m. nies ceo and founder products contact center document automation data management application development website www.cincom.com 1 cincom systems is a privately held multinational computer technology corporation founded in 1968 by tom nies tom richley and claude bogardus . cincom systems inc. is one of the first companies to sell software separately from hardware revolutionizing the selling of computers and their components . citation needed the company is a pioneer in the software industry . citation needed contents 1 offices 2 ranking 3 historical significance 4 corporate history 4.1 1968 1969 4.2 1970s 4.3 1980s 4.4 1990s 4.5 2000 to present 5 solutions and services 6 corporate offices 6.1 global offices 7 references and footnotes 8 external links offices edit cincom has 24 offices in 17 countries distributed over five continents . 2 cincom has more than one office in us canada france australia and india . ranking edit as of 2006 cincom ranks among the top 2 percent of all software companies worldwide in terms of revenue . the company hovers between 150 and 175 in the software 500 . the us has about 10 000 software companies 3 4 historical significance edit on august 20 1984 president ronald reagan called cincom and tom nies the epitome of entrepreneurial spirit of american business . 5 cincom founder thomas m. nies is currently the longest actively serving ceo in the computer industry 6 and is featured alongside other pioneers of the industry such as bill gates microsoft larry ellison oracle and steve jobs apple in the smithsonian institution s computer history collection . cincom systems history museum is located at its corporate headquarters in cincinnati ohio . corporate history edit 1968 1969 edit thomas m. nies tom richley and claude bogardus start cincom on september 29 1968 with 600 . a card table in thomas nies basement serves as cincom s first office . nies richley and bogardus respectively fill marketing and sales product development and research roles . by march 1969 the company becomes a full service organization with the addition of principals doug hughes systems engineering george fanady custom systems jan litton product installation and judy foegle administration . although initially founded as united computer systems the new company discovers that people confuse its name with other upstart computer companies . the company changes its name to cincom a contraction of the words cincinnati and computer . cincom sells total a database management system . cincom becomes the first u.s. software firm to promote the concept of a database management system dbms . dubious discuss cincom delivers the first commercial database management system that is not bundled with a computer manufacturer s hardware and proprietary software . citation needed 1970s edit cincom introduces several new products this decade including environ 1 1971 a control system for teleprocessing networks . socrates 1972 a data retrieval system for receiving reports from the total database system . t ask 1975 an interactive query language for harris computers mantis 1978 an application generator . total information system a directory driven database management system . 7 manufacturing resource planning system 1979 a packaged data system for manufacturers that is the ancestor of today s control system . cincom begins expanding its operations internationally opening offices in canada 1971 england 1972 belgium 1973 france 1974 italy 1974 australia 1974 japan 1978 1971 cincom holds its first ever user conference dubbed as a knock about . 1979 cincom forms its manufacturing systems division . its flagship application suite control would be a dominant force in the erp field for many years specializing in engineered products high tech aerospace and defense . citation needed 1980s edit cincom expands its operations opening offices in brazil 1980 hong kong cincom introduces several new products this decade including epoch fms 1980 a directory driven financial management system . series 80 data control system 1980 an interactive online data dictionary . ultra 1983 an interactive database management system for digital equipment corporation s dec vax hardware . pc contact 1984 a fully integrated single step communications facility that interactively linked an ibm mainframe computer with the user s ibm personal computer . manage user series 1984 an integrated decision support system that combined extensive personal computing capabilities with the power and control of the mainframe . supra for sql structured query language 1989 . case environment 1989 a series of integrated components that assisted users who were facing cross platform development demand from multiple areas within their computers . comprehensive planning & control system cpcs 1989 a resource and project guidance system that centralized management of resources and activities . 1980 total product sales reach 250 million . 1982 cincom becomes the first software firm to receive the president s e award for superior performance in increasing or promoting exports . citation needed 1985 cincom receives the e star award from the u.s. department of commerce for export excellence . citation needed 1984 dennis yablonsky becomes president . he serves three years . 1986 supra release 1.3 received the highest score 64 % ever of any relational database from dr. e. f. codd . 1987 thomas nies resumes the role of president . 1988 in celebration of its 20th anniversary cincom systems charters the concorde for corporate purposes and is the first company to do so . it is the first time the high speed jet made a private landing in cincinnati . 1990s edit the united states defense information system agency disa designates cincom as its vendor of choice the first time the u.s. government ever specified a single vendor s products as the standard . cincom introduces several new products this decade including ad advantage 1991 an application development system that automated development and maintenance activities throughout all phases of the application life cycle . xpertrule 1993 a knowledge specification and generation system . total framework 1995 a set of object oriented frameworks services and integrated development environments ides for the assembly and maintenance of smalltalk java c and visual basic business applications . cincom acquire 1995 an integrated selling system for companies that deliver complex products and services . aurorads 1995 an enterprise wide solution that allowed organizations to automate document creation production output and management in a client server environment . spectra 1997 a system that provided customer administration and resource efficiency for telecommunications utilities and service industries . gooi 1997 a solution that turns traditional server based applications into graphical integrated desktop client applications . cincom encompass 1998 a suite of integrated components for next generation call centers . cincom smalltalk 1999 a suite that includes visualworks and the objectstudio enterprise development environment . cincom ic solutions 1999 a technology that combines sales and marketing automation with knowledge based support for product and service configuration . cincom expands by opening offices in mexico city mexico 1994 milan italy 1996 shanghai china 1998 1995 cincom founder tom nies receives an honor from the information technology and society division of the smithsonian institution as one of the founders of the computer industry . 1995 cincom founder tom nies receives recognition as the longest serving active ceo in the entire computer industry 27 years . 1996 cincom acquires the print division of andersen consulting in lyon france 1996 ; objectstudio s german operations from vmark 1996 ; chemdata a workstation storage and retrieval document management software company in lyon france 1997 ; and the visualworks product line from objectshare 1999 . 2000 to present edit cincom acquires grovewood financial management 2000 a uk based independent financial advisor company and synchrony communications 2004 a company once operated by divine inc. cincom introduces several new products this decade including cincom knowledge builder 2001 a business rules management system that streamlines sales and service processes by providing advice and guidance at the point of customer interaction . cincom tiger 2002 a tool that integrates all data sources within an organization . environ 2003 an enabling technology that helps manufacturers integrate their business systems improve their business processes and eliminate waste throughout their organizations . cincom synchrony 2004 a customer experience management system for multi channel contact centers . cincom eloquence 2006 a document composition solution that provides business line professionals with the ability to generate dynamic structured and free form documents . cincom expands into services in 2001 with overc outsourced call center services and their application service provider offering cinapps . cincom opens an office in new delhi india 2000 . 2003 cincom launches its award winning citation needed e magazine expert access . 2004 ernst & young inducts nies into its entrepreneur of the year hall of fame . 2005 along with the ceo of adobe nies wins the international stevie award for best executive in the international the business world s own oscars according to the new york post . nies also receives the university of cincinnati lifetime achievement award . 2006 cincom ceo tom nies speaks at the united nations and urges executives diplomats and officials to simplify their information technology on june 27 2006 at the 18th annual information security it infrastructure and business continuity conference and exhibit at the united nations . while at the un nies also participates in a forum with global leaders on it security threats . these forums offer a global view and educational format for business technology and government executives . most software applications are designed to automate organizational processes . but to get the most impact from technology implementations simplifying processes is vital says nies . 2007 cincom generates over 100 million in revenue for the 21st straight year a feat unmatched by any private software publisher in the world . microsoft a public company is the only other software publisher in the world to reach this milestone . 2008 cincom and ceo thomas nies appear in a case study by harvard business school . description tom nies charismatic ceo of cincom systems is considering a public offering of his software enterprise but the 1987 stock market crash checks his plans . nies reflects that capital for expansion will keep cincom at the frontier of technological development in a changing industry . he also realizes that an ipo might negate his firm s efforts to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction and change cincom s unique corporate culture . 2012 cincom signs global independent software vendor agreement with microsoft dynamics for products working with microsoft dynamics crm and microsoft dynamics ax . 2013 cincom releases the cincom business suite erp value add for complex manufacturing built natively on microsoft dynamics ax solutions and services edit cincom delivers software and services in the following areas engineered to order product configuration knowledge configuration document automation data management application development business intelligence contact center cincom solutions and services cover the following industries complex manufacturing financial services industrial equipment manufacture aerospace & defense insurance healthcare education government retail telecommunications non profit corporate offices edit global offices edit americas brazil canada latin america united states europe belgi belgique belgium deutschland germany espa a spain france italia italy monaco nederland netherlands schweiz suisse svizzera switzerland sweden united kingdom asia china india japan australia australia references and footnotes edit cincom corporate web site .