Crossgain

Crossgain was a company that developed application software for building web services. [1] [2]

The company was founded in February, 2000 by Tod Nielsen, Adam Bosworth and Rod Chavez. All of the founders originally worked for Microsoft.[1]

In September 2000 the company received US$10 Million in venture funding from The Barksdale Group and Benchmark Capital.[3]

It was acquired by BEA Systems in July 2001.[3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Crossgain vs. Microsoft: 'Mooning the Giant'". businessweek.com.
  2. ↑ Bergman, Gregory. "BizzWords: From Ad Creep to Zero Drag, a Guide to Today's Emerging Vocabulary". ISBN 9781440514869.
  3. 1 2 "BEA Systems buying would-be Microsoft competitor Crossgain". seattlepi.com.
  4. ↑ Buckman, Rebecca (11 July 2001). "BEA Systems to Acquire Crossgain, A Firm That Fought With Microsoft". WSJ.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft big wigs join BEA as part of CrossGain acquisition". theserverside.com.


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