Atego (company)

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
The company might be considered an example of the "<a href="/facts/Merger_mania/It8QCRLp">merger mania</a>" of the 1990s and beyond.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> Aonix was formed in November 1996 by merging two software development tools companies: Interactive Development Environments, a modelling, analysis and design tools developer, and Thomson Software Products (TSP). TSP was based in <a href="/facts/Norwalk,_Connecticut/bysEQWTW">Norwalk, Connecticut</a> with engineering and support facilities in Norwalk and <a href="/facts/San_Diego,_California/YFUP7gB9">San Diego, California</a>. 
TSP was established in July 1995, as a United States subsidiary of the French firm <a href="/facts/Thomson-CSF/1ctM43HW">Thomson-CSF</a>, formed by merging the Thomson subsidiary <a href="/facts/Alsys/6tfyG34Y">Alsys</a> of San Diego with Must Software International of Norwalk. The staff in Norwalk continued to provide <a href="/facts/Client/server/FSnf27C5">client/server</a> <a href="/facts/Fourth-generation_language/QHUEG2IQ">fourth-generation language</a> (4GL) and <a href="/facts/Middleware/HobNosz9">middleware</a> products, while the ex-Alsys worked on high-performance <a href="/facts/Ada_programming_language/Y2yHel4l">Ada programming language</a> development environments and the TeleUSE family of <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">graphical user interface</a> development tools.

<h2 id="acquisition">Acquisition</h2>
In December, 1998, Aonix was acquired by <a href="/facts/Private_equity/DpqoqjBH">private equity</a> firm <a href="/facts/The_Gores_Group/V59HcvCn">The Gores Group</a> (then known as Gores Technology Group).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> Aonix owned the product lines <a href="/facts/Nomad_software/R9xg0K9l">Nomad software</a>, Ultraquest and Select Solution Factory until two groups split in January 2003 in a management buy-out. The new company, based in <a href="/facts/Boulder,_Colorado/nlzuFHN2">Boulder, Colorado</a> and still owned by Gores, was named Select Business Solutions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> Aonix merged with real-time and embedded Java tools vendor NewMonics, of Tucson, Arizona in 2003, acquiring the PERC product line.
In January 2010, Aonix and Artisan Software Tools (based in <a href="/facts/Cheltenham/edrNxGtF">Cheltenham</a>, <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>) agreed to merge, forming a new company called Atego.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> The combined company was <a href="/facts/Headquarter/5rUlMcoP">headquartered</a> in San Diego.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> In March 2010 Atego acquired BlueRiver Software, the Germany-based maker of the X32<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> C/C++ <a href="/facts/Interactive_development_environment/jbEINSQf">interactive development environment</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> In 2011 it acquired the ApexAda<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> family of Ada compilers from the <a href="/facts/Rational_Software/4CHGNRLY">Rational Software</a> division of <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>.
<a href="/facts/PTC,_Inc./QncuWHMl">PTC, Inc.</a> announced on July 1, 2014, it acquired Atego, for approximately $50 million in cash.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a>

<h2 id="products">Products</h2>
Product lines included AdaWorld, Ameos, Architecture Component Development, ObjectAda (now PTC ObjectAda), PERC (now PTC Perc), RAVEN, SmartKernel, Software Through Pictures, and TeleUSE (now PTC TeleUSE).

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://atego.com/">Official Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jouwonlinegroei.nl/">Software Advice</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">"PTC - Atego". Corum Mergers and Acquisitions. June 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="http://www.corumgroup.com/transactions/ptc-atego" target="_blank">http://www.corumgroup.com/transactions/ptc-atego</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Chris Reidy (June 16, 2014). "PTC agrees to buy UK product lifecycle management firm for $50m". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/06/16/ptc-agrees-buy-product-lifecycle-management-firm-for/4iVRhf8snAyaIwEJ88unzJ/story.html" target="_blank">https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/06/16/ptc-agrees-buy-product-lifecycle-management-firm-for/4iVRhf8snAyaIwEJ88unzJ/story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Embedded M&A Continues - Atego Makes Another Acquisition: What Happened?". On Target: Embedded Systems. VDC Research. March 2, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="http://blog.vdcresearch.com/embedded_sw/2010/03/embedded-ma-continues-atego-makes-another-acquisition.html" target="_blank">http://blog.vdcresearch.com/embedded_sw/2010/03/embedded-ma-continues-atego-makes-another-acquisition.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Gores Acquires Aonix". Press release. The Gores Group. December 31, 1998. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170405171035/http://www.gores.com/pressreleases/gores-acquires-aonix/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170405171035/http://www.gores.com/pressreleases/gores-acquires-aonix/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Aonix Splits its Organization and Product Lines for two Distinct Markets". Press release. Select Business Solutions. January 2, 2003. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="http://www.selectbs.com/press-releases/030102-aonix-split-select-business-solutions" target="_blank">http://www.selectbs.com/press-releases/030102-aonix-split-select-business-solutions</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Colin Holland (January 20, 2010). "News: Artisan and Aonix merge to form Atego". EE Times. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110809023448/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4136799/NEWS-Artisan-and-Aonix-merge-to-form-Atego" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110809023448/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4136799/NEWS-Artisan-and-Aonix-merge-to-form-Atego</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Atego History". San Diego Technology Archive. UC San Diego. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="http://libraries.ucsd.edu/sdta/companies/atego.html" target="_blank">http://libraries.ucsd.edu/sdta/companies/atego.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Manage Legacy C/C++ Development Code | X32plus - PTC". www.ptc.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24. <a href="https://www.ptc.com/en/products/developer-tools/x32plus" target="_blank">https://www.ptc.com/en/products/developer-tools/x32plus</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"Embedded M&A Continues - Atego Makes Another Acquisition: What Happened?". On Target: Embedded Systems. VDC Research. March 2, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="http://blog.vdcresearch.com/embedded_sw/2010/03/embedded-ma-continues-atego-makes-another-acquisition.html" target="_blank">http://blog.vdcresearch.com/embedded_sw/2010/03/embedded-ma-continues-atego-makes-another-acquisition.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"Ada for Embedded Systems | PTC". 2016-10-10. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-24. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161010194433/http://www.ptc.com/developer-tools/apexada" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20161010194433/http://www.ptc.com/developer-tools/apexada</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">"PTC - Atego". Corum Mergers and Acquisitions. June 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="http://www.corumgroup.com/transactions/ptc-atego" target="_blank">http://www.corumgroup.com/transactions/ptc-atego</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Chris Reidy (June 16, 2014). "PTC agrees to buy UK product lifecycle management firm for $50m". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 4, 2017. <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/06/16/ptc-agrees-buy-product-lifecycle-management-firm-for/4iVRhf8snAyaIwEJ88unzJ/story.html" target="_blank">https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/06/16/ptc-agrees-buy-product-lifecycle-management-firm-for/4iVRhf8snAyaIwEJ88unzJ/story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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