Enable Software

This article is about the office automation developer. For the software used by the oil and gas industry, see EnABLE software.
Enable Software, Inc.
Company type
Private
IndustrySoftware
Founded1984
FounderRon Quake, Bob Hamilton
Defunct1997
Headquarters
Ballston Lake, New York
,
United States
ProductsEnable (office suite), PowerLine

Enable Software, Inc. was a privately held software development company based in Ballston Lake, New York, founded in 1984 by Ron Quake and Bob Hamilton.[1][2] The company's flagship product was Enable, an integrated office suite for IBM PC compatibles that combined a word processor, a three-dimensional spreadsheet, a relational database and communications software in a single package. The company ceased operations in 1997.

History

Enable Software launched its integrated suite in the mid-1980s, positioning it as a comprehensive productivity package for the IBM PC market at a time when most office software products were sold separately. The multi-dimensional spreadsheet component was a notable feature, allowing users to work across layered sheets rather than a flat grid.

In 1992, Enable Office was updated to add electronic mail and calendaring software. The company claimed at that time that its products had more than one million users.[3] Enable 4.5, released in April 1992, added support for OS/2 2.0.[4]

In 1993, the company introduced JetForm for Enable, a mail-enabled forms designer for Microsoft Windows,[5] and PowerLine, a multi-protocol terminal client for Windows comparable to HyperTerminal.[6]

Enable Software ceased operations in 1997. At that point approximately 190,000 active users remained on Enable products.[7]

References

  1. ^ New York Companies, USA. "ENABLE SOFTWARE, INC". Retrieved Feb 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Profiles In Technical Excellence (1985)". PCMAG. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. ^ Enable Software. "Press release". Retrieved Feb 16, 2014.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Rosemary (April 6, 1992). "Enable 4.5 application package ships". Computerworld. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Hammett, Jim (June 21, 1993). "Enable debuts workflow line with forms designer". Infoworld. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Hammett, Jim (April 5, 1993). "Windows package offers keyboard chatting feature". InfoWorld. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  7. ^ Promises Kept, LLC. "Enable Integrated Software Support". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved Feb 16, 2014.
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