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Cincom Systems, Inc.
Year Founded:
1968
Founder(s):
Thomas M. Nies
Location:
Cincinnati, OH
Description:
Nies founded Cincom as a contract programming firm but soon saw the opportunities
presented by an emerging market for software products and began development of the TOTAL
database system which was released in 1970. In 1976, TOTAL received an ICP award for
sales in excess of $50 million. It is one of the very few software product companies
founded in the 1960s which is still operating very successfully today.
Year of First Public Offering: Not applicable
Final Year in Business: Not applicable
Disposition: Not applicable
Price, if sold: Not applicable
Current contact information:
Cincom Systems, Inc.
World Headquarters
55 Merchant Street
Cincinnati, OH 45246-3732
1.513.612.2300 / 1.800.2CINCOM
Sources for additional information:
Cincom's web site
Smithsonian National Museum of American History's interview with Tom Nies
(1995)
Sources for information on this page:
Interview with Thomas M. Nies by Luanne Johnson on 05/08/1986; ICP Million Dollar
Awards Program Booklet, March, 1976; Cincom's web site as of 06/06/01.
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