Founded in 1974, Watcom initially focused on scientific and
engineering markets establishing itself as a supplier of
programming and information tools worldwide, serving customers
in 60 countries with highly regarded products such as
Since the introduction of
Watcom C in 1988, the company has
emerged as an industry leader in optimising compilers for 16
applications. The product has since been incorporated into
VX*REXX, an integrated visual development environment for
In February 1994, Watcom became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
on 13 February 1995. Today the company addresses a broad
range of application developers, including corporate
MISprofessionals, system integrators,
VARs and independent
software vendors.
Watcom has strategic relationships with
IBM,
Lotus,
roots, Watcom maintains a research relationship with the
Ian McPhee is President and Chief Executive Officer, David
Boswell is Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Craig Dynes
is Vice President of Finance and David Yach is Vice President
of Development.
Headquarters: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
(1995-04-18)