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	WebGain sells Java development tool \| CNET News.com
		WebGain, a 3-year-old company spun off from Symantec, has laid off most of its 400 employees and has been trying to sell off its technology before shutting its doors.
		The lone remaining WebGain asset yet to be sold is a modeling tool called Application Composer, a WebGain spokeswoman said.
		WebGain was created in December 1999 after e-commerce software maker BEA Systems and investment firm Warburg Pincus Ventures acquired Symantec's Internet tools division for $75 million.
	news.com.com /2100-1001-949420.html (482 words)

	HP Press Release: WebGain and Hewlett-Packard Collaborate to Bridge Java and .NET Environments
		WebGain, Inc., a provider of e-business automation software, and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) today announced a business relationship to deliver enterprise-class e-business solutions deployable on the HP Bluestone Total-e-server, the application server at the heart of the HP Netaction family of products.
		WebGain plans to develop versions of VisualCafé Enterprise Edition, WebGain Studio TopLink and Application Composer that are optimized for the HP Netaction family.
		WebGain, the WebGain logo, WebGain Studio, TopLink, VisualCafé, StructureBuilder, Application Composer, and Quality Analyzer are registered trademarks and service marks, or trademarks and service marks, of WebGain, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
	www.hp.com /hpinfo/newsroom/press/2001/010417b.html (476 words)

	WebGain to exit tools, Oracle to buy TopLink \| The Register
		WebGain Inc is selling its TopLink Java/database connectivity business to application server wannabe Oracle Corp in a deal that also sees the Java IDE leader exit the tools market, Gavin Clarke writes.
		WebGain is believed to have been in internal discussion for several months over how to carry its business forward.
		WebGain felt its long-term future was threatened by such a deal, as Oracle was expected to develop its own competitor to TopLink and edge webGain out of the market.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2002/06/05/webgain_to_exit_tools_oracle (680 words)

	Review: Visual Café 4 Enterprise Edition
		Now it's in the fold of WebGain, Inc., and that's turning out to be a good thing, because Visual Café has become more accurately aimed at enterprise level, the Web and intranet applications.
		Like most of the competition, WebGain is striving to provide the tools that help developers get on top of the increasingly complex business of creating Internet based applications.
		WebGain's effort to fit Visual Café with an appropriate saddle of enterprise-level development tools is still a work in progress.
	www.intranetjournal.com /articles/200105/pid_05_09_01a.html (836 words)

	Transformation Solutions -- WebGain, Inc.
		WebGain offers a highly integrated development environment that allows project teams to synthesize business requirements, design specifications, development activities and back-end integration.
		The WebGain solution represents the next generation in collaborative development, allowing business users, third parties and development specialists to freely exchange ideas and designs, thereby streamlining the overall process of delivering e-business systems.
		WebGain also supports back-end integration to operational environments and enables legacy developers to participate in component-based development, which includes integrating legacy applications into the development cycle.
	www.systemtransformation.com /tswebgain.htm (107 words)

	VisualCafe users confront sell-off
		August 19, 2002 (Computerworld) When long-struggling WebGain Inc. sold off its popular VisualCafe development tool last week, users were left with some serious decisions to make about how to build and maintain their Java applications going forward.
		WebGain cited growing competition and depressed IT spending as factors in its decision to leave the tools market.
		WebGain, a start-up formed by Warburg Pincus Ventures and BEA Systems, acquires VisualCafe from Symantec.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/2002/0,4814,73593,00.html (701 words)

	WebGain uncertainty an opening for rivals - Tech Update - ZDNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		While the future of Java development tools maker WebGain remains uncertain, rivals are wasting no time trying to lure away valuable customers.
		Repeated calls to WebGain headquarters have not been returned, and major investors declined to comment on the company's standing.
		On Tuesday, the parking lot at WebGain's Santa Clara, Calif., headquarters was empty and the entrance to the building was locked.
	techupdate.zdnet.com /techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2873505,00.html (562 words)

	Borland Drops Patent Suit Against Santa Clara Startup
		WebGain attorney Michael Bettinger, a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis' San Francisco office, said his client is downsizing, but is not going out of business.
		Bettinger said the dispute was a "lightning rod for the industry" since Webgain was challenging how broadly Borland could claim rights to the way Java works.
		San Francisco federal Judge Maxine Chesney had denied the bulk of WebGain's requests for summary judgment pending a hearing on claim construction, which had been scheduled for the end of August.
	www.law.com /regionals/ca/stories/020730d.shtml (232 words)

	Software Magazine - Newsletter
		The president and CEO of WebGain, Joe Menard, was formerly the president of the E-Commerce Server Division at BEA.
		After VisualCafe was acquired in January, WebGain in March acquired Tendril StructureBuilder, a suite of model-based tools for designing, developing and deploying Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), was acquired from Tendril Software, Inc. In April, WebGain acquired TopLink, an object to relational mapping tool, from The Object People of Ottawa.
		WebGain was formed in answer to the trend of developers moving from Windows to the Web, said Ted Farrell, CTO of WebGain.
	www.softwaremag.com /L.cfm?doc=newsletter/2000-08-16.html (2013 words)

	Symantec spin-off to focus on Java development tools \| CNET News.com
		WebGain, a new company spun off from Symantec's Internet tools division, believes it has found a potentially profitable niche: outfitting businesses with low-cost, easy-to-use Java development tools.
		Still, WebGain is tackling a market that has consolidated and seen profits evaporate in recent years.
		To pump up its offerings, WebGain today announced it has spent an undisclosed sum to acquire Tendril Software, a maker of visual modeling software that gives programmers a graphical representation of business software as it is being written.
	news.com.com /2100-1001-238284.html (830 words)

	WebGain furthers component reuse strategy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		WebGain on Wednesday announced Application Composer, software that enables Visual Basic and other non-Java developers to build applications and deploy them on a J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) platform.
		Corporations and developers have toyed with the concept of reuse, but thus far have mostly failed for lacking ways to identify, catalog, test, and manage components once they are built.
		One of the pieces WebGain will use to help developers reap the rewards of reuse comes from a pact with Alpharetta, Ga.-based Component Source that will allow users of WebGain to find and obtain any of the pre-written components that Component Source offers via its Web site.
	www.itworld.com /AppDev/587/IWD010328hnwebg/search.html (348 words)

	WebGain \| Company : Privacy Statement
		This Section states the entire liability of WebGain and your exclusive remedies for actual or anticipated claims of infringement.
		No right, title or interest in or to any trademark, service mark, logo of WebGain, Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Sun") or any of their respective licensors is granted under this Agreement.
		The Software is licensed, not sold, to you for use only under the terms of this Agreement, and WebGain and/or its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
	www.ibiblio.org /maven/javacc/licenses/java_cc_web_sla.html (1202 words)

	WebGain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		WebGain was a jointly funded venture between Warburg Pincus and BEA Systems.
		The objective of the company was to acquire existing Java EE /Java programming language development tools and roll them together into a single application development environment: WebGain studio.
		A number of challenges, including the dot-com crash, hastend the demise of WebGain, which closed its doors in 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WebGain (104 words)

	WebGain Sells Java Tools
		WebGain says that its primary objective is the sale of the company's product lines and all of its other assets, consistent with its plan to maximize returns to its creditors and shareholders.
		WebGain cited rapidly changing market conditions, the absence of a recovery in IT spending, and a growing number of competitors in a crowded market as leading factors in the decision to leave the tools market.
		WebGain has consolidated its offices and moved from its previous location in Santa Clara to offices in San Jose.
	www.serverwatch.com /news/article.php/1439151 (524 words)

	Tools vendors ship new wares
		WebGain, for its part, honed its focus to better meet the needs of developers as well.
		Stephen DiFranco, executive vice president of marketing at WebGain, said his customers are demanding that their own developers take a more horizontal approach to application development.
		WebGain Studio, which is the highest-end bundle, consists of everything in the VisualCafe Enterprise Edition as well as WebGain Business Designer.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/2001/0,4814,65644,00.html (654 words)

	TogetherSoft in, Borland out, in WebGain deal \| The Register
		WebGain Studio 7.0 development costs - set against an increasingly competitive and cost-conscious environment - actually helped break WebGain's back in the first place.
		TogetherSoft said it plans to sell WebGain 4.5 and offer customers support, although it is not buying any former WebGain staff under the deal.
		TogetherSoft is already a BEA partner, but the WebGain Studio 7.0 code is tightly optimized to WebLogic Workshop.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2002/08/13/togethersoft_in_borland_out (590 words)

	WebGain uncertainty an opening to rivals \| Tech News on ZDNet
		According to regulatory filings, Webgain had pro forma cash and equivalents of $25.6 million as of Jan. 31, 2001.
		Last November, the county of Santa Clara filed a tax lien on WebGain, meaning the Java toolmaker had failed to pay taxes to the county.
		WebGain had filed for an initial public offering in February of 2001, but the company cancelled its plans in September of last year, citing unfavorable market conditions.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-3513-941978.html (1165 words)

	WebGain argues against patent infringement allegations \| OUT-LAW.COM
		WebGain, a provider of e-business development software, yesterday said that patent infringement claims against the company are without merit.
		In May, WebGain asked a US court to declare that its products do not infringe Borland's patents.
		WebGain's refusal to negotiate an appropriate license agreement left us no other choice.
	www.out-law.com /page-1837 (265 words)

	JDJEdge
		With results based on the votes of more than 40,000 JDJ readers, WebGain was named in each of the three categories of enterprise software development.
		WebGain, Inc. accelerates the creation, integration, and continuous improvement of enterprise-class e-business applications across a variety of application servers.
		Privately held, WebGain, Inc., is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and is on the Web at www.webgain.com.
	www2.sys-con.com /JDJEDGE/26.cfm (620 words)

	DesignMind, Inc./ Partners - Webgain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Webgain's product line is a suite of tools that allows us to build each part of our eBusiness solutions.
		Dreamweaver: This industry leading front-end development tool was developed by Macromedia, and is licensed by Webgain.
		TopLink: This object to relational mapping tool speeds the development process by providing wizards for the developers that then generate the necessary SQL code to store object data in relational databases.
	www.designmind.com /webgain.htm (111 words)

	WebGain gaining ground - Java World
		WebGain was launched by Warburg Pincus Ventures and BEA Systems.
		The acquisition of Zat represents WebGain's fourth purchase of either a company or specific product since it was founded in January.
		WebGain and BEA together purchased the Object People; WebGain got the Object People's TopLink software and BEA took the consulting arm.
	www.javaworld.com /javaworld/jw-07-2000/jw-0714-iw-webgain.html (492 words)

	R.I.P. WebGain; WebGain Studio? - O'Reilly ONJava Blog
		If not acquired, Novell could use a Java IDE to go with its e-directory and other Web services tools as well as its overall commitment to be a J2EE and Web services vendor.
		It is amazing to me that what was once the #1 dev tool for Java is now just detritus of the webgain implosion.
		Webgain had a gem and threw it away.
	www.oreillynet.com /onjava/blog/2002/07/rip_webgain_webgain_studio.html (338 words)

	Datamation Product Watch - WebGain Application Composer (WebGain, Inc)
		WebGain Application Composer is a visual environment that allows both Java and non-Java savvy developers to assemble Java applications via the combination of existing, reusable components (knowledge of programming concepts is needed, however).
		Application Composer is now available, however, WebGain has announced that they have ceased the further development of their tools and seek to sell all of their assets (see related link below).
		WebGain states that they will continue to support their product line until the individual products have been sold.
	products.datamation.com /development/java/1011374833.html (196 words)

	WebGain Withdraws IPO
		WebGain Inc., a leading Java tool supplier, has withdrawn its registration statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.
		WebGain officials notified the SEC last Friday that it had canceled plans to go public.
		WebGain was created by middleware software supplier BEA Systems, Inc. and the venture capital firm Warburg Pincus in January 2000.
	www.eweek.com /article2/0,1895,1253991,00.asp (876 words)

	Webgain announces Toplink 4.0 with EJB 2.0 support
		WebGain, a provider of enterprise software tools, announced the release of WebGain TopLink 4.0 which includes support for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 2.0.
		TopLink is WebGain's first product to provide EJB 2.0 support, and since WebGain's commitment to 'standards' is stronger than ever, the support for EJB 2.0 will expand throughout our product line,'' said Joe Menard, CEO of WebGain.
		WebGain Studio, the company's flagship product, defines, designs, constructs and speeds deployment of e-business applications by providing integrated development solutions across the application development lifecycle.
	www.theserverside.com /news/thread.tss?thread_id=10696 (6688 words)

	WebGain gaining ground (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		WebGain, based in Santa Clara, Calif., plans to offer Zat's Spin software along with WebGain's Visual Cafe Java development tool.
		Corbo continued that WebGain is in a nice position to offer the platform and language-independent tool set that the Internet will demand.
		Zat is the fourth purchase, of either a company or specific product, WebGain has made since the company started in January.
	www.infoworld.com /articles/hn/xml/00/07/12/000712hnwebgain.html (820 words)

	WebGain sharpens its edge - Java World
		WebGain's weak spot is that it requires you to purchase more functions than most programmers will need; it may not be a cost-effective solution for those who can turn out Java code with Visual Café alone or with another editor.
		WebGain Studio 4.1 is available in Standard and Professional editions.
		In addition, the WebGain Studio 4.1 Professional Edition, which we tested, adds WebGain TopLink 3.0 for linking EJBs and Java objects to databases without writing SQL query statements.
	www.javaworld.com /javaworld/jw-03-2001/jw-0302-iw-webgain.html (517 words)

	Final Curtain Closing on WebGain
		Less than two weeks after it made itself available for sale, San Jose, Calif.-based WebGain said Monday it has found a buyer in TogetherSoft.
		WebGain was in the middle of working with Hewlett-Packard (Quote
		"Upon completion of TogetherSoft's proposed acquisition of WebGain Studio, WebGain's customers will be able to maximize their application development investment while experiencing a level of stability that can only be provided by an industry leader like TogetherSoft," said WebGain CEO Robert Melendres.
	siliconvalley.internet.com /news/print.php/1445211 (377 words)

	Application Development Trends - Visual Cafe Finds a Home -- For Now
		Among a host of tools in the WebGain suite is centerpiece Visual Cafe, one of the first significant Java development tool sets.
		But the respite for WebGain Studio may be short lived as TogetherSoft clearly has plans to try and move WebGain/Visual Cafe users to its own increasingly popular tool suite.
		The deal does not cover WebGain Studio TopLink object-to-relational mapping tools, which were acquired earlier this summer by Oracle Corp. That acquisition came just prior to the reported shuttering of the WebGain offices in Santa Clara, Calif., after the firm's unsuccessful effort to become a major player in the Java tools market.
	www.adtmag.com /article.asp?id=6621 (555 words)

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