OpenSpirit Corporation

  1. Pages with broken file links
  2. Articles with a promotional tone from March 2008
  3. Articles with invalid date parameter in template
  4. Articles needing additional references from February 2009
  5. All articles needing additional references
  6. Companies established in 2000
  7. Oil companies of the United States
  8. Companies based in Texas


For other uses, see OpenSpirit Corporation (disambiguation).
This article or section reads like a news release, or is otherwise written in an overly promotional tone. Please help by either rewrite this article from a neutral point of view or by moving to Wikinews. When appropriate, blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with {{db-spam}}. (March 2008)
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2009)
OpenSpirit Corporation
Type Corporation
Industry Oilfield Services
Fate Acquired 2010
Successor(s) TIBCO Software, Inc
Founded 2000
Headquarters Stafford, TX with major offices in London, Abu Dhabi and Perth
Key people Daniel J. Piette (President and CEO)
Clay Harter (Chief Technology Officer)
Mark Godfrey (Chief Architect)
Employees 60+
Website www.openspirit.com

OpenSpirit Corporation, an oilfield service company, provides software services worldwide. The company provides middleware that specializes in geophysical data integration. The company is headquartered in Stafford, Texas (suburb of Houston), there are also major offices in Woking (UK), Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Perth (Australia).

History

Development of the OpenSpirit Application Integration Framework began in 1997 as a project funded by the OpenSpirit Alliance, a consortium of oil companies and software vendors seeking to address inefficiencies and high costs related to the poor integration capabilities of exploration and production applications and their related data=stores.

With research and development funded by consortium members, a multidisciplinary team of technologists delivered a prototype of an application integration framework in 1999. While consortium members and the exploration and production community as a whole supported the prototype, it became apparent that it would need to be offered by a commercial entity responsive to market needs. OpenSpirit Corporation began operations in July 2000 as an independent software company focusing on providing integration solutions for upstream applications and data.

The original investors were Schlumberger, Shell, and Chevron. In 2006 Paradigm Ltd[1] joined as an investor in the company.

On September 23, 2010, OpenSpirit was acquired [1] by TIBCO Software, Inc.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "About Paradigm: Company Profile". http://www.pdgm.com. Cayman Islands: Paradigm ltd.. http://www.pdgm.com/company/default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-10. "Paradigm Ltd. is an industry leader in subsurface knowledge and software innovation. [...] Paradigm is an active supporter of industry consortia and educational sponsorship in geophysical research and development."


...