Softlab GmbH was a
software development
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and
information technology consulting
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company who developed and deployed a
software application
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At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
called
Maestro I, which was the first
integrated development environment
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in the
history of computing
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Concrete devices ...
.
Founded in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, Germany, in 1971, Softlab became a part of the
BMW Group in 1992.
In 2008, BMW merged Softlab and some subsidiary companies of Softlab Group into a new company named
Cirquent
Cirquent (formerly Softlab Group) was a subsidiary of NTT Data that provides IT, consulting and professional services. The company's headquarters is in Munich, Germany, with offices in Austria, Switzerland and the UK.
The company provides co ...
.
[Computerwoche: Softlab ändert Namen und Strategie, http://www.computerwoche.de/a/softlab-aendert-namen-und-strategie,1221948]
See also
*
Christiane Floyd
Christiane Floyd (née Riedl; born 26 April 1943) is an Austrian computer scientist. In 1978, she became the first female professor of computer science in Germany, and was a pioneer of evolutionary participatory software design—a precursor to ...
Notes
Companies based in Munich
Defunct companies of Germany
Software companies of Germany
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