Revelation Software is a Westwood, New Jersey-based software development company. Revelation is the author and owner of Revelation(tm), Advanced Revelation(tm), and OpenInsight, all variants of the Pick Operating System.

Originally founded as Cosmos in 1982, Revelation Software is privately held.

Company Profile

Revelation Software delivers a portfolio of application development tools, deployment products and companion services that enable developers to successfully implement dynamic network and internet applications. Revelation Software's mission is to excel and provide leadership in the design, development, delivery, service, and support of component-based application development tools for dynamic internet and network architectures. The company's goal is to lead the market by enabling professional application developers and development teams to implement and deploy distributed Web and network based packaged and custom business applications. The company's strategy of ensuring the preservation of information systems and application investments by its developer and user community has enabled its customers to reuse, extend, enhance, and leverage their investments in skills, and to successfully protect their investments in business applications. Revelation applications are characterized by the enduring nature of the solutions implemented using its products. Revelation continues to invest in technologies that enable systems implemented in its earliest development tools to operate successfully on modern client and network operating systems, and be extended to the Web. Revelation continues to innovate new tools that natively exploit the capabilities of the latest operating systems, network computing platforms, and programming languages and techniques. The combination of this focus and a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation has enabled Revelation to thrive and prosper in the challenging and ever-changing market of application development tools and deployment technologies.

Corporate History

1982 - Cosmos founded. Initial product, a PC-based database development tool, is called Revelation.

1987 - Introduces Advanced Revelation™, the award-winning development environment for DOS, specializing in the development and deployment of multi-user network-based production applications.1989 - Advanced Revelation recognized as LAN database development tool of the year in 1989 by LAN Magazine.

1990 - Introduces client/server development capabilities and initiates development of next-generation repository-based development environment in Windows.

1994 - Introduces OpenInsight for Workgroups™, the first Windows repository-based application development environment to enable development teams to collaborate in the design, construction, and evolution of business critical applications on leading messaging and client/server platforms. OpenInsight for Workgroups delivers full compatibility with Advanced Revelation, enabling developers to fully re-use and exploit their expertise and investment in linear hash data, R/Basic programming, and application logic to successfully migrate applications to Windows and leading client/server database and messaging environments such SQL Server, Oracle, and Lotus Notes.

1995 - Revelation introduces the Network Product Suite. These strategic value-add network products include the Revelation NLM and Revelation NT service. Each delivers critical increases in performance and integrity to networked-based applications written both in OpenInsight and Advanced Revelation. Revelation engineered these products to enable DOS applications to operate successfully in modern 32-bit Windows operating systems and contemporary network computing environments. 1996 - Introduces 32-bit development and deployment capabilities to the product line. Revelation becomes fully Web-centric with the establishment of its acclaimed revelation.com developer's clearinghouse web site, revolutionizing its delivery of services and technical publications. Revelation is among the first software companies to publish an open, public threaded discussion for its developers and create a virtual community for the sharing of information and exchange of ideas on the use and deployment of its development tools.

1997 - Introduces a full set of Internet design and deployment capabilities to OpenInsight for Workgroups, enabling developers to publish information dynamically to the Web and to build and extend their applications with Web-based capabilities, employing OpenInsight as an interactive application server together with an HTTP server. Along with these capabilities, Revelation introduces a strategy for building and deploying Hybrid Web applications.Introduces The WORKS, a unique annual subscription program. The WORKS revolutionizes how developers view their tools. By providing an annual subscription to all product releases, Revelation raises the bar for delivery of technical information, tips, techniques, and source code, enabling developers to fully exploit the suite of Revelation's tools.

1998 - Introduces the next generation of the NT Service to take advantage of the TCP/IP communications protocol.

1999 - Integrates technical support with the WORKS, transforming the subscription into a full-service software and support delivery program. Works subscribers now receive all upgrades and patches during the subscription period as a part of the program.

2000 - Launches Collaborative Source Program initiative to deliver source code to WORKS subscribers. WinWin Solutions acquires a controlling interest in Revelation Technologies, Inc.

2001 - XML tools included in product line. OpenInsight can now generate XML data on demand, creating its own schema on the fly, or using existing schemas.JOI - Java for OpenInsight version 2.0 released. JOI allows Revelation developers to extend their product and business knowledge to any platform that can run Java applications. With only a minimal amount of Java knowledge, Arev or OpenInsight developers can create and deploy Java applications that use Linear Hash as their data source and OpenEngine as their database engine. 2002 - Full 32-bit version of OpenInsight released. This provides greater compatibility with existing platforms, and allows easier interoperability with other windows-based applications.New TCP/IP network products developed and released, increasing speed and allowing better performance and security over Windows-based IP networks of any size.

2003 - The Universal Driver is released. This driver allows users run OpenInsight or Arev on Novell, Windows, or Linux servers.OpenInsight 4.1.3 is released. Features include transparency in bitmaps, plus a new Database Manager. Much of OpenInsight is now developed using OpenInsight.

2004 - OpenInsight 7.0 is released. This release updated the overall look and feel of the product. It also introduced a new System Editor, improved our support for Unicode (allowing us better support for non-English speaking locales), a new reporting tool, plus many, many more enhancements. Universal Driver Lite is released which is a small-network version of the Universal Driver 3.0.OpenInsight for Linux is released. Initial kernels supported are Red Hat and Debian.

2005 – OpenInsight 7.1 is released. OI 7.1 provides many new features including; TCL; Wizards for creation of Tables, Popups and Reports; new Avery Label support for reports; Socket Implementation; and Print Drivers for the Linux Platform. The 7.1 release also includes enhancements to OpenInsight’s Table Browser; Documentation Tools; Client Server Workspace; Form Designer and Presentation Manager.The Revelation product line is included on the General Services Administration/Federal Supply Service (GSA/FSS) Schedule (GS-35F-0326R). The GSA Schedule is a government wide procurement contract that combines “fair and reasonable” pricing with ease of procurement for a multitude of products and services.

2006 – OpenInsight 7.2 is released . Included in this release are enhancements to OIPI, new features to Report Builder and Table Builder, a new Direct Print function, enhancements to the new System Editor and new edit table features added to the Form Designer. Also included in release 7.2 is the Character to OpenInsight (CTO) interface which allows users and developers to run character-based multivalue applications in a VT100 compliant console powered by OpenInsight. The CTO is a complete migration tool for converting traditional multivalue applications to OpenInsight.

Key Products

OpenInsight enables developers to create applications that exploit the features of contemporary network computing environments (Internet, intranet, extranet, Novell and Windows NT), relational databases, and leading messaging and groupware platforms. OpenInsight's features, along with its integrated team development capabilities, make it the development environment of choice for integrated vertical client/server and messaging applications that combine high-content information with transaction management against multiple data sources. Some of the exciting features of OpenInsight include: • High performance native access to Oracle, U2 and SQL Server, as well as access to ODBC-compliant data, in addition to Revelation's native linear hash. • Active repository manages application components and processes, easing the enhancement and maintenance of applications throughout their entire lifecycle. The repository enables collaborative line-of-business application development and offers many benefits including greater productivity, improved software reliability, lower cost, and less risk.

OpenInsight for Linux (OIL) is a Linux-based repository-based applications development environment that enables development teams to work collaboratively to design, develop, deploy and scale high-performance business solutions. It contains OpenInsight’s complete tool set (including a Form Designer, Editor/Debugger, UI Workspace, XML Workspace and more).

Revelation ODBC Driver allows other ODBC compliant applications, such as Crystal Reports and Microsoft Access, to read OpenInsight’s MultiValue Linear Hash data.

The Revelation Network Product Suite is a set of products designed to enhance development and deployment environments: • The Revelation NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) provides increased performance, functionality, and data integrity on a NetWare file server for Advanced Revelation and OpenInsight applications. • The Revelation Windows 2000 Service (formerly called the NT Service)provides linear hash services for Advanced Revelation and OpenInsight applications, and provides increased performance, functionality, and data integrity on Windows 2000/NT Servers. • The Universal Driver allows you to run a Windows-compiled version of OpenInsight or Advanced Revelation on a Linux machine using a SAMBA connection. It offers support for files larger than 4 gigabytes.

Advanced Revelation is an award-winning DOS development environment that is distinguished by its unrivaled flexibility in application development and robust, multi-user data access. Thousands of advanced line-of-business applications have been developed, and remain deployed today, serving as a testament to the enduring quality of the tool and to the designers of the applications.

See also Revelation BASIC.