ILOG
Encyclopedia
ILOG is an international software company owned by IBM
. It creates enterprise software products for supply chain
, business rule management, visualization and optimization.
It supports several software platforms, including C++
, C#, .NET
, Java
, AJAX
and Adobe Flex
/ AIR.
Founded in 1987 in Paris
, France, ILOG has main headquarters in Gentilly
, France, and Sunnyvale, California.
It also has main offices in Australia, China, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Through its acquisition of CPLEX Optimization Inc. in 1997, ILOG became the owner of the CPLEX mathematical programming software, and ILOG's acquisition of LogicTools
in 2007 made ILOG the owner of a line of supply chain applications.
ILOG's main products:
it has two principal locations:
In 1987, ILOG began licensing software components to companies developing software applications. These customers licensed the components in order to add new functionality to their software applications. The software components were initially developed in the LISP programming language, and transitioned to C++ in 1992 in order to follow the technical evolution of the software industry.
ILOG introduced two new products in 1993: ILOG Views and ILOG Solver. ILOG customers use them to make visualization interfaces (Views) and resources allocation applications (Solver). Until 1995, ILOG sales were concentrated in Europe, particularly in France. In 1995, the company started to expand globally by establishing a major sales presence in the United States and Asia.
In 1997, it acquired CPLEX Optimization, Inc. (CPLEX), located in Incline Village,
Nevada, which provided linear-based optimization software products for the supply chain industry. In the late 1990s, ILOG started to introduce Java versions of its products to follow once again the software industry’s technical evolution. It
also introduced a business rule management system (BRMS) product in 1996, which gives software engineers the ability to better manage the rules operating their applications.
The financial services sector has been the primary market for ILOG's BRMS products, for use in developing, for example, online trading or credit decision making applications. ILOG's BRMS product line is currently the company's largest product line.
ILOG also introduced a C# version of some of its visualization products in fiscal year 2004 and of their BRMS products in fiscal year 2005.
Until ILOG's initial public offering in 1997 on the NASDAQ National Market (which subsequently became the Nasdaq Stock Market on August 1, 2006), ILOG was financed through a combination of retained earnings, venture capital funding and interest free loans from French government agencies and the European Union. This initial public offering enabled ILOG to acquire CPLEX.
In 1998, SAP A.G. invested in ILOG. The financing from SAP was part of the partnership that has made SAP ILOG's biggest customer every year to date. This partnership, along with others, made ILOG a player in the supply chain management market. In 1998, ILOG listed on the Nouveau Marché of Euronext Paris and in 2005 transferred to Eurolist by Euronext Paris.
develops and markets manufacturing and insurance solutions in the Chinese market.
On November 20, 2006, ILOG acquired one-third of the capital and voting rights of Prima Solutions (Prima), a Paris-based supplier of software platforms for the insurance sector.
On April 11, 2007, ILOG completed the acquisition of LogicTools
, a Chicago-based provider of supply chain planning applications specializing in network design and
inventory optimization. LogicTools’ applications are based on the ILOG CPLEX
optimization product.
On July 28, 2008, IBM
and ILOG announced an agreement regarding a proposed acquisition by IBM of ILOG.
On January 6, 2009, the acquisition of ILOG by IBM was completed.
On July 1, 2009, the "Transfer of Business" letter was issued that confirmed that ILOG was effectively integrated within IBM
. This coincided with a fresh release of the ILOG products, which is now branded as an IBM ILOG company.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
. It creates enterprise software products for supply chain
Supply chain
A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...
, business rule management, visualization and optimization.
It supports several software platforms, including C++
C++
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
, C#, .NET
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...
, Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
, AJAX
Ajax
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and Adobe Flex
Adobe Flex
Adobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...
/ AIR.
Founded in 1987 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France, ILOG has main headquarters in Gentilly
Gentilly
Gentilly may refer to:France* Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, a commune of the Val-de-Marne départementCanada* Gentilly, Quebec, a suburb of the city of Bécancour** Gentilly Nuclear Generating StationUnited States...
, France, and Sunnyvale, California.
It also has main offices in Australia, China, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Through its acquisition of CPLEX Optimization Inc. in 1997, ILOG became the owner of the CPLEX mathematical programming software, and ILOG's acquisition of LogicTools
LogicTools
LogicTools Inc. provides strategic supply chain optimization software. It offers a suite of supply chain planning solutions, including network design and planning, supply chain and inventory planning and optimization solutions, supply chain scheduling applications, distribution and stocking...
in 2007 made ILOG the owner of a line of supply chain applications.
ILOG's main products:
- IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules, a business rule management system (BRMSBRMSA BRMS or Business Rule Management System is a software system used to define, deploy, execute, monitor and maintain the variety and complexity of decision logic that is used by operational systems within an organization or enterprise...
) that enables both business and IT users to write and maintain the logic applied by applications that automatically implement decisions. - IBM ILOG CPLEXCPLEXIBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is an optimization software package. In 2004, the work on CPLEX earned the first ....
, optimization software for mathematical programmingLinear programmingLinear programming is a mathematical method for determining a way to achieve the best outcome in a given mathematical model for some list of requirements represented as linear relationships... - IBM ILOG JViews, a visualization development system based on Java and supported with add-ons for Gantt charts, graphs, maps and diagrams
- IBM ILOG Elixir component sets for Adobe AIR and Adobe FlexAdobe FlexAdobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...
platforms - ILOG Solver was considered the market leader in commercial constraint programmingConstraint programmingConstraint programming is a programming paradigm wherein relations between variables are stated in the form of constraints. Constraints differ from the common primitives of imperative programming languages in that they do not specify a step or sequence of steps to execute, but rather the properties...
software as of 2006.
Company
ILOG is an international software company. It develops, markets, sells and supports BRMS, optimization and visualization software components, as well as supply chain applications. ILOG currently has business locations in nine countries, butit has two principal locations:
- France: GentillyGentillyGentilly may refer to:France* Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, a commune of the Val-de-Marne départementCanada* Gentilly, Quebec, a suburb of the city of Bécancour** Gentilly Nuclear Generating StationUnited States...
, a small town just outside Paris - United States: Sunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...
, in Silicon ValleySilicon ValleySilicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
south of San Francisco
History
The name ILOG is an abbreviation of the combination of two French words: "Intelligence" and "Logiciel". These words can be translated as "Intelligent Software."In 1987, ILOG began licensing software components to companies developing software applications. These customers licensed the components in order to add new functionality to their software applications. The software components were initially developed in the LISP programming language, and transitioned to C++ in 1992 in order to follow the technical evolution of the software industry.
ILOG introduced two new products in 1993: ILOG Views and ILOG Solver. ILOG customers use them to make visualization interfaces (Views) and resources allocation applications (Solver). Until 1995, ILOG sales were concentrated in Europe, particularly in France. In 1995, the company started to expand globally by establishing a major sales presence in the United States and Asia.
In 1997, it acquired CPLEX Optimization, Inc. (CPLEX), located in Incline Village,
Nevada, which provided linear-based optimization software products for the supply chain industry. In the late 1990s, ILOG started to introduce Java versions of its products to follow once again the software industry’s technical evolution. It
also introduced a business rule management system (BRMS) product in 1996, which gives software engineers the ability to better manage the rules operating their applications.
The financial services sector has been the primary market for ILOG's BRMS products, for use in developing, for example, online trading or credit decision making applications. ILOG's BRMS product line is currently the company's largest product line.
ILOG also introduced a C# version of some of its visualization products in fiscal year 2004 and of their BRMS products in fiscal year 2005.
Until ILOG's initial public offering in 1997 on the NASDAQ National Market (which subsequently became the Nasdaq Stock Market on August 1, 2006), ILOG was financed through a combination of retained earnings, venture capital funding and interest free loans from French government agencies and the European Union. This initial public offering enabled ILOG to acquire CPLEX.
In 1998, SAP A.G. invested in ILOG. The financing from SAP was part of the partnership that has made SAP ILOG's biggest customer every year to date. This partnership, along with others, made ILOG a player in the supply chain management market. In 1998, ILOG listed on the Nouveau Marché of Euronext Paris and in 2005 transferred to Eurolist by Euronext Paris.
Recent developments
On October 26, 2006, ILOG acquired 35% of the capital and voting rights of the Chinese company Shanghai FirstTech Co., Ltd. (FirstTech). FirstTech is a systems integrator thatdevelops and markets manufacturing and insurance solutions in the Chinese market.
On November 20, 2006, ILOG acquired one-third of the capital and voting rights of Prima Solutions (Prima), a Paris-based supplier of software platforms for the insurance sector.
On April 11, 2007, ILOG completed the acquisition of LogicTools
LogicTools
LogicTools Inc. provides strategic supply chain optimization software. It offers a suite of supply chain planning solutions, including network design and planning, supply chain and inventory planning and optimization solutions, supply chain scheduling applications, distribution and stocking...
, a Chicago-based provider of supply chain planning applications specializing in network design and
inventory optimization. LogicTools’ applications are based on the ILOG CPLEX
optimization product.
On July 28, 2008, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
and ILOG announced an agreement regarding a proposed acquisition by IBM of ILOG.
On January 6, 2009, the acquisition of ILOG by IBM was completed.
On July 1, 2009, the "Transfer of Business" letter was issued that confirmed that ILOG was effectively integrated within IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
. This coincided with a fresh release of the ILOG products, which is now branded as an IBM ILOG company.
Customers
As of 2009, more than 1,000 universities use ILOG Optimization for research and teaching, and more than 1,000 commercial customers, including over 160 of the Global 500, use ILOG Optimization in some of their most important planning and scheduling applications.Related systems
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