Windward Studios is a software development company based in Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...

. The company began in 1994 with the release of Enemy Nations

Enemy Nations

Enemy Nations is a real-time strategy game, created by Windward Studios. The game received very high rankings in video game magazines, but the publisher went out of business shortly after the game's release, forcing developer Windward Studios to sell the game exclusively from its website...

, a popular Real-Time strategy game

Strategy game

A strategy game or strategic game is a game in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome...

, before focusing on its reporting software program Windward Reports

Windward Reports

Windward Reports is a family of enterprise-level reporting, document generation, and business intelligence software for business teams. It is comparable to other reporting software’s such as Crystal Reports, Pentaho and SQL Server Reporting Services. Its customers include GE Industrial Equipment...

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Enemy Nations

Enemy Nations is a real-time strategy

Real-time strategy

Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....

 game that received very high rankings in video game magazines. The publisher went out of business shortly after the game's release, forcing developer Windward Studios to sell the game exclusively from its website. The game is now available to download free online.

Windward Reports

In 2003 the company realigned and focused on offering an enterprise-level reporting program for business teams called Windward Reports

Windward Reports

Windward Reports is a family of enterprise-level reporting, document generation, and business intelligence software for business teams. It is comparable to other reporting software’s such as Crystal Reports, Pentaho and SQL Server Reporting Services. Its customers include GE Industrial Equipment...

. Windward Reports

Windward Reports

Windward Reports is a family of enterprise-level reporting, document generation, and business intelligence software for business teams. It is comparable to other reporting software’s such as Crystal Reports, Pentaho and SQL Server Reporting Services. Its customers include GE Industrial Equipment...

 is comparable to other reporting software such as Crystal Reports, Pentaho and Izenda. Windward Reports’ customers include GE Industrial Equipment Services, Fidelity Investments and Pfizer Inc.

Windward has been positively reviewed in eWeek and DevSource.

Media coverage

Cubicle Wars, an early marketing video by the company, received an overwhelming response when it debuted in 2006. With over 2 million views on YouTube

YouTube

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 and Digg.com the video became an internet phenomenon large enough to merit a response in BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek

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’s August 2007 SmallBiz publication.