History

History – Innovation is a Continuum, not a Destination

From the beginning in 1982 when ASNA started life as Amalgamated Software of North America, the company has led the charge for innovation in the IBM Midrange computer market.  Often developing solutions far ahead of IBM, the chief architects of the midrange-computing platform, ASNA has always pushed the envelope in anticipation of what developers would need to succeed.

The company, never resting on its laurels or the many patents awarded for innovation, remains passionate about providing solutions that enable you to extend your AS/400, iSeries, or System I portfolio along a continuum of performance improvement.

Milestones

1982-1986

  • Company markets S/34 & S/36 tools
  • First patented performance enhancement for IBM system 34
  • Acceler8 for system 34
  • ASNA RPG III
  • Acceler8 S/36
  • Termin8
  • Acceler8 for System 36

1987-1991

  • BitTree Patent
  • Formul8
  • Manipul8
  • ASNA transitions to AS/400 market
  • First AS/400 product Diploma/C
  • ASNA 400 RPG
  • Extermin8
  • Activ8
  • Buyers Choice Awards: 400 RPG

1992-1996

  • Buyers Choice Awards: 400 RPG
  • DataGate for UNIX
  • Windows development begins
  • Visual RPG 1.0, 1.4
  • Microsoft modernization products for iSeries 400
  • Company relocates to San Antonio, TX
  • Acceler8DB
  • Buyers Choice Awards: 400RPG

1997-2001

  • Visual RPG 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.5
  • Acceler8DB 4.0
  • Visual RPG 2.2
  • Acceler8DB 4.2, 4.7
  • .Net Development begins
  • Showcase Excellence Awards: DataGate
  • Buyers Choice Awards: Acceler8DB
  • Buyers Choice Awards: DataGate/400
  • Buyers Choice Awards: Activ8
  • Buyers Choice Awards: ASNA Visual RPG
  • Showcase Excellence Awards: 400 RPG
  • Showcase Excellence Awards: ACTIV8
  • (Three time winner) Showcase
  • Excellence Awards: ASNA Visual RPG
    ASNAPalooza Developer’s Conference
  • Web Applications supported

 

 2002-2006

  • Visual RPG 4.0
  • DataGate for SQL Server
  • Visual RPG for .NET 7.0, 8.0
  • ASNA Monarch 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
  • Support for Visual Studio 2005 & .NET Framework 2.0/3.0
  • (Twice) Showcase Excellence Awards: ASNA Visual RPG
  • Apex Award Winner iSeries News – 2002 Editors’ Choice for Application
  • Development: ASNA Visual RPG
  • Apex Award Winner iSeries News – 2002 Readers’ Choice for eCommerce: ASNA Visual RPG
  • Apex Award Winner iSeries News – 2002 Readers’ Choice for Data & Knowledge Management: Accerler8DB
  • Apex Award Winner iSeries News – 2003 Readers’ Choice for Communications: ASNA DataGate
  • Formed Midrange Alliance Program with Microsoft Corporation
  • IBM System i Developer Roadmap

2007-2010

  • ASNA merges with BluePhoenix
  • Visual RPG 4.1
  • AVR Classic to .NET Upgrade Assistant
  • ASNA Monarch 4.0, 4.1
  • ASNA Global Services Team
  • Support for Visual Studio 2008
  • Monarch C# migration option
  • Support for Visual Studio 2010
  • Microsoft Gold Partner Certification
  • Microsoft NXT Partner founding member

2011-present

  • ASNA International and ASNA Inc both 100% acquired from BluePhoenix
  • ASNA Wings introduced