Lotus Development Corporation (Lotus Software; later acquired by IBM)

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Lotus Development Corporation was an influential software company founded in 1982, best known as the creator of the spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3, which became a dominant PC business application in the 1980s. Founded by Mitch Kapor with key technical contributions from Jonathan Sachs, Lotus produced a family of desktop productivity products including Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Word Pro, and utilities and multimedia tools such as Lotus SmartCenter and Lotus ScreenCam. The company expanded beyond spreadsheets into groupware and collaboration software in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Lotus acquired and developed technologies such as Lotus Notes (via relationships with Iris Associates) and became a major player in enterprise collaboration. In 1995 Lotus Development Corporation was acquired by IBM and continued as "Lotus Software" within IBM for many years; its products and technologies were gradually integrated into IBM's software and collaboration portfolio. Over time the Lotus brand was folded into...

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Total Applications:
21
Total Users:
42
Total Keys:
1,051,261
Total Clicks:
308,473
Total Mouse Scrolls:
0
Total Time Used:
5w4d8h57m30s
Average Time Per User:
22h29m57s

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