OmniPilot Software, Inc. Acquires Lasso Product Line from Blue World
Communications, Inc.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug 2, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- OmniPilot Software,
Inc., a provider of cross platform business opportunity management
software, announced today that it has acquired the Lasso product suite from
Blue World Communications, Inc. The Lasso suite of cross platform software
tools allows companies to quickly build and serve powerful data-driven Web
sites. Financial terms were not disclosed.
OmniPilot Software chief operating officer, Chad Roll, commented on the
acquisition saying, "We believe there is a substantial market opportunity
to provide SME's (small-to-medium enterprises) with the ability to optimize
their online presence. Lasso products provide the ability to connect any
database to any Web server on any platform providing us with a solid
foundation for future growth."
Blue World Communications will close its offices in Bellevue, Washington in
August 2004. Blue World's Lasso development team will be relocated to
OmniPilot Software headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
"OmniPilot is positioned to build upon Blue World's accomplishments over
the last ten years," said Bill Doerrfeld, founder, president and CEO of
Blue World Communications. "It has been a privilege helping thousands of
Web professionals quickly build and serve data-driven Web sites via the
Lasso product line."
Founded in 1992, Blue World Communications cross-platform software tools
are used by more than 15,000 corporations around the world, including Apple
Computer, Inc. (AAPL), Symantec Corp. (SYMC), Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO),
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW), and OmniPilot Software's parent company,
Starmark International. A full-service marketing communications agency,
Starmark International has successfully employed Lasso in the development
of Web sites for a wide variety of clients, including Citrix, Motorola,
Siemens as well as many hospitality and government clients.
Brett Circe, who serves as both president of OmniPilot Software and partner
of Starmark International, spearheaded the marketing agency's adoption of
Lasso. "What has impressed me about Lasso is that we have been able to
upgrade our code since 1996 with little or no effort, and, we can develop
solutions using Lasso in half the code of other popular middleware
languages. That's why OmniPilot applications are built in the Lasso
development language."
About OmniPilot
OmniPilot Software, Inc. is a software development company offering cross
platform business management solutions designed to help small to mid-size
service companies optimize their online presence. With eight years of
custom application development behind them, OmniPilot Software applications
ensure that clients benefit from time-tested efficiencies, which have
proven to yield success. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Starmark International. Ranked #43 on the 2003 Inc. 500 list of the fastest
growing privately held companies in the U.S., Starmark International
specializes in the seamless integration of multiple marketing disciplines -
branding, advertising, Internet development, direct response, custom
publishing and public relations among them - toward the effective
fulfillment of client business goals.
For more information on OmniPilot Software, including demos of the
company's software titles, please visit http://www.omnipilot.com.
