Omnis History

Omnis has a long history. Many features of modern software development products were found first in Omnis, and many other advances found their way into the Omnis products along the way. Today, Omnis Studio is a mature, highly capable product.

1979: Paul Wright nephew of Peter Harold Wright founded Blyth Computers (later renamed Blyth Software, then Omnis Software) based in Wenhaston, Suffolk, in the UK, which became the first Apple dealership in East Anglia.
1982: Blyth released its first "Omnis" product, a database application tool for the Apple 2 designed by David Seaman. The company was renamed Blyth Software.
1983/84: Released Omnis 3, one of the first cross-platform database application tools for Apple computers and IBM compatibles running under MS-DOS. May 1984 Blyth Software Inc.. was incorporated and opened offices in San Mateo, CA.
1985: Following the launch of the Apple Macintosh in 1984, Omnis 3 Plus was released, one of the first database generation tools for the Mac. UK headquarters moved to Mitford House in Benhall, Suffolk.
1987: Released Omnis Quartz, one of the first GUI databases for Microsoft Windows. Blyth Holdings Inc was created and the initial public offering on NASDAQ raised $7,000,000 for the new company.
1989: Released Omnis 5, one of the first cross-platform development tools for building applications under Windows and Mac.
1992 to 1994: Released Omnis 7 v1, v2, and v3 in consecutive years, an integrated development environment providing client/server access to many industry standard server databases such as Oracle, Sybase, and Informix.
1997: Released Omnis Studio v1, a cross-platform, development environment for Windows and Mac OS. Company was renamed Omnis Software.
1999: Released the Omnis Web Client or "thin client" for browsing data and applications via the Web.
1999: Released Omnis Studio for Linux making Omnis one of the first RAD tools available under Linux, Windows, and Mac.
2000: Released Omnis Studio v3. Later that year Omnis Software merged with PICK Systems to become Raining Data Corporation.
2004: Released Omnis Studio v4 including support for MySQL, JDBC, and Java Objects.
2005: Released Omnis Studio v4.1 including support for Unicode.
2006: Release of Omnis Studio 4.2 including native support for Mac-Intel and introduction of Web Services Component
2007: Release of Omnis Studio 4.3 including PostgreSQL support, Windows Vista and Mac OS X "Leopard" support, . Net framework support, Unicode, VCS, Linux and graphing enhancements.
2008: Raining Data became TigerLogic, with a new stock symbol and a continued emphasis on great products. Omnis Studio 4.3.1 was released sporting vastly improved support for the Mac OS X operating system.