Metier Management Systems
Metier Management Systems was founded in London in 1978 by Richard (Dick) Evans, Robin Lodge,
Roy W Brown and James Miller to develop and market mini-computer systems for large-scale project management.
Metier's first product, Apollo, was the first full-scale project scheduling system available on a minicomputer. The launch of Apollo in 1978 was quickly followed by
Artemis, a complete minicomputer-based project management system including resource management and cost planning, and was the world's first commercially successful
relational database system. By 1980, Artemis systems were in use in Europe, the Middle East and North America for the planning of oil platform construction, nuclear power plant maintenance, the construction of military facilities, and in the electronics, automobile and construction industries. In 1980, Metier was named by Inc Magazine as one of the 10 fastest-growing companies in North America.
The founding partners sold the business in 1985 to
Lockheed Corporation, one of their largest customers. By the time of the sale, Metier had over 700 employees (70 of whom were shareholders) and had offices in 21 countries.
* In 1990, U.K.-based Lucas Industries (later renamed Lucas Management Systems) acquired Metier Management Systems from Lockheed Corp. [
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* In June 1995,
Computer Sciences Corporation acquired Lucas Industries plc including Lucas Management Systems and its Artemis software.[
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* In 1997, Gores Technology Group announced the completion of its purchase of CSC Artemis.[
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* In 2000, Gore announced a stock and cash deal that combined Artemis Management Systems with Proha Plc, a "major distributor of Artemis products for 16 years."[
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* On June 30, 2006
Trilogy announced the acquisition of Artemis International Solutions Corporation by its
Versata subsidiary.[
6] "Proha got approximately USD 12.7 million (approx. EUR 9.9 million) for its 53.3% ownership in Artemis. The amount is paid in cash."[
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