iBand Inc. was an early web development software company that was based in Campbell, California.[1]
History[]
Screenshot of Backstage Designer
In December 1995, iBand announced its Backstage line of web site development tools for Windows 3.1, 95 and NT.[1] Beta testing for Windows 95 and NT began in March 1996.[2]
Acquisition[]
iBand and its product line were acquired by Macromedia on March 13, 1996 in exchange for 860,000 shares of Macromedia stock valued at US$ 32 million.[3][4] Version 1.0 of Macromedia Backstage Desktop Studio and Enterprise Studio were released as part of a trial beta program in April 1996 and shipped on April 29 and July 1, respectively.[5][6][7][8]
Legacy[]
The codebase of Backstage later became the foundation of Macromedia Dreamweaver.[9] In December 2005, Macromedia itself was acquired by Adobe Systems,[10] which rebranded the program as Adobe Dreamweaver.[9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web vendors introduce development advances by Nick Wingfield, InfoWorld. 1995-12-11.
- ↑ Macromedia to pay $32M shares for web software firm iBand, Computer Business Review. 1996-03-19.
- ↑ Macromedia goes Backstage, CNET. 1996-03-13.
- ↑ Macromedia in Deal To Acquire Iband by Reuters, The New York Times. 1996-03-15.
- ↑ Backstage magic conjures sophisticated Web sites by Mike Heck, InfoWorld. 1996-04-15.
- ↑ Macromedia launched Backstage web development line, Computer Business Review. 1996-06-27.
- ↑ Macromedia Ships Backstage Products, Powerful Tools for Building Dynamic Web Sites, Macromedia. 1996-04-29. Archived 1999-09-10.
- ↑ Macromedia Ships Backstage Enterprise Studio, Powerful Tools for Building Database-Driven Web Sites, Macromedia. 1996-07-01. Archived 1999-08-19.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Why Adobe Doesn’t Understand Web Designers by Joshua Johnson, Design Shack. 2011-08-08.
- ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
External links[]
- IBAND Trademark Information at Trademarkia
- iBand at the Macromedia Wiki