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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Key people | Amyn Rajan, President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Products | SimbaEngine ODBC SDK, SimbaProvider OLAP SDK, RelationalCube, SimbaO2X |
| Website | www.simba.com |
Simba Technologies is a supplier of standards-based data access solutions located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Simba Technologies specializes in connectivity for ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) and XML for Analysis (XMLA). The company’s products include a JDBC/ODBC
Simba Technologies customers include Microsoft, Hyperion Solutions, MIS AG, SAP AG and Descisys.
Products
Primary Products Include:
- SimbaEngine ODBC SDK: Companies can build an ODBC Driver, JDBC Driver, OLE DB Driver, or ADO.NET data Provider to any data source
- SimbaProvider OLAP SDK: Companies can build an OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) Provider or a XML for Analysis (XMLA) Provider to any multi-dimensional data source
- Relational Cube: ODBC/JDBC/SQL access for a MDX data cube
- SimbaO2X: Connects OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) to a XML for Analysis Provider/Server
Simba history
- 1991 - Simba Technologies is founded in Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington
- 1992 - Microsoft partners with Simba to develop ODBC
- 1993 - Microsoft puts Simba technology on 30 million desktops.
- 1993 - Digital and Oracle partner with Simba
- 1993 - First to ship complete software development kits for ODBC drivers
- 1994 - Attachmate and Liant join with Simba to create legacy data solutions. Simba focuses on connectivity solutions
- 1995 - Pioneers server-based ODBC. ODBC solutions for the UNIX market are delivered to customers
- 1996 - 100th customer signed
- 1997 - The first "100% Pure Java" JDBC driver created
- 1998 - The first to deliver native OLE DB and OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) toolkits
- 1999 - Host and sponsor of the first-ever industry event InterOperate '99 in which, 16 leading OLAP server and application vendors performed interoperability testing, technical and marketing brainshare.
- 1999 - Appointed Chair of the MDX Conformance SIG of the Analytical Solutions Forum (ASF)
- 2000 - SimbaEngine SDK 5.5 and SimbaProvider for OLAP SDK 2.0 released.
- 2000 - Simba and Orbital Technologies Inc. form an alliance
- 2001 - SimbaEngine SDK 6.0 and SimbaEngine SDK 6.1 released.
- 2001 - SimbaLab is launched as a result of the success of InterOperate '99
- 2002 - SimbaEngine SDK 6.2 and SimbaProvider for OLAP SDK 2.5 released.
- 2002 - XML for Analysis InterOperate Workshop hosted
- 2003 - SimbaEngine SDK 7.0 and SimbaProvider SDK 3.0 released.
- 2003 - XML for Analysis InterOperate Workshop II hosted.
- 2004 - SimbaEngine SDK 7.2, SimbaEngine SDK 7.3 and SimbaProvider SDK 3.1 released.
- 2005 - SimbaEngine SDK 7.4 released.
- 2006 - SimbaProvider SDK 3.5 and SimbaEngine SDK 7.5 released
- 2007 - SimbaEngine SDK 7.5.2, SimbaLib SDK 8.0, SimbaProvider SDK 4.0 and SimbaProvider SDK 4.1 released. SimbaProvider SDK 4.0 includes the only MDX 2005 language compliant engine and parser outside of Microsoft. Simba's MDX 2005 technology is licensable for connectivity to the newest generation of multi-dimensional products from companies like Microsoft.
- 2008 - SimbaEngine SDK 7.6 released
- 2009 - SimbaProvider OLAP SDK 4.2 released
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