TomorrowNow

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TomorrowNow
IndustrySoftware
FateClosed by owner SAP
Founded1998
Defunct2007
Headquarters Bryan, Texas
Key people
Andrew Nelson, Seth Ravin

TomorrowNow was founded in December 1998 by Andrew Nelson and Seth Ravin, [1] to provide upgrade and technical service to PeopleSoft licensees with large, complex environments. In March 2002, the company changed its business to focus on providing third-party maintenance and support service to companies licensing enterprise software.

In January 2005, TomorrowNow was purchased by SAP AG, a competitor of PeopleSoft and of Oracle Corporation, which purchased PeopleSoft in 2005. In 2008 SAP closed the company because of a lawsuit by Oracle. [2] Andrew Nelson and most senior managers had already resigned in 2007. [3]

On November 23, 2010, TomorrowNow was found liable for copyright infringement and SAP AG was ordered to pay $1.3 billion to Oracle Corp. That sum was later slashed to $272m on appeal. A further fine of $20 million was revealed on the 14th September 2011. [4]

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References

  1. Marc Parry (February 28, 2010). "A Small Company, Promising Major Savings on Vital Software, Lures Colleges". Chronicle of Higher Education.
  2. http://www.tnlawsuit.com/
  3. Stacy Cowley (November 19, 2007). "Top Managers Quit At SAP's TomorrowNow, Sale Possible". ChannelWeb.
  4. Clark, Nick (14 September 2011). "SAP pays Oracle $20m for illegal downloading of software". The Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2011.