Zephyr Celebrates 25 Years in Business
(PRWEB) January 29, 2010 -- Zephyr is a highly respected developer of advanced terminal emulation and legacy application integration solutions for Microsoft Windows. Through its PASSPORT family of host access products,Zephyr provides connectivity services to leadiing organizations worldwide.
Founded in 1985, the employee owned company is debt free and consistently profitable. Over 90% of our revenue recurs annually and we maintain an almost 100% renewal rate for our license and support services.
Zephyr's clients are primarily found in the banking, insurance and financial sectors and include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Banco BPI (Portugal), Comerica, First National Bank (South Africa), Huntington Bank, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)(Germany), Liberty Mutual, Merchantil Banco (Venezuela), Nationwide Insurance, Progressive Insurance, U.S. Bank, Wachovia and many others.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas with international offices and distributors in the UK, Germany, Latin America and South Africa, Zephyr is a Microsoft Certified Solution Partner, a member of the Microsoft Developer Network, an IBM Partner in Development, a Cisco Enterprise Associate, a Citrix Premier Partner and a developer in good standing with many third party software companies.
So how long is 25 years? In 1985:
- Microsoft released the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0
- The average price of a house: $89,330
- Average annual income in the U.S.: $22,100
- Gallon of gas: $1.09
- U.S. President: Ronald Reagan
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average the year at 1198
- Interest rates would end the year at 10.75%
- "Like a Virgin" by Madonna started the year as the number one pop song (who knew she would be around so long?)
- The first "mobile phone" call was made in the UK
- The first .com registration is made
- The Euro is still 10 years away from being introduced
Will Zephyr still be around 25 years from now? Maybe. The mainframe was declared dead years ago and it's still going strong. Why not?
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