Editing Versata (section)

=== Early years (1991–2000) ===
This company was founded in 1991 with the name '''Image Innovations'''; Naren Bakshi was co-founder and president, Kevin Fletcher Tweedy was vice president of technology, and they sold a development tool set named Image Application WorkBench that worked with [[Plex Systems|Plexus Software's]] imaging platform.<ref name=Booker>{{cite news |last1=Booker |first1=Ellis |title=4GL development tool targets images |url=https://archive.org/details/computerworld2622unse/ |access-date=April 15, 2025 |work=Computerworld |date=June 1, 1992 |page=61}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mazzola |first1=Jim |title=NCR Forms Alliance With Image Innovation Solutions |url=https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/ncr-forms-alliance-with-image-innovation/docview/447043106/se-2 |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=Business Wire |date=December 17, 1992}}</ref> 

In 1997, the company name changed to '''Vision Software'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Trademark Serial No. 74616757  |url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=74616757 |website=United States Patent and Trademark Office |publisher=USPTO |access-date=2025-04-13 |date=1994-12-30}}<br /><small>View <i>Documents</i> tab’s <i>Trademark Documents</i> to view correspondence that indicates first use on July 1, 1996.</small></ref> They sold a small suite of software: Vision Builder for accelerated coding;<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Bob |title=Vision Builder May Start Fires |url=https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/vision-builder-may-start-fires/docview/194312981/se-2 |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 15, 2025 |work=InfoWorld |date=April 22, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970511163251fw_/http://www.vision-soft.com/bld2.htm |archive-date=May 11, 1997}}</ref> and Vision StoryBoard Pro for creating software documentation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandak |first1=Ramesh |last2=Chandak |first2=Purshottam |title=Web Programming With Microsoft Tools 6 in 1 |date=1997 |publisher=Que Corporation |location=Indianapolis |isbn=0-7897-1215-6 |pages=176–177 |url=https://archive.org/details/webprogrammingwi00chan/ |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref> In 1998, their flagship product was a Java development tool named Vision JADE.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grehan |first1=Rick |title=Javatalk: Rapid Java Development |url=https://archive.org/details/199806_byte_magazine_vol_23_06_win98_road_map_pdf__mlib/ |access-date=16 April 2025 |work=Byte Magazine |date=June 1998 |pages=109-110}}</ref>

In January 2000, the company changed names again, this time to '''Versata''',<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Vision Software Renamed Versata, Inc. |url=https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/vision-software-renamed-versata-inc/docview/449443509/se-2 |url-access=subscription |date=January 5, 2000}}</ref> and their e-business automation system, Versata Logic Suite, had three components: Versata Logic Server to host business rules written in Java, Versata Studio for developing the business rules, and Versata Connectors for connecting the logic server to IBM database servers.<ref name=Zeichick>{{cite news |last1=Zeichick |first1=Alan |title=IBM Extends VisualAge for E-Business |url=https://archive.org/details/sdtimes005/ |access-date=16 April 2025 |work=SD Times |date=May 1, 2000 |page=19}}</ref>