About Datalogics
Datalogics was founded in 1967 in Chicago. We got our start in the "document technology" business early, developing one of the first computerized typesetting systems, and building editing workstations and software to drive them (ask us what "working under DURESS" really means). We participated in the ISO committee to standardize SGML, the forerunner of XML and HTML, and applied this knowledge in developing our DL Pager and DL Composer publishing systems. Since 1993 we've been working with Adobe, acting as the key channel for several of their PDF toolkits.
Today, from our downtown offices in the West Loop, we support hundreds of customers worldwide who are using our technology in diverse mission-critical applications.
Over the past forty years, technology has changed dramatically, but our core values haven't: we remain deeply committed to supporting our customers and staying technically-focused to provide them the best possible products and services.
Timeline
| 1967 | Datalogics founded as a general programming consulting company. |
| 1972 | Forerunner to DL Pager, named PHRED, released. |
| 1980 | First reference publishing system. |
| 1982 | First insurance publishing system; first financial publishing system; relational database retrieval engine integrated into applications. |
| 1983 | WriterStation SGML editor released. |
| 1988 | Department dedicated to SGML Services established. |
| 1991 | First version of DL Composer released. |
| 1992 | DL celebrates 25th Anniversary. |
| 1993 | Datalogics is purchased by Frame Technology Corporation of San Jose, California and operated first as a wholly owned subsidiary, then as the Advanced Products Division of Frame. |
| 1995 | DL again changes ownership as part of the Adobe Systems Inc. acquisition of Frame. |
| 1996 | Adobe Ventures invests in Datalogics, re-incorporation under its original name occurs, and the new Datalogics emerges as a privately held, independent entity. |
| 1997 | FrameLink integration between Adobe FrameMaker and Documentum released. |
| 1998 | DL Formatter variable data solution released; DL Pager released for Windows NT. |
| 1999 | DL provides Adobe PDF Library on IBM MVS and AS/400 platforms. |
| 2000 | First web-based print on demand solution installed. |
| 2001 | NexPress selects Datalogics as supplier of variable data software for their new NexPress 2100 digital press. DL Formatter available on Macintosh. PDF Output added to DL Composer. |
| 2002 | DL Pager available on Solaris with AFP output. DL Composer available on Windows NT with PDF output. |
| 2003 | Datalogics releases the DL-100 and DL-1000 variable data composition tools for Adobe Acrobat. DL signs 50th OEM customer. |
| 2004 | Adobe selects Datalogics to distribute and support PDF JobReady (formerly PDF Transit). DL sells the assets and technologies of the DL Formatter business to Printable Technologies Inc. |
| 2005 | DL signs 100th OEM customer. DL makes 64-bit PDF Library available for SUN Solaris and HP-UX (Itanium and RISC). Adobe PDF JobReady servers now available on Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X. |
| 2006 | DL ports the Adobe PDF Library to MacIntel and Windows 64-bit platforms. | 2007 | DL signs its 200th OEM customer and celebrates its 40th anniversary. | 2008 | DL releases Datalogics Enhancements (DLE) to the PDF Library which includes .NET and Java interfaces. |