Intergraph Explained

Intergraph Corporation
Type:Subsidiary
Key People:Ola Rollén, CEO
Mattias Stenberg, President, Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI)
Steven Cost, President, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure
Mladen Stojic, President, Hexagon Geospatial
Industry:Software Geographic Information Systems[1]
Revenue:$808.4 million USD (2008)
Num Employees:4,000
Parent:Hexagon AB
Location:Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Intergraph Corporation was an American software development and services company, which now forms part of Hexagon AB. It provides enterprise engineering and geospatially powered software to businesses, governments, and organizations around the world, and operates through three divisions: Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI, formerly PPM), Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure, and Hexagon Geospatial. The company's headquarters is in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.[2]

In 2008, Intergraph was one of the one hundred largest software companies in the world.[3] In July 2010, Intergraph was acquired by Hexagon AB.

History

Intergraph was founded in 1969 as M&S Computing, Inc., by former IBM engineers JimMeadlock, his wife Nancy, Terry Schansman (the S of M&S), Keith Schonrock, andRobert Thurber who had been working with NASA and the U.S. Army in developing systems that would apply digital computing to real time missile guidance. The company was later renamed to Intergraph Corporation in 1980.[4]

One of Intergraph's major hardware projects was developing a line of workstations using the Clipper architecture created by Fairchild Semiconductor. Intergraph was one of only two companies to use the chips in a major product line. Intergraph developed their own version of UNIX for the architecture, which they called CLIX. In 1987, Intergraph bought the Fairchild division responsible for the chip.

In 1997, Intergraph began pursuing patent infringement litigation against Intel and other computer hardware manufacturers based on the intellectual property developed in Clipper. Intergraph negotiated major settlements with Intel,[5] HP,[6] Texas Instruments[7] and Gateway,[8] earning the company over $394M. In 2000, Intergraph exited the hardware business and became purely a software company. On July 21, 2000, it sold its Intense3D graphics accelerator division to 3Dlabs, and its workstation and server division to Silicon Graphics.[9]

On November 29, 2006, Intergraph was acquired by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman LLC, Texas Pacific Group and JMI Equity, making the company privately held. On October 28, 2010, Intergraph was acquired by Hexagon AB.[10] The transaction marks the return of Intergraph as part of a publicly traded company.

As part of the Hexagon acquisition, Hexagon moved the management of ERDAS, Inc. from under Leica Geosystems to Intergraph, and Z/I Imaging airborne imaging sensors from under Intergraph to Leica Geosystems.[11]

On December 2, 2013, the geospatial technology portfolio was split out from under the Intergraph Security, Government and Infrastructure division to form the Hexagon Geospatial division.[12] On October 13, 2015, the Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure division was rebranded as Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure.[13] On January 9, 2017, the Intergraph Government Solutions division was rebranded as Hexagon US Federal.[14]

On June 5, 2017, the Intergraph Process, Power & Marine division was rebranded as Hexagon PPM.[15]

On June 6, 2022, the Hexagon PPM division was rebranded as Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Intergraph Corporation company Profile. Dun & Bradstreet.
  2. Web site: Niccolai . James . 21 January 2005 . HP pays $141M to settle Intergraph lawsuit . 1 February 2024 . Computerworld.
  3. Web site: The World's Largest Software Companies. dead. Software Top 100. February 9, 2009. June 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170629144715/http://www.softwaretop100.org/.
  4. Web site: The Engineering Design Revolution: The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering . Weisberg . David . 2008 . Chapter 14 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191600/http://www.cadhistory.net/14%20Intergraph.pdf . 4 March 2016 . live . 26 June 2016.
  5. Web site: Intel settles Intergraph suit for $225 million . cnet.com . 2019-06-14 . Dawn . Kawamoto . 30 March 2004.
  6. Web site: HP pays $141M to settle Intergraph lawsuit . computerworld.com . 2019-06-14 . James . Niccolai . 21 January 2005.
  7. Web site: Intergraph Announces Settlement With Texas Instruments . businesswire.com . 2019-06-14 . 10 September 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200802040234/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030910005191/en/Intergraph-Announces-Settlement-Texas-Instruments-TI-Licenses . 2 August 2020.
  8. News: Intergraph, Gateway settle Pentium patent suit . . 2019-06-14 . John J . Spooner . 13 May 2004.
  9. Web site: SEC quarterly result mentioning the sales of graphic accelerator and computer activities . Secinfo.com . 2012-10-05.
  10. Web site: Hexagon AB - Press release. Cision Wire. 2010-10-25. dead. https://archive.today/20120729035011/http://www.cisionwire.com/hexagon/approvals-for-hexagon-s-acquisition-of-intergraph-obtained50071. 2012-07-29.
  11. Web site: Intergraph and ERDAS: From GeoMedia to IMAGINE-The Big and Little Picture for this Geospatial Marriage. 2013-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20130201124727/http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/intergraph-and-erdas-from-geomedia-to-imagine-the-big-and-little-pictu/182796. 2013-02-01. dead.
  12. Web site: Hexagon Announces Changes within Technology Division and New Appointments to Group Management. 2013-12-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140119045414/http://investors.hexagon.com/en/news-releases?afw_id=1300899. 2014-01-19.
  13. Web site: Intergraph SG&I Becomes Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure. 2015-10-13.
  14. Web site: Intergraph Government Solutions Announces Corporate Name Change to Hexagon US Federal. 2017-01-09.
  15. Web site: Hexagon PPM is the New Brand for Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine. 2017-06-05.
  16. Web site: Hexagon's Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division announces new name to better reflect expanded solutions portfolio . 2022-07-26 . hexagonppm.com . en.