Layered, Inc. Explained
| Layered, Inc. |
| Type: | Private |
| Fate: | Acquired by Peachtree Software |
| Location City: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Key People: | William Savoy, President |
| Industry: | Software |
| Products: | atOnce! |
| Num Employees: | 31 |
| Num Employees Year: | 1990 |
Layered, Inc., was an American software company based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company chiefly developed for Apple's Macintosh computer. At the time of its acquisition in 1990 by Peachtree Software, of Norcross, Georgia, Layered was considered the market leader in accounting software for the Mac,[1] with InfoWorld calling Layered "the Rolls-Royce of Macintosh accounting software".[2] It marketed the Insight Expert Accounting family of software in 1985 and atOnce! in 1989,[3] [4] the latter rebranded as Peachtree Accounting for Macintosh after the company's acquisition.[5]
Notes and References
- Staff writer . August 4, 1990 . Ga. Firm Acquires Layered, Inc. . Boston Globe . Boston Globe Newspaper . 6 . ProQuest . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106011803/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8185744.html . November 6, 2012.
- Morochove . Richard . October 20, 1986 . Layered Offers High-Class Accounting System . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 8 . 42 . 45 . Google Books.
- Burke . Steve . Christine McGeever . September 2, 1985 . Macworld Expo Starts Accounting Packages . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 7 . 35 . 10 . Google Books.
- Darrow . Barbara . May 15, 1989 . Layered Accounting Package Aims to Bring Automation to Small Businesses . InfoWorld . IDG Publications . 11 . 20 . 34 . Google Books.
- Book: Kent . Allen . James G. Williams . 1993 . Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Optical Disks to Production Scheduling . 13 . Taylor & Francis . 210 . 9780824727116 . Google Books.
