Pitney Bowes Business Insight, formely known as Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Group 1 Software is a Location Intelligence / GIS company, headquartered in North Greenbush, New York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes.
MapInfo was founded in 1986 by Laszlo Bardos, Andrew Dressel, John Haller, Mike Marvin, and Sean O’Sullivan. The company originated as a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) incubator project. The original name was Navigational T...
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Pitney Bowes Business Insight, formely known as Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Group 1 Software is a Location Intelligence / GIS company, headquartered in North Greenbush, New York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes.
MapInfo was founded in 1986 by Laszlo Bardos, Andrew Dressel, John Haller, Mike Marvin, and Sean O’Sullivan. The company originated as a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) incubator project. The original name was Navigational Technologies Incorporated (NTI), and the first intended product was for in-car navigation.
MapInfo appeared at number 23 in Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500 in 1992.
MapInfo held an initial public offering (IPO) in 1994.
On March 15, 2007 Pitney Bowes entered into a merger agreement to acquire MapInfo Corporation for approximately $408 million in cash. Following the acquisition, MapInfo has changed its name to Pitney Bowes MapInfo Corporation.
On December 18, 2007 Pitney Bowes also acquired Encom Technology whose products include Encom Discover and...
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