History

1982

Automated Technology Associates (ATA) established in Indianapolis, USA, as a developer of high-performance software for manufacturing industry.

1983

ATA engineering team recognises the severe shortcomings of disk databases for high-performance systems and so designs an in-memory relational database called ATDB.

1984

Experience with in-memory relational databases exposes the need to develop a post-relational in-memory database. This offers vastly improved performance, scalability, reliability and efficiency. ERDB (Entity Related DataBase) developed and deployed as an embedded solution inside ATA's 900+ manufacturing installations.

1985

Benchmarks confirm ERDB as fastest database in the world.

1990

ERDB unbundled from ATA application suite and packaged as a stand-alone product for software developers.

1991

ATDB in-memory relational database now no longer required, having been surpassed by ERDB. ATDB rights sold to Hewlett-Packard, although ATA continues to support/transition existing ATDB customer base.

1993

ATA opens European subsidiary, based in UK.

1995

Hewlett-Packard signs first major Worldwide OEM agreement for ERDB. ERDB is built into a HP telecom network management solution. Several hundred systems sold to date, all running 24x7 with zero database failures.

1996

Major European mobile phone operator selects ERDB for all their mission-critical applications. To date, around 200 systems have been installed, running on a 24x7 unattended basis, with zero database failures.

1997

ERDB product name changed to Xcelerix.

1997

ATA spins off European subsidiary to become an independent distributor of ERDB plus a portfolio of other high-performance data management solutions from other companies. New company called Automated Technology Europe Ltd (ATE)

1998

ERDB/Xcelerix Patented.

2003

Version 9.0 of Xcelerix with SQL launched, combining the power and reliability of Xcelerix with the flexibility of traditional SQL databases.

2004

ATE acquires NexQL distributorship for Europe. NexQL is a high-performance query system for very large databases, measured in Terabytes or Petabytes. NexQL makes it possible to query a Petabyte database at the same speed as a Megabyte database.

2005

ATE acquires a minority stake in the Ancelus embedded database company. Ancelus is an extremely compact database with a tiny footprint requiring less than 20 Kb of overhead, so is ideal for embedded devices, but expandable to 2 billion tables/columns/rows, using a native 64-bit design.

2006

ATE appointed a distributor for the Crossroads range of data security systems. Crossroads systems make it possible to secure databases against unauthorised intrusion or misuse by authorised users.

2007

ATE changes name to Celeram, to better represent the wide spread of solutions offered. Name derived from 'Celera' (Latin for 'speed') and RAM (to represent the use of memory rather than disk in many of the solutions provided)