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OpenLink Software Inc (founded 1992) is a software company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA. The company develops and deploys standards-compliant middleware products that cover:

Transparent access to SQL data sources via ODBC, JDBC, OLE-DB, ADO.NET, and XMLA drivers and data providers;
Enterprise Data Integration of heterogeneous SQL, XML, and RDF data sources;
Web Services Composition and Deployment;
Business Process Management and Integration.

OpenLink Software’s product catalog includes:

the OpenLink Universal Data Access (UDA) Suite comprising ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, ADO.NET, and XMLA Drivers and Data Providers, supporting all leading DBMS across all major hardware platforms and operating systems
the OpenLink Virtuoso Universal Server, available in both Open and Closed Source variations; a middleware and database engine hybrid that combines the functionality of a traditional RDBMS, ORDBMS, virtual database, RDF, XML, free-text, Web Application Server, and File Server functionality in a single server product offering
OpenLink Data Spaces, a Distributed Collaborative Web Application Platform, Social Network and Content Management System written using VSP, VSPX, JSP, and Ajax, running atop OpenLink Virtuoso
the OpenLink AJAX Toolkit (OAT), a JavaScript-based toolkit for browser-independent Rich Internet Application development. It includes a rich collection of UI Widgets/Controls, Event Management System, and a truly platform independent Data Access Layer called AJAX Database Connectivity. OpenLink AJAX Toolkit is fully OpenAjax Alliance Conformant.
the OpenLink Data Explorer (ODE), a browser extension (currently available for Firefox with additional browser support to follow) that adds a new option to the Web User Agent functionality realm in the form of new main and context menu options for viewing Data Sources associated with Web Pages. Also available as a Web browser-controlled, server-side tool, included within OAT (above).