Allume Systems

"Aladdin Systems" redirects here. Not to be confused with Aladdin Enterprises or Aladdin Knowledge Systems.
Allume Systems
Founded1988

Allume Systems was a software developer, founded in 1988 by David Schargel and Jonathan Kahn in New York City as Aladdin Systems to develop, publish and distribute software for personal computers. Aladdin Systems was incorporated in January 1989.

In April 2004, the company was acquired by PC software publisher International Microcomputer Software Inc. (IMSI).[1][2][3] A few months later in July, the company was forced to change its name from Aladdin Systems as part of a settlement of a trademark lawsuit with Aladdin Knowledge Systems.[4][5] In 2005, Allume Systems was acquired by Smith Micro Software from IMSI.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "IMSI to acquire Aladdin Systems". Silicon Valley Business Journal. January 21, 2004.
  2. ^ Cohen, Peter (April 20, 2004). "IMSI completes Aladdin Systems acquisition". Macworld.
  3. ^ Engst, Adam C. (August 16, 2004). "Aladdin Purchased, Becomes Allume, Sponsors TidBITS". TidBITS.
  4. ^ "ALADDIN SYSTEMS CHANGES NAME TO ALLUME SYSTEMS". Allume Systems (Retrieved from the Internet Archive.). 2004-07-26. Archived from the original on 2005-12-02.
  5. ^ Cohen, Peter (July 30, 2004). "Aladdin renames itself Allume". Macworld.
  6. ^ "Smith Micro acquires Allume Systems". L.A. Biz. July 5, 2005.
  7. ^ Cohen, Peter (July 5, 2005). "Smith Micro acquires StuffIt maker Allume". Macworld.
  8. ^ Duncan, Geoff (July 11, 2005). "Smith Micro Acquires Allume". TidBITS.