Hummingbird Smells Nectar In The Corporate Portal Market
L. Talarico - January 22, 2001

Vendor Genesis

Fred Sorkin, Chairman & CEO, and Barry Litwin, President, founded Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSE: HUM) in 1984. The company began selling a PC-to-Unix connectivity product named Exceed in 1990. Exceed, which currently holds over 70% global market share in the PC-to-Unix connectivity market, fueled Hummingbird's growth in the early to mid 1990s. In 1995, growth in this market began to subside and Hummingbird started acquiring software vendors to move into other markets. The company's major acquisitions include the following:..