April
1996
Sovereign Hill Software, a spin-off company of UMass Amherst, is established through a contract with ACSIOM to commercialize the CIIR’s software (exclusive commercial rights to market InQuery search engine and related technologies).
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Sovereign Hill Software, a spin-off company of UMass Amherst, is established through a contract with ACSIOM to commercialize the CIIR’s software (exclusive commercial rights to market InQuery search engine and related technologies).