Origins

Constellation Software Inc. is a provider of software and services to public and private sector markets. The Company operates in two business segments: the public sector segment, which includes businesses focusing upon government and government-related customers, and the private sector segment, which includes businesses focusing upon commercial customers. Founded in 1995, Constellation has 13,000 employees spread over 6 operating segments.

Acquisitions

• 2013 Acquired Mentor Engineering Inc.^[1]
• 2011 Created Cultura Technologies, bringing together the acquired Agri-Food software businesses^[2]
• 2010 Acquired BMS Computer Solutions Ltd, a provider of software to the Agriculture industry^[3]
• 2010 Acquired AGRIS and ExtendAg product suites from John Deere Agri Services, Inc., a division of Deere & Company^[4]
• 2008 Acquired Assets and Liabilities from MAXIMUS^[5]
• 2008 Acquired Cal Software, including Kinross Software
• 2008 Acquired Southern Computer Systems a privately held company providing fleet management software to Local Authorities, bus companies and coach operators throughout the UK
• 2008 Acquired Solutions by Computer which provides business management software to the equipment, tool, and event rental industry^[6]
• 2007 Acquired the Fleet Runner solution suite from Data Futures
• 2007 Acquired Grampian Software Holdings Ltd in the UK adding Duty Allocation and Distillery Records and Management products to the Trapeze portfolio^[7]
• 2006 Acquired Action Information Management (AIM) an established leader in RTPI, ITS and PTI^[8]
• 2006 Acquired assets of Inovas and its product lines including VRT, EcoRoute Trainer (ert), Aerial Asset Survey, Pipe Inspect and Fusion
• 2005 Acquired AUSTRICS software and intellectual property from TransAdelaide, a public transport provider based in Australia^[9]
• 2005 Acquired Education Planning Solutions, a provider of planning software for school districts
• 2004 Created Trapeze ITS, a new division providing intelligent transportation systems
• 2004 Acquired Public Transport Sector division of Anite, based in the United Kingdom
• 2002 Acquired ATIS division of ManTech^[10]
• 2002 Acquired Multisystems Information Technology Group, a division of Multisystems, Inc.^[11]
• 2001 Acquired Cerney Computer Services (UK), a provider of demand response software for community transport^[12]
• 2000 Acquired Traffic Partners, Denmark, a European software provider for transport planning, operations, management^[13]
• 1998 Acquired Ecotran Corp, entered school transit market
• 1996 Merged with Online Data Products, Scottsdale AZ, a company focusing on paratransit software

Platform

Trapeze's point systems and enterprise started on the DOS platform and later moved over to the Windows platform. Trapeze has since created applications that can be accessed over the web.

Databases

Trapeze's applications leverage MS-SQL and Oracle database infrastructures to operate.

Product and services offering

Trapeze provides applications for the following areas of people transport.

Paratransit (Demand Response Transport) Scheduling System

Trapeze PASS is a scheduling and dispatching application developed to support the transportation management efforts of demand response transit services while following guidelines from the Americans with Disabilities Act. PASS can be used for client registration, trip booking, real-time scheduling, and dispatching. PASS integrates GIS mapping, enabling users to precisely geocode client addresses and destinations, calculate trip lengths and distances for accurate scheduling, and zoom in to view detailed information about the service area. The PASS system can be extended to include other modules for demand response management, such as coordinated transportation; eligibility certification, customer communication management; real-time vehicle location and mobile data communication;^[14] and Web and IVR interfaces for automated customer access. PASS can also be fully integrated with Trapeze planning and scheduling software.