Trapeze Software

Trapeze Software Inc. is a Canadian software company, specializing in intelligent transportation systems. It's product offerings include scheduling, route optimization, staffing asset management, and communication systems.

The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, and has offices across the United States, Canada, and other countries. It is a subsidiary of Constellation Software.

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

Acquisitions

 * 2013   Acquired Mentor Engineering Inc.
 * 2011   Created Cultura Technologies, bringing together the acquired Agri-Food software businesses
 * 2010   Acquired BMS Computer Solutions Ltd, a provider of software to the Agriculture industry
 * 2010   Acquired AGRIS and ExtendAg product suites from John Deere Agri Services, Inc., a division of Deere & Company
 * 2008   Acquired Assets and Liabilities from MAXIMUS
 * 2008   Acquired Cal Software, including Kinross Software
 * In 2008, 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
 * 2007	Acquired the Fleet Runner solution suite from Data Futures
 * 2007	Acquired Grampian Software Holdings Ltd in the UK adding Duty allocation, distillery records, and Distillery Records and Management products to the Trapeze portfolio
 * 2006: Acquired Action Information Management (AIM) an established leader in RTPI, ITS and PTI
 * 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
 * 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
 * 2002	Acquired Multisystems Information Technology Group, a division of Multisystems, Inc.
 * 2001	Acquired Cerney Computer Services (UK), a provider of demand response software for community transport
 * 2000	Acquired Traffic Partners, Denmark, a European software provider for transport planning, operations, management
 * 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 passenger 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, and Web and IVR interfaces for automated customer access. PASS can also be fully integrated with Trapeze planning and scheduling software.