User:Transitchris/Trapeze Software Group

Trapeze Software Inc., an operating company of Constellation Software Inc. (CSU:CA) is a technology provider headquartered in Toronto, Ontario Canada and has operating companies in North America, Eastern Europe, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Industries Served
Trapeze Software Inc. and its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development, installation and customization of software relating to public and paratransit operators, school transportation, justice, asset management, facilities management, law enforcement and agriculture.

Origins
Constellation Software Inc. is a provider of software and services to a select group of 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 builds vertical market software businesses that provide solutions for customers in those industries. The organization has more than 1,000 employees.

Acquisitions
1996	Merged with Online Data Products, Scottsdale AZ, a company focusing on paratransit software

1998	Acquired EcoTrans, entered school transit market

2000	Acquired Traffic Partners, Denmark, a leading European software provider for transport planning, operations, management

2001	Acquired Cerney Computer Services (UK), a leading provider of demand response software for community transport

2002	Acquired ATIS division of ManTech

2002	Acquired Multisystems Information Technology Group, a division of Multisystems, Inc.

2004	Created Trapeze ITS, a new division dedicated to providing intelligent transportation systems

2004	Acquired Public Transport Sector division of Anite, based in the United Kingdom

2005	Acquired AUSTRICS software and intellectual property from TransAdelaide, a public transport solution provider based in Australia

2005	Acquired Education Planning Solutions, a provider of planning software for school districts

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

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

2008   Acquired Cal Software

2008   Acquired Southern Computer Systems a privately-held company providing fleet management software solutions 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

2008   Acquired Assets and Liabilities from MAXIMUS

Platform
Trapeze’s point systems and enterprise solutions 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 Tranport) 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.