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4D is a computer software company formed in 1984 by Laurent Ribardière.

4D develops, supports and markets two database solutions; 4D and Wakanda. The 4D software is designed to build native standalone or client-server applications for both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used by software developers of departmental as well as small and medium businesses applications. Wakanda, is designed for JavaScript development and is a deployment stack that includes WakandaDB, a NoSQL database, plus a development studio, a JavaScript framework and an HTTP server. Wakanda is used for the development of Web and mobile applications. Its server is available on Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. The supported mobile platforms are iPad, Iphone, and Android phones and tablets.

4D has subsidiary offices, distributors and resellers in 70 countries and currently employs about 130 people in six offices worldwide.

History

 * 4D was founded in 1984 under the name ACI by Laurent Ribardière
 * 1985, Introduction of Silver Surfer, the first graphical relational database management system.
 * By 1987 4D was the first RDBMS to operate in 32-bit.
 * 1993, Introduction of 4D server, the client/server version of 4th Dimension.
 * 1995, 4D adds support for the Microsoft Windows operating system in addition to the Apple Macintosh operating system.
 * In 1997 4D introduced support for the internet by integrating a Web application server, which allowed developers to serve both client/server and Web Applications without any coding changes.
 * In 2000 the company changed its name to 4D.
 * 2004, introduction of 4D 2004, the first product to allow developers to create standalone, client/server, web and Service Oriented Applications (SOA).
 * In 2012 4D introduced Wakanda, the first integrated development and deployment platform to create web and mobile applications in JavaScript.

Products
4D produces several database development tools and applications, mostly under the 4D name. They are generally split between development and deployment solutions. Deployment solutions are server, Web application servers (commercial and non-commercial), SQL Desktop and OEM Desktop; all variations intended for different markets. On June 28, 2012, the company released Wakanda, and WakandaDB, to create Web and mobile applications for the iPad, iPhone and Android platforms.

Current products are listed below

4D

 * 4D Developer Standard v13
 * 4D Developer Professional v13
 * 4D Team Developer Professional v13
 * 4D Server v13
 * 4D Web Application Server v13 - No Commercial
 * 4D Web Application Server v13 - Commercial
 * 4D SQL Desktop v13
 * 4D OEM Desktop v13

Wakanda

 * Wakanda Production Release

Official Websites

 * 4D — official website.
 * Wakanda — official website.