In 2001, the two of us decided to establish iOmniscient, after both of us left DEC which had become Compaq and was soon to become HP. Originally there were four founding members but two decided to leave when they realized the size of the investment which was required to bring this very new technology of artificial intelligence to market. This was not unreasonable as we were pioneers in this field and we had to not just sell to the market, but to educate it and in fact create it.Our technology was initially based on research from an Australian Government sponsored Research Group since the early 1990s. Once we acquired the intellectual property we discovered there was a lot to be done in terms of productizing it. In 2004 we launched our first product and it took us to 2007 to begin to get good traction.98% of start-ups fail after 5 years. The fact that we have been operating for over ten years is a credit to all our partners, resellers and customers who have believed, worked with and grown with us. more... See more text