Trellix
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Trellix was a software company whose various software offerings allowed web users to set up personal websites with the use of online publishing tools. Located in Concord, Massachusetts, the company was founded in 1997 and was purchased by Interland (now owned by Web.com) in 2004.
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[edit] Trellix Web
Founded in 1997 by software pioneer Dan Bricklin, Trellix's first product was Trellix, a program designed to allow companies to develop and manage information on corporate intranets. Many users of the program desired to use this same idea to create personal websites. This led to the creation of Trellix Web (codenamed Brooklyn), a downloadable, client-based software tool. Trellix offered two versions of Trellix Web software: a free version which would publish only to specific web publishers with which Trellix had arranged business deals, and a paid version which would publish anywhere. Dozens of co-branded versions of the free Trellix Web software were released for various business partners, the most popular of which was included with Dell and HP computers.
[edit] Trellix Web Express
In 2001, Trellix developed Trellix Web Express, a web-based version of the Trellix Web software, based in part on software purchased from Lycos's Tripod.com division. (This deal was structured such that Tripod, at the time one of the largest homepage providers online, would be the initial licensee of the new product.) Utilizing JavaScript and allowing published changes to be seen in real-time, Trellix Web Express was designed to be easy-to-use without having to download a fairly large client program. Some free web portals still use Trellix Web Express, although it is often co-branded to remove the Trellix name from the product. Eventually, Trellix completely abandoned development of Trellix Web in favor of Trellix Web Express, selling the rights to Trellix Web software to GlobalSCAPE, which currently sells the product under the name CuteSITE Builder.
At its peak, Trellix developed the Web Express product in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. However, work on the non-English versions was not profitable and was discontinued after the 3.x release.
Trellix also licensed the rights to Blogger, a popular blog-development tool, in April of 2001.
[edit] Interland
In 2003, web hosting company Interland, which changed its name to Web.com, purchased Trellix, and continues to use the patented product today.
