PKWARE, Inc.
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Ste. 400, Milwaukee, WI, U.S. |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Number of employees
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93 |
| Website | PKWARE.com |
PKWARE, Inc. is an enterprise software company founded in 1986, by Phil Katz, co-inventor of the ZIP standard. PKWARE provides encryption and data compression software used by thousands of organizations in banking, financial services, healthcare and government. Its ZIP innovations were a rallying point for early online bulletin board system and shareware communities.
.ZIP file format is introduced, first PKZIP version is released.
PKWARE acquires Ascent Solutions.
Awarded PC Magazine's Editors' Choice for data compression software.
PKWARE names new CEO, V. Miller Newton.
Phil Katz was granted a patent in September, 1991, for his efficient search functions used in the PKZIP compression process. In 2001 and 2005, PKWARE was awarded patents for patching technology used within PKZIP products. In 2005, PKWARE was awarded a patent for methods used to manage .ZIP files within the Windows file manager and Outlook. In total PKWARE holds four patents, has over fourteen pending patents and is referenced in over eighty patents.
PKWARE publishes an Application Note on the .ZIP file format. This Application Note ensures continued interoperability of the .ZIP file format for all users, The APPNOTE provides developers a general description and technical details of the .ZIP file storage specification.
ZIP Reader is a free Windows utility. Any ZIP file can be opened with the reader program, regardless of where it was created. To open an archive, the user can drag and drop the desired zip file over the program and it will extract. A second method is to simply select which file to extract from within the utility. An email address is required to download ZIP Reader from the PKWARE website.
PKPAK (formerly known as PKARC) is a software utility for MS-DOS systems that allows the compression (and decompression using the PKXARC/PKUNPAK utilities) of multiple files into the ARC file format.
PKZIP is a software utility that allows for the compression/decompression of multiple files and folders into a single archive. The name PKZIP comes from a combination of Phil Katz, the inventor, and ZIP, for the ZIP file format. Katz co-created the ZIP file format after a legal dispute with Software Enhancement Associates (SEA) over their ARC archiver. PKZIP was a faster alternative than ARC and was quickly adopted.
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