About Alphora

==Alphora Company Information==

Alphora was formed in 2000 as the tools division of a financial services software company. The division was built around the idea that most of the tasks inherent in the development of software are automatable. Over the years that followed, the company built the Dataphor product as an evolutionary next step beyond traditional application frameworks. In 2007, the founders of Alphora broke with the parent company to form [http://databaseconsultinggroup.com/|Database Consulting Group LLC], and subsequently acquired the Alphora name along with the Dataphor product. In order to promote adoption and development of the platform, Alphora is now hosting Dataphor as an open-source project under the [http://dataphor.org/License.ashx].

Alphora, now a part of Database Consulting Group LLC, provides distribution and support services for the Dataphor product, as well as hosting and sponsorship of the Dataphor open-source development community.

As a company, Alphora is committed to furthering the goal of automating application development by:
*Maintaining and supporting the Dataphor platform for commercial applications. 
*Encouraging the adoption and improvement of Dataphor through the Dataphor open-source initiative. 
*Facilitating community support for Dataphor by hosting discussion and support forums. 
*Advancing the state of software development through research and development of application automation technologies.

==Contact Information==

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 PO Box 971144{BR}
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 1-801-783-3766{BR}
 Fax  1-801-228-2446{BR}
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