Object Design was founded by several former Symbolics employees, including Daniel Weinreb, and was based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
1 on Inc. magazine's list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.[1] A major early customer was Telstra, which used it to map toll-free telephone numbers to an end point close to the caller, for example a local taxi company or chain restaurant.
[3] In 1999, ODI shipped its eXcelon XML application development environment, which it marketed as an "integration server".
[4] In January 2000, ODI was renamed eXcelon and focused its marketing on XML integration software.
As part of the deal, ObjectStore moved to a separate operating subsidiary of ESW Capital.