InsightBuilder® 2 has evolved substantially from its beginnings in 1999 as a simple database-driven publishing tool.  InsightBuilder is a product of Polar Design, a subsidiary of IMS LLC, an international marketing agency active in North America, Europe and the CIS since 1986.  Please visit www.polardesign.com to learn about Polar Design.

2002

November

• New InsightBuilder site launched (www.insightbuilder.net), demonstrating InsigthBuilder in use as well as providing online support for existing customers
• Fully featured, tested InsightBuilder 2 completed;
• Planning begins for mid-version updates (release due early 2003).

October

• InsightBuilder 2 deployed to the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville (www.unitedwaynashville.org) configured to deploy from within a firewall-protected LAN to a remote hosting server

September

• InsightBuilder 2 deployed to the Miller Center at the University of Virginia at www.americanpresidents.org with advanced Flash template management; with over 10,000 individual pages and a team of content contributors, this site demonstrates InsightBuilder's scalability.

August

• Commercial alpha complete and announced to the public

March

• Preliminary API developed

February

• InsightBuilder 2 design document and software architecture complete; Development moves out of prototyping and into coding of the alpha based on C++ as well as XML and XSLT support.

2001

October

• Polar Design signs additional InsightBuilder 1 clients
• InsightBuilder newsletter and message board modules completed

August

• Polar Design identifies underlying weaknesses in use of Java code in InsightBuilder, as well as new client needs ranging from interface design to multi-lingual support. Polar Design begins the extensive planning and software architecture process for InsightBuilder 2

July

• Small business hosted services, featuring affordable bundled hosting and content management, inaugurated with IPI Properties (www.ipiproperties.com)

March

• First InsightBuilder 1 client, inSilicon, deploys its web site; the site featured online an online product catalogue integrated with a secure product download system, community features such as a message board, and integration with existing legacy web software owned by inSilicon.

February

• Polar Design completes development of InsightBuilder 1, utilizing Java technology at the core.

2000

December

• Polar Design identifies new opportunities in publishing technology based on XML and XSLT technologies, and create initial Java prototypes based on the predecessor "Publicator."

November

• Polar Design and Meta agree to merge, adding a European sales presence as well as full-time multimedia and design team capable of advising content management customer on multimedia template authoring.

October

• Polar Design complete APlusStudent.com (www.aplusstudent.com) the first major web site and education portal powered by "Publicator."

July

• Polar Design completes development of InsightBuilder's precursor, "Publicator," a Windows NT compatible server-side ActiveX component designed to simplify content publication from a SQL 7.0 database.
• Polar Design begins work with Meta, a European multimedia design house based in Bratislava, Slovakia.

June

• Polar Design and D.i.P. agree to merge, adding a Moscow development and sales presence as well as technical team.

March

• Polar Design begins work with D.i.P., a Moscow, Russia software development house. The Polar Design and D.i.P. team evaluated content management trends and identified gaps in current technology, conceiving "Publicator," a Windows NT compatible solution

1999

November

• IMS, Inc., an international marketing firm with activities in North America, Europe and the CIS, forms Polar Design to complement its traditional marketing services with multimedia and technology, thus delivering comprehensive, wholistic solutions to global organizations.