Ashland-based software mender merges with California-based company
Summary
Merger discussions came about earlier this year, after Corgibytes had been hired by C Infinity as a subcontractor for a project assisting a company in migrating from one software platform to another. The Corgibytes staff of eight have migrated over to the C Infinity team, with Ford working as a strategic technology adviser, focusing on product development. Ford said Corgibytes coined the term “mender” and the company hosts an annual conference called MenderCon, which will continue to be held. Given its youth and focus on internal growth, C Infinity CEO Chris Coughlan said a merger was not in the cards when he founded the company last year. “Especially because we’ve definitely seen from our current clients that the focus on application modernization or legacy code is something that they are very focused on right now, and we wanted to be responsive to that need.” Coughlan said C Infinity’s clients are mid-market, growth-stage companies or large enterprises in industries including media and entertainment, financial services, nonprofits, real estate, supply chain and logistics and manufacturing.