Datastorm Technologies

Datastorm Technologies, Inc., was a computer software company that existed from 1986 until 1996. Bruce Barkelew and Thomas Smith founded the company to develop and publish ProComm, a general purpose communications program for personal computers. ProComm flourished in the pre-World Wide Web world, when personal computers used modems to connect over telephone lines with other individual computers, online services such as CompuServe, bulletin board systems (BBSs), Telnet and Gopher sites, and the like. Datastorm was the first company to grow from a shareware publisher into a large commercial software publisher. ProComm 2.4.3 for MS-DOS is still available as shareware.

DataStorm Technologies Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryData transmission & Dial-up Internet access
Founded1986
Founders
  • Bruce Barkelew
  • Thomas Smith
Defunct1996
HeadquartersColumbia, Missouri, United States
Products
  • ProComm Plus-DOS
  • ProComm Plus-Windows
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