Allaire Corporation

Allaire Corporation was a computer software software company that had developed ColdFusion, HomeSite, and JRun before being acquired by Macromedia.

History
Allaire was founded by Jeremy Allaire and Joseph J. Allaire in Minnesota, and was later headquartered in Cambridge, then Newton, Massachusetts. Allaire first released Cold Fusion 1.0 in 1995. In March 1997, Allaire acquired HomeSite, which became the foundation of ColdFusion Studio, an integrated development environment for the ColdFusion platform. On June 15, 1999, Allaire announced the acquisition of Live Software, the developer of JRun.

Macromedia absorbed Allaire Corporation through a merger that was completed on March 20, 2001. Jeremy Allaire became Chief Technology Officer of Macromedia from 2001 to 2003, and remained involved with the company as founder emeritus. Macromedia itself was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.



Legacy
Many of HomeSite's features were integrated into what became Adobe Dreamweaver, and Adobe ColdFusion remains available from Adobe to this day.