# Intergraph

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American corporation

Intergraph Corporation Logo used from 2004 to 2010 Type Subsidiary Industry Software, Geographic Information Systems[1] Founded 1969; 57 years ago (1969) Headquarters Huntsville, Alabama, United States Key people Ola Rollén, CEO Mattias Stenberg, President, Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI) Steven Cost, President, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Mladen Stojic, President, Hexagon Geospatial Revenue $808.4 million USD (2008) Number of employees 4,000 Parent Hexagon AB Website hexagonppm.com

**Intergraph Corporation** was an American software development and services company, which now forms part of [Hexagon AB](/source/Hexagon_AB). It provides enterprise engineering and geospatially powered software to businesses, governments, and organizations around the world, and operates through three divisions: Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI, formerly PPM), Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure, and Hexagon Geospatial. The company's headquarters is in [Huntsville, Alabama](/source/Huntsville%2C_Alabama), United States.[2]

In 2008, Intergraph was one of the one hundred largest software companies in the world.[3] In July 2010, Intergraph was acquired by [Hexagon AB](/source/Hexagon_AB).

## History

M&S Computing exhibit at a trade show in 1978

Logo used from 1980 to 2004

Intergraph was founded in 1969 as **M&S Computing, Inc.**, by former [IBM](/source/IBM) engineers Jim Meadlock, his wife Nancy, Terry Schansman (the S of M&S), Keith Schonrock, and Robert Thurber who had been working with [NASA](/source/NASA) and the [U.S. Army](/source/U.S._Army) in developing systems that would apply [digital computing](/source/Digital_computing) to real time missile guidance. The company was later renamed to *Intergraph Corporation* in 1980.[4]

One of Intergraph's major hardware projects was developing a line of workstations using the [Clipper architecture](/source/Clipper_architecture) created by [Fairchild Semiconductor](/source/Fairchild_Semiconductor). Intergraph was one of only two companies to use the chips in a major product line. Intergraph developed its own version of [UNIX](/source/UNIX) for the architecture, which it called CLIX. In 1987, Intergraph bought the Fairchild division responsible for the chip.

In 1997, Intergraph began pursuing [patent infringement](/source/Patent_infringement) litigation against [Intel](/source/Intel) and other computer hardware manufacturers based on the intellectual property developed in Clipper. Intergraph negotiated major settlements with Intel,[5] [HP](/source/Hewlett-Packard),[6] [Texas Instruments](/source/Texas_Instruments)[7] and [Gateway](/source/Gateway%2C_Inc.),[8] earning the company over $394M. In 2000, Intergraph exited the hardware business and became purely a software company. On July 21, 2000, it sold its Intense3D graphics accelerator division to [3Dlabs](/source/3Dlabs), and its [workstation](/source/Workstation) and [server](/source/Server_(computing)) division to [Silicon Graphics](/source/Silicon_Graphics).[9]

On November 29, 2006, Intergraph was acquired by an investor group led by [Hellman & Friedman](/source/Hellman_%26_Friedman) LLC, [Texas Pacific Group](/source/Texas_Pacific_Group) and JMI Equity, making the company privately held. On October 28, 2010, Intergraph was acquired by [Hexagon AB](/source/Hexagon_AB).[10] The transaction marks the return of Intergraph as part of a publicly traded company.

As part of the Hexagon acquisition, Hexagon moved the management of ERDAS, Inc. from under [Leica Geosystems](/source/Leica_Geosystems) to Intergraph, and Z/I Imaging airborne imaging sensors from under Intergraph to Leica Geosystems.[11]

On December 2, 2013, the geospatial technology portfolio was split out from under the Intergraph Security, Government and Infrastructure division to form the Hexagon Geospatial division.[12] On October 13, 2015, the Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure division was rebranded as Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure.[13] On January 9, 2017, the Intergraph Government Solutions division was rebranded as Hexagon US Federal.[14]

On June 5, 2017, the Intergraph Process, Power & Marine division was rebranded as Hexagon PPM.[15]

On June 6, 2022, the Hexagon PPM division was rebranded as Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence.[16]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Intergraph Corporation company Profile"](https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.intergraph_corporation.210ed48b7ef1daaea5cc64999d1313da.html). Dun & Bradstreet.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Niccolai, James (January 21, 2005). ["HP pays $141M to settle Intergraph lawsuit"](https://www.computerworld.com/article/2568857/hp-pays--141m-to-settle-intergraph-lawsuit.html). *[Computerworld](/source/Computerworld)*. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The World's Largest Software Companies"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170629144715/http://www.softwaretop100.org/). *Software Top 100*. Archived from [the original](http://www.softwaretop100.org/) on June 29, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Weisberg, David (2008). ["The Engineering Design Revolution: The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering"](http://cadhistory.net/14%20Intergraph.pdf) (PDF). Chapter 14. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191600/http://www.cadhistory.net/14%20Intergraph.pdf) (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Kawamoto, Dawn (March 30, 2004). ["Intel settles Intergraph suit for $225 million"](https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-settles-intergraph-suit-for-225-million/). cnet.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Niccolai, James (January 21, 2005). ["HP pays $141M to settle Intergraph lawsuit"](https://www.computerworld.com/article/2568857/hp-pays--141m-to-settle-intergraph-lawsuit.html). computerworld.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Intergraph Announces Settlement With Texas Instruments"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200802040234/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030910005191/en/Intergraph-Announces-Settlement-Texas-Instruments-TI-Licenses). businesswire.com. September 10, 2003. Archived from [the original](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030910005191/en/Intergraph-Announces-Settlement-Texas-Instruments-TI-Licenses) on August 2, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Spooner, John J (May 13, 2004). ["Intergraph, Gateway settle Pentium patent suit"](https://www.zdnet.com/article/intergraph-gateway-settle-pentium-patent-suit/). *[ZDNet](/source/ZDNet)*. Retrieved June 14, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["SEC quarterly result mentioning the sales of graphic accelerator and computer activities"](http://www.secinfo.com/dAmt6.5j.htm). Secinfo.com. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Hexagon AB - Press release"](http://www.cisionwire.com/hexagon/approvals-for-hexagon-s-acquisition-of-intergraph-obtained50071). [Cision Wire](/source/Cision). Retrieved October 25, 2010.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Intergraph and ERDAS: From GeoMedia to IMAGINE-The Big and Little Picture for this Geospatial Marriage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130201124727/http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/intergraph-and-erdas-from-geomedia-to-imagine-the-big-and-little-pictu/182796). Archived from [the original](http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/intergraph-and-erdas-from-geomedia-to-imagine-the-big-and-little-pictu/182796) on February 1, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Hexagon Announces Changes within Technology Division and New Appointments to Group Management"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140119045414/http://investors.hexagon.com/en/news-releases?afw_id=1300899). Archived from [the original](http://investors.hexagon.com/en/news-releases?afw_id=1300899) on January 19, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Intergraph SG&I Becomes Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure"](http://www.hexagonsafetyinfrastructure.com/news-releases/intergraph-sgi-becomes-hexagon-safety-and-infrastructure). Retrieved October 13, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Intergraph Government Solutions Announces Corporate Name Change to Hexagon US Federal"](http://hexagonusfederal.com/about-us/news/hexagon-us-federal-announcement). Retrieved January 9, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Hexagon PPM is the New Brand for Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine"](https://hexagonppm.com/en/news/rebrand-to-hexagon-ppm). Retrieved June 5, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Hexagon's Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division announces new name to better reflect expanded solutions portfolio"](https://hexagonppm.com/resources/news/hexagons%20asset%20lifecycle%20intelligence). *hexagonppm.com*. Retrieved July 26, 2022.

## External links

[Official website](http://www.intergraph.com)

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