1996: Cloudscape Inc. formed to develop Java database technology 1997: First release of *JBMS* (relational database engine) 1998: JBMS is renamed *Cloudscape* 1999: Cloudscape Inc. is acquired by Informix Software 2001: Informix Software is acquired by IBM 2001 - 2004: IBM embeds Cloudscape into products such as WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Studio Application Developer, etc... 2004: Cloudscape source is contributed to the Apache Software Foundation as *Apache Derby*, an incubator project July 26, 2005: Apache Software Foundation Incubator Project Management Committee votes in favour of graduating Derby to a full sub-project of Apache DB!