Infopop Corporation

Infopop Corporation, formerly known as Madrona Park, Inc., is an internet software firm based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1996, it moved to Seattle in 1999. Infopop was named one of the 35 "Best Places to Work" in Washington State by Seattle Magazine. It is privately held.

Products

Current Products

  • UBB.classic (formerly Ultimate Bulletin Board) - Infopop's original internet forum system written in Perl and using a flat file system.
  • UBB.threads (formerly WWWThreads) - A PHP/MySQL based internet forum system acquired by Infopop in 2001.
  • Infopop Web Hosting Service - Available in shared, dedicated, or clustered plans. Eve is included at no additional cost.
  • eve - A hosted Java/MySQL based community sytem that includes four modules:
    • UBB.x - A Java-based internet forum system first released in 2002 as a descendant of OpenTopic but used a MySQL database instead of Oracle. UBB.x became part of eve in January 2004.
    • Chime - A live chat room system that was launched with eve in January 2004.
    • Thrive - A payment system to allow premium memberships to an online community.
    • Private Web Directories - A system secure the contents/files on your website. Grant access to any users or groups via the Eve member management system.

Past Products

  • OpenTopic - A hosted Java/Oracle based internet forum system launched in 2000. The last version (3.1.0) was released in March 2004. OpenTopic has been replaced by eve.
  • buzzcast - An HTML e-mail campaign creator/list management service, launched in February 2002 and discontinued in August 2003.

Future Products

In the spring of 2005, Infopop will release a new PHP/MySQL based internet forum system that will replace UBB.classic and UBB.threads. The name of the new product has not yet been decided.

Management Team

Ted O'Neill - Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Rosemary O'Neill - President And Co-Founder

Lori Hope, CPA - VP, Chief Operating Officer

Michael Farris, Ph.D. - VP, Product Evangelist

Dave Dreezer - VP, UBB.classic, UBB.threads, & Web Hosting Manager

Barry Kaplan - Chief Technology Officer

Denise Fitzgerald - Customer Support Manager