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ita software wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents ita software 3 languages العربية español اردو edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia travel industry software company acquired by google in 2011 ita software llc type subsidiary industry software travel founded 1996 30 years ago 1996 headquarters 5 cambridge center cambridge massachusetts key people jeremy wertheimer vice president travel gianni marostica commercial director travel products software number of employees 450 parent google website www itasoftware com ita software is a travel industry software division of google formerly an independent company in cambridge massachusetts the company was founded by jeremy wertheimer a computer scientist from the mit artificial intelligence laboratory with his partner richard aiken in 1996 1 on july 1 2010 ita agreed to be acquired by google on april 8 2011 the us department of justice approved the buyout as part of the agreement google was required to license ita software to other websites for five years 2 history edit ita s first product was an airfare search and pricing system called qpx this system has been and is used by travel companies such as bing travel cheaptickets kayak com and orbitz and by airlines such as alitalia american ana cape air delta air lines united airlines us airways and virgin atlantic ita also hosts its own airfare search website based on qpx called matrix although it is not possible to buy tickets from it 3 ita was known for using programming puzzles to attract and evaluate potential employees since 2001 some of these puzzles have appeared in ads on boston s mbta subway system ita is also one of the highest profile companies to base their software on common lisp 4 in january 2006 ita received 100 million in venture capital money from a syndicate of five investment firms led by battery ventures marking the largest investment in a software firm in new england in five years 5 in september 2006 ita announced a several million dollar deal with air canada 6 to develop a new computer reservations system to power its reservations inventory control seat availability check in and airport operations 7 in august 2009 air canada announced that the project had been suspended 8 in july 2010 google announced the acquisition of ita for 700 million in cash subject to doj review and approval 9 on april 8 2011 the us dept of justice and google reached an agreement in terms to allow the purchase and dismiss a potential antitrust lawsuit 10 on march 1 2012 google and cape air announced that cape air had migrated to ita software s passenger service system pss 11 one year later google announced that it was discontinuing the pss 12 in 2013 google started offering a simplified api to qpx called qpx express it was discontinued on april 10 2018 13 see also edit google flights list of global distribution systems computer reservation systems references edit edward hasbrouck the practical nomad blog july 12 2010 google buys ita software part 1 the back story nightly business report for friday april 8th 2011 pbs archived from the original on 2020 11 11 retrieved 2017 09 01 matrix ita software by google retrieved october 31 2017 lisp and ita software move airline travel to a higher altitude franz inc howe peter 2006 01 23 software firm gets 100m in backing the boston globe ita software signs deal with air canada the boston globe 2006 09 12 archived from the original on june 23 2012 general catalyst partners news archived 2007 09 27 at the wayback machine air canada suspends implementation of next gen polaris reservations system atw daily news aug 12 2009 facts about google s acquisition of ita software google com jul 1 2010 justice dept allows google to buy online travel company the washington post apr 8 2011 google is now in the pnr hosting business papersplease org mar 1 2012 dennis schaal google and ita software abandon airline reservations business skift may 15 2013 faq archived from the original on 2017 11 01 retrieved 2017 11 01 external links edit official website retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ita_software oldid 1359543818 categories 1996 establishments in massachusetts software companies based in massachusetts 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