In 1991 they released the Concord XAL business application based on the XAL Developer environment. Concord XAL had an open source code that made the resellers and customers able to create improvements, verticals and modules. Concord XAL quickly became the standard accounting software for Danish market and got foothold in many other countries.
In 1994 “Big Blue” IBM and Damgaard partner 50/50 to create Damgaard International A/S to focus on the international markets.
Concord crossed the millennium with a world wide customer base of over 75.000 installation in 29 countries.
It is 1998! Britney Spears is asking you to “Hit her one more time” and Will Smith is “Gettin’ jiggy with it“.

The silver screen shows Armageddon and Saving Private Ryan, US congress passes the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Microsoft launches Windows 98 and in March this year IBM and Damgaard release “IBM Axapta” for the US and Danish markets. The first version of Axapta was mainly based on the Concord XAL business processes and covered Financial, Trade, Inventory management, Logistics and Production. It was created on a new and exciting object-oriented technology and was intended for midsize companies. It ran for the most part on Windows NT servers with Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, but also supported Oracle databases.
In November the same year, version 1.5 is released with support for Norway,Sweden, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the European Union. Service pack technology is introduces along with Publishing manager and support for MSSQL 7.0. Damgaard buys out IBM and get exclusive rights for the Axapta software and brand.
The silver screen shows Armageddon and Saving Private Ryan, US congress passes the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Microsoft launches Windows 98 and in March this year IBM and Damgaard release “IBM Axapta” for the US and Danish markets. The first version of Axapta was mainly based on the Concord XAL business processes and covered Financial, Trade, Inventory management, Logistics and Production. It was created on a new and exciting object-oriented technology and was intended for midsize companies. It ran for the most part on Windows NT servers with Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, but also supported Oracle databases.
In November the same year, version 1.5 is released with support for Norway,Sweden, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and the European Union. Service pack technology is introduces along with Publishing manager and support for MSSQL 7.0. Damgaard buys out IBM and get exclusive rights for the Axapta software and brand.