PDC History
Once upon a time... there were three Danish electronic engineering students who got interested in the Prolog programming language. Based on their research on the Technical University of Denmark and a good deal of innovation they developed a Prolog compiler for PCs. Originally, Prolog was developed out of scientific curiosity for assignments that required artificial intelligence. But with this new perspective the possibility for a commercial interest appeared.
It appeared that the quality was so high that there was a foundation for establishing a company. The three engineers had developed a Prolog programming language that was compared with specialized Prolog mainframes made by the Japanese - in speed and performance the Japanese were overtaken by far.
Master Thesis Work Became a Living
So the three students founded a company, Prolog Development Center (PDC) and started out in a small apartment in Copenhagen. There, they matured PC Prolog while they were working on establishing a marketing cooperation. At an early stage they realized that the product had to be marketed by a company with the power and resources needed. They ended up signing an agreement with the successful American software vendor, Borland Inc. Borland marketed the system under the name of Turbo Prolog and due to their success PDC's Prolog system was sold all over the world. In 1990 PDC took over the marketing rights again and the software package is now called Visual Prolog.
Consultancy
The Prolog technology - especially the capability to efficiently deal with Rules - inspired PDC to start working with application development for planning and scheduling. Part of the inspiration came from challenge where others have said, that the scheduling was to complex to be computerized. In 1987 PDC started solving the first customer project and Scandinavian Airlines Systems became one of our first customers and partners.
In 1988 PDC started offering consultancy. Several solutions within decision support and planning have seen daylight since then. One of the greater business areas is aviation using PDC's technology for airport capacity planning, flight traffic control, staff scheduling, etc. Today, PDC is a leading IT supplier for the aviation business.
PDC stepped into the market for advanced planning solutions at a time where the market was just "wakening". But our advanced techniques and technologies have established PDC among the leading suppliers. PDC's image builds on our ability to create value for our clients through solutions that offer decision support based on overview, handling dynamic environments, assurance for compliance to all kinds of rules and regulations.
Today
Today PDC offers solutions for several lines of business: Airlines, Airports, manufacturing, retail, service and transportation business.