![1992](https://www.tomsawyer.com/hubfs/2021.02.09.0.AboutUs.Timeline.01A.png)
1992
We began in a small office in Berkeley. Though the nights were long and the menu was mostly takeout burritos, we developed our first graph layout algorithms and Tom Sawyer Software was born.
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Early 1990s
We introduced Hierarchical layout, Circular layout, Symmetric layout, and support for nested drawings. Plus, we launched Graph Layout Toolkit, a library of graph layout APIs.
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Late 1990s
We released Graph Editor Toolkit, the groundbreaking Orthogonal layout, and the first-ever incremental layout. We also received a NIST Advanced Technology Program Award for "Component-Based Software Technology Development."
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Early 2000s
We received a patent award for Labeling Graphical Features of Drawings, released the Graph Analysis Toolkit, and unified our graph rendering products as Tom Sawyer Visualization.
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Late 2000s
We opened a development center in Riga, Latvia and introduced Tom Sawyer Perspectives, a low-code graph and data visualization development platform.
![Early 2010s](https://www.tomsawyer.com/hubfs/2021.02.09.0.AboutUs.Timeline.06B.jpeg)
Early 2010s
We opened a development center in Mexico City. Perspectives advanced with support for composite node UIs and new map, timeline, and chart views. We also received Red Herring's Top 100 Global Award.
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Late 2010s
We released end-user applications: Model-Based Engineering, Business Process, and Graph Database Browser. We made our AWS Marketplace debut with Graph Database Browser.
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2019
We're passionate about the environment and avid recyclers so we were thrilled to go solar at our Berkeley office.
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2020
We opened up a third development center in Heraklion, Greece. Graph Database Browser was made available in AWS GovCloud (US) and we introduced Bundle layout and two-dimensional swimlanes.