About Us
Curbstone Corporation was incorporated in 2002 to focus on the IBM Midrange market.
The Founder of Curbstone, Ira Chandler, has been a programmer and software architect for over 35 years. His AS/400-i software accomplishments include the following:
1991 – Sold and Implemented First AS/400™ for State of Georgia
1992 – First Commercial AS/400 Full Duplex Serial Software
1993 – First Commercial AS/400 Credit Card Software
1996 – First Commercial AS/400 Full Duplex Sockets Middleware
1996 – First Commercial AS/400 Card Software with Encryption
1999 – ROI Acquires GO Software from Network Commerce
2000 – Takes ROI Corporation Public
2002 – Ira leaves ROI to focus on IBM Midrange at Curbstone Corporation
2004 – ROI and GO sold to Verifone
2005 – Released Curbstone Card, 4th Generation Card Middleware
2005 – Curbstone Card First Validated by Visa/PCI as Secure
2006 – Selected by IBM for “System i Developers’ RoadMap”
2008 – First AS/400 Free Native PHP App (Mantis400.com)
2008 – First AS/400 PHP Application (Shopping Cart Pipeline)
2009 – Passed 250 Licensed Curbstone Card™ Customers
Under his guidance, Curbstone has grown to be the largest software company in Greater Metropolitan Ball Ground, Georgia, population ~765.
CURBSTONE QUALIFICATIONS
IBM Advanced level Business Partner
Member IBM "Partnerworld for Developers"
Curbstone Card is on the IBM "Developer Roadmap"
Curbstone Card is validated by PCI as secure
Curbstone Card won the B2B Silver "Product of the Year" in 2004
BUSINESS MODEL
Focus exclusively on the IBM Midrange - i-Series, Power i
Sell perpetual licenses to highly versatile "off-the-shelf" "shrink-wrapped" software
Provide UNLIMITED 24x7x365 technical and operational support by Annual Agreement
Do not participate in transaction fees, in fact, work to reduce them for the merchant
Do not accept commissions/payments from processors on merchants' transaction fees
Delight customers with timely, effective support and secure, reliable software!
