History

John De Lorenzo has been in the business world as an employee of many Fortune 500 companies (EDS, Dupont IEA, Delta Resources, Fairchild Camera & Instruments, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NY, Bankers Trust, Irving Trust, Revlon, and The NYC Transit Authority) from 1966 thru 1989, and as an independent systems consultant from 1970 to the present time.

John, as MIS Deputy Director for the NYC Transit Authority, discussing the possibilities of Personal Computers with Bill Stio, his Manager of Networking & Communications. John credits Bill with his inspiration, HomeBASE!.

In 1992, John De Lorenzo and his family spent a year in Manila, Philippines establishing an off-shore development office. Paulina, John's wife, joined The De Lorenzo Group and has assumed responsibility for Finance and Administration.

During that year, HomeBASE was featured on Good Morning Asia (GMA) -- an asian clone of Good Morning America. ¾ John De Lorenzo, CEO, The De Lorenzo Group, as seen via television news Special Edition on Good Morning Asia (GMA) on January 27, 1993.

Rico Hizon, GMA, gave us the international press we needed... "Long ago it was relatively easy to chose a computer and software. There simply weren't too many models and variets of programs around. However, over the past decade, the consumer has had to choose from a bewildering variety. Almost all of them good to excellent in quality. Escpecially with computer software, they come in all types from Lotus, Dbase, Wordstar, etc, In this day and age, computer firms have simplified matters with one software package. The De Lorenzo Group simplifies computer software with HomeBASE, a software package that integrates and incorporates all the programs that will cater to all you needs at home and at work....At work, HomeBASE makes you communicate with all the other computers in the office or other systems connected not within the geographical location. ...Many local vendors produce software that meets a part of a need. Even some of the international vendors are providing similar or stereo type software....Their approach towards towards computerization is geared to helping others learn while doing. They prepare lectures and lab sessions by evaluating the skills to be developed and needs to be fulfilled."

The De Lorenzo Group HomeBASE application suite was spun out from the early software application package efforts (originally begun for the DOS platform), and later ported to Windows.

Microsoft’s early hit products, Windows 3.1 and 3.11, advanced the state-of-the-art of computer applications in much the same way that Microsoft DOS refined computer use. Like Microsoft 3.x, Microsoft Windows 95 and WindowsNT 4.0 proved to be enormously popular, selling at an incredible rate.

By 1997, De Lorenzo knew that the HomeBASE product line required a major infusion of new technology. The DOS and Windows editions of HomeBASE were the most productive in the industry, but the world is rapidly moving to the Internet/Intranet. HomeBASE needed a new direction.

De Lorenzo believed that HomeBASE Windows edition could be of use on the Internet. Better yet, the "capability" of an automated port for HomeBASE was already possible.

Today, the Windows Edition represents the "Blue Ribbon" of The De Lorenzo Group Homebase. Later next year, both The De Lorenzo Group and HomeBASE are moving -- The De Lorenzo Group to Tuscon, AZ. and HomeBASE to the Internet Edition. Surely, these will be the new "Blue Ribbon!"

John De Lorenzo
311 East 37th Street
New York, NY 10016
(212) 213-2357
(212) 684-8137

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