in 1999 by e. alexander goldstein (ceo), dr dennis moreau (cto), louis woodhill (chairman) and alan sage (vp, worldwide sales) formed a company which they named fundamental software, inc. based in woodland park, colorado, the company was founded to purchase the intellectual property rights to london-based company serverware group plc's enterprise configuration manager network systems management product (with the british company taking a stake in the new start-up as part of the deal).