Raining Data (R) Corporation, formed with the 2000 merger of Pick Systems and Omnis Technology Corporation, provides Global 2000 organizations with data management and electronic business application development products. The systems are built on the open Pick data model, which handles a variety of data types. eXtensible Markup Language (XML) technology supports the integration of large enterprise data volumes. The firm is known for its TigerLogic (R) XML Data Management System, and its Pick D3 (R), mvEnterprise (R), and mvBase (R) Pick Universal Data Model (UDM) database management systems. The company's Omnis Studio (R) rapid application development (RAD) tool supports the creation of traditional, Web client, and thin client database applications. ePharma provides pharmaceutical companies with supply chain monitoring tools. The company also offers clients technical support services. Raining Data's technology is installed at 20,000 sites worldwide. Software is employed by over 500,000 end users. The firm's systems are used by organizations across the financial services, retail, health care, manufacturing, transportation, media, and education sectors. Raining Data has formed strategic partnerships with Microsoft (R) Corporation, IBM (R), Hewlett-Packard, and other firms. The company employs 150 people across four countries. It is listed on NASDAQ under the RDTA symbol. The firm had fiscal year 2004 revenues of $22 million. Raining Data is based in Irvine, California. It is a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Electronic Product Code Global Consortium (EPCglobal), and other technology standards development groups.