iXara Ltd started to explore cloud developments, and since 2016 both companies have been subsidiaries of Xara GmbH.Ītari ST and Acorn Archimedes development ĭissatisfied with the evolution of Acorn's product range, having 'stretched the BBC micro beyond the limit', Computer Concepts announced in late 1985 that the company would concentrate on development for the Atari ST, noting that its need for software was similar to that of the early days of the BBC Micro. the company name was changed to Xara, Ltd., in 1995, and later to The Xara Group, Ltd. It was originally called Computer Concepts, Ltd. It started by developing for various 8-bit systems, such as the Acorn Atom and BBC Micro.
The company was founded in 1981 by Charles Moir. It has developed software for a variety of computer platforms, in chronological order: the Acorn Atom, BBC Micro, Z88, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and more recently web browser-based services. Xara is an international software company founded in 1981, with an HQ in Berlin and development office in Hemel Hempstead, UK.
