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.
