Description ADVANCED BusinessLink (ABL) wants to help you develop all sorts of beneficial business ties that bind. The company develops software that customers use to integrate and manage legacy systems, including PCs, mainframes, and midrange computers. The company also offers consulting, maintenance, implementation, and systems integration services. Clients come from fields such as manufacturing, retail, health care, and consumer goods. ABL was founded in 1987 by CEO Chris Lategan and SVP Meri Lategan. Originally called ADVANCED Systems Development, the company was started as a custom software consultancy in Australia. It changed its name to ADVANCED BusinessLink and relocated its headquarters to Seattle in 1994.