Harman Connected Services
Harman International Industries | |
Website | Harman.com |
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Harman Connected Services, often abbreviated to HCS, is an American software company which is a subsidiary of
On January 22, 2015, Harman acquired Symphony Teleca from the
History
Early history
Teleca was founded in 1992 by a team of
In early 2000, it was acquired by Sigma AB, a leading Swedish engineering services business, and became its UK subsidiary.[citation needed] Following the takeover, Teleca expanded their workforce from 2,500 across Europe into a number of countries including Łódź, Poland and Seoul, South Korea.[citation needed]
Teleca then acquired Telma Soft in 2006, a Russian-based software company. Over the next two years, Teleca opened a number of different locations up in both India and China.[3]
In 2013, the company had 9000+ employees in 35 countries with the largest number of employees in India spread across many locations, including Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon and Chennai.[citation needed]
Symphony ownership
Symphony services was founded in 2002 with initial financial support from Romesh T. Wadhwani, Chairman, CEO and founder of Symphony Technology Group. In 2003, Symphony raised growth capital from TH Lee Putnam Ventures. In 2004, Symphony Services purchased Stonehouse Technologies for $6.7 million.[5]
In 2010, Symphony Services acquired Proteans Software Solutions,[6] an Indian company engaged in providing software engineering services to the small and medium ISV space; followed by CoreObjects Software Inc,[7][8] a Los Angeles–based company specializes in embedded product development for technology companies.
In 2011, Symphony Services acquired JPC Software, an Argentina entity that offers IT solutions, consulting and support services based in Buenos Aires.[9]
In 2012, Symphony Services Corporation merged with Teleca, creating Symphony Teleca Corporation with a focus to help clients manage the global convergence of software, the cloud, and mobility. Following the purchase of Teleca, Symphony became Symphony Teleca and part of the Symphony Services division. The new services division focused on software product engineering
On 10 April 2014, Symphony Teleca announced that they would be acquiring Aditi Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, Sanjay Dhawan took over as CEO and Pradeep Rathinam was appointed as Aditi's president. Aditi subsequently became an independent business unit of Symphony Teleca.[citation needed]
Harman Connected Services
In 2015, it was announced that
As well as Symphony Teleca, Harman also acquired
Collectively, the acquired companies were merged to form Harman Connected Services. Its
Global locations
Geographies | Offices |
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Europe | Malmö (Sweden); Tampere, Oulu (Finland); Richmond, Reading (UK); Bochum, Nuremberg (Germany); Nizhny Novgorod (Russia); Łódź (Poland) |
Americas | Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
United States | |
Asia | Seoul (Korea); Beijing, Chengdu (China); Pune, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore (India); Tokyo (Japan) |
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Teleca Chengdu
Certifications
- ISO 9001:2008[18]
References
- ^ Constantinoiu, Marina (15 February 2023). "Ferrari puts Israel-made Harman components in the cabin". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Sigma continues its major focus on Wireless - acquires Teleca in the U.K. with a workforce of 130 employees". Cision. 14 April 2000.
- ^ a b "Teleca's Russian legal entity renamed". Cision. 10 November 2009.
- ^ "Symphony Technology Group buys equity stake in Teleca from Danir AB and Konstantin Caliacmanis". Cision. 12 February 2008.
- ^ "Symphony Services Acquires Stonehouse Technologies; Combined Offering Will Further Assist Clients To Identify, Manage and Minimize Indirect Telecommunications Spend". Business Wire. 17 September 2004.
- ^ "Symphony Services buys Proteans". The Hindu Business Line.
- ^ "Symphony Services acquires CoreObjects". Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ BS Reporter (9 September 2010). "Symphony Services acquires US firm".
- ^ Symphony buys Argentina firm JPC Software | Business Line. Thehindubusinessline.com (2011-11-02). Retrieved on 2013-12-08.
- ^ "Symphony Teleca Corporation: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
- ^ Symphony Service Corp. | Company profile from Hoover's
- ^ "Harman acquires Romesh Wadhwani group's Symphony Teleca for $780mn". Business Standard. 24 January 2015.
- ^ Mondalek, Alexandra (22 January 2015). "Harman Spending Almost $1 Billion on Software Acquisitions". Bloomberg.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (22 January 2015). "Harman Buys Symphony Teleca For At Least $780M And Red Bend For $170M". TechCrunch.
- ^ Rabi, Idan (22 January 2015). "Harman acquires Red Bend Software for $200m". Globes.
- ^ "Harman acquires Israeli co TowerSec for $70m". Globes. 6 January 2016.
- AdAge. 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Case Study from WGSigma". Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
Further reading
External links
- Symphony SMS - Telecom Expense Management - TEMS.
- EFYTimes.com, May 27, 2010 - Inauguration of Teleca India's new premises
- February 15, 2010 - Teleca's collaboration with Imagination Technologies to bring optimized technology for Adobe Flash and Flash Lite[permanent dead link]
- February 10, 2010 - Teleca's partner SVOX and what they exhibited in Teleca's stand at Mobile World Congress[permanent dead link]
- TMCnet.com, February 10, 2010 - Teleca's partnership agreement with Antix
- Dr. Dobb's, December 19, 2009 - Article by Teleca's Andrew Till about avoiding open source pitfalls
- February 13, 2009 - Article about Teleca's partnership with TAT in Swedish daily[permanent dead link]
- SOA World Magazine, February 10, 2009 - Article about Teleca's work to enable Android for CDMA phone market Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine