Telelogic
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| Type | Private (acquired by IBM) |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters |  Malmö Sweden |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Anders Lidbeck (President & CEO) Bo Dimert (Chairman of the Board) |
| Industry | Software services |
| Services | Business Process Optimization Application Lifecycle Management Model Driven Development |
| Revenue | 1,524.9 SEK million FY 2006 |
| Employees | 1,237 (Dec 2007) |
| Parent | IBM |
| Website | http://www.telelogic.com |
Telelogic AB was a global software and services company headquartered in Malmö, Sweden. Telelogic was founded in 1983 as a research and development arm of Televerket, the Swedish department of telecom (now part of TeliaSonera). It has now been acquired by IBM Rational, and exists under the IBM software group. [1].
Telelogic had operations in 22 countries and had been publicly traded since 1999. On June 11, 2007, IBM announced that it had made a cash offer to acquire Telelogic [2]. On August 29, 2007, the European Union opened an investigation [3] into the acquisition. On March 5, 2008, European regulators approved the acquisition of Telelogic by the Swedish IBM subsidiary Watchtower AB [4]. On April 28, 2008, IBM completed its purchase of Telelogic[5].
[edit] Former Products
- Focal Point - System for management of product portfolios.
- DOORS - Requirements tracking tool.
- System Architect - Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture modeling tool.
- Tau - UML modeling tool.
- Synergy - Task-based version control and configuration management system.
- Rhapsody - Systems engineering and executable UML modeling tool.
- DocExpress - Technical documentation tool.
Most of these products have been continued under IBM's Rational Software division in the systems engineering and Product lifecycle management(PLM) solutions software line.
[edit] Acquisitions
Telelogic has acquired the following companies from 2000 and onwards.
| Date of announcement | Company Name | Type of business |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2006 | I-Logix | Embedded modeling |
| Apr 18, 2005 | Popkin Software | Provider of enterprise architecture tools |
| Apr 13, 2005 | Focal Point | Provider of requirements analysis |
| Dec 16, 2000 | ATA | Provider of project documentation & reporting tools |
| Sep 20, 2000 | Continuus | Change & configuration management tools provider |
| Aug 8, 2000 | Quality Systems & Software (QSS) | Requirements Management tools and consultancy provider |
| Jun 19, 2000 | Devisor | Finnish consultant company |
| May 30, 2000 | Certeam | Swedish consultant company |
| Mar 9, 2000 | COOL:Jex | UML analysis & modeling tool |
[edit] References
- ^ IBM (2008-04-03) (html). IBM Completes Acquisition of Telelogic AB. Press release. http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23792.wss. Retrieved on 2009-05-29.
- ^ Telelogic AB (2007-06-11) (PDF). Telelogic’s Board of Directors recommends the offer from IBM. Press release. http://wpy.observer.se/wpyfs/00/00/00/00/00/0A/0A/0D/wkr0010.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
- ^ "EUROPA - Competition - Cases from 4700 to 4749". http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/index/m94.html#m_4747. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
- ^ EUROPA (2008-05-03). Rapid - Press Releases - EUROPA. Press release. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/387. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
- ^ "IBM Acquires Telelogic". CXO Today (ITNation India Pvt. Ltd.). Apr 28, 2008. http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/IBM_Acquires_Telelogic/551-88862-908.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
