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| name = Aricent/Altran Americas |
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company_type = [[Private company|Private]]| |
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| logo = Aricent Logo (1).jpg |
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| type = Defunct Company (acquired by Altran) |
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foundation = 1991 (as [[Hughes Software System|HSS]])| |
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location = [[Palo Alto, California]], [[United States|USA]]| |
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| products = Product and service engineering (largely digital and software products and services) |
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key_people = [[Ashish (Ash) Bhardwaj]], CEO<br>[[Duncan Robertson]], CFO<br>[[Manoranjan Mohapatra]], Pres. & COO<br>[[Doreen Lorenzo]], Pres. & COO, [[frog design]]<br>[[Sanjay Dhawan]], EVP & CSO | |
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| num_employees = 10,000<ref>{{cite web |
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industry = [[Telecommunications|Communications]], [[Software Engineering]]| |
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products = [[Design|Design Services]], [[Research and development|R&D Services]], [[Telecommunications|Communications software]], [[Telecommunications network|Networking software]], [[Computer network |Data Communications software]], [[multimedia |Multimedia software]], [[Mobile software]], [[billing mediation platform|Billing Mediation software]] | |
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num_employees = ~6,700 (2006)<ref>{{cite web |
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homepage = [http://aricent.com/ aricent.com] |
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| foundation = 1985 (founding of Future Software Communications); 1991 (founding of Hughes Software Systems); merged after acquisition in 2004. |
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| defunct = 2019 |
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| location = [[Santa Clara, California]] and later [[New York, New York]] (USA)<br /> |
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[[Gurgaon, Haryana]] (India) |
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'''Aricent''' is a [[telecommunications|communication]]s [[software]] company, offering a portfolio of software [[services]] and [[products]] for the communications industry ([[POTS|wireline]], [[wireless]], [[cable]] and [[satellite]]). Aricent [[designs]], develops and [[maintain]]s software that enable communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers to create new products or services. <br><br> |
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Aricent, previously the software development and solutions business of [[Flextronics]] International Ltd., was launched following the acquisition of 85% of the business on September 4, 2006 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ([[KKR]])<ref>{{cite web |title=KKR Current Investments | publisher=KKR |url=http://www.kkr.com/investments/current-invest.html | accessdate=2006-10-26}} </ref> and [[Sequoia Capital]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Aricent - Sequoia Capital | publisher=Sequoia Capital | publisher=Sequoia | url=http://www.sequoiacap.com/company/aricent/ | accessdate=2006-10-26}} </ref> |
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. Flextronics retains 15% ownership. The transaction valued the entire business at approximately $900 million.<ref>{{cite web |
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Aricent is built on its predecessor, [[Hughes Software Systems]], which was established in 1991. The company became [[Flextronics Software Systems]] in 2004, when it and other companies were acquired by Flextronics. [[frog design]], a strategic, creative consulting firm, was acquired by Flextronics in 2004 and has been part of the software development and solutions business since the summer of 2005. frog design continues to operate as an independent division of Aricent. For almost four decades, frog design has identified emerging market opportunities and transformed ideas into products and services that billions of people experience every day. |
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'''Aricent''' was a global design and engineering services company. It was acquired by French-based company [[Altran]] in 2018 and renamed Altran North America in April 2019<ref name=au>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.aricent.com/about/overview|publisher=Aricent|access-date=May 28, 2016|date=27 February 2016|archive-date=28 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128012313/https://www.aricent.com/about/overview|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Altran Americas in early 2020. With Altran's acquisition by [[Capgemini]], the successors of Aricent are incorporated into [[Capgemini Engineering]] and to a lesser extent, Capgemini Invent. |
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==Corporate History== |
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Aricent was best known for developing telecom software which is used by telecom giants such as [[Cisco Systems]], [[Juniper Networks]], [[Nokia Networks]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise]], and [[Nortel]]. |
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[[Hughes Software Systems]] Limited (HSS), now Aricent, was originally incorporated in [[India]] on 30th December 1991 with [[Hughes Network Systems]] (HNS), a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation (HUGHES), USA as its principal shareholder. |
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==History== |
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[[HUGHES]], is a digital television entertainment, broadband services, satellite-based private business networks, and video and data broadcasting company. |
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Aricent is the successor to '''Hughes Software Systems''', which was established in 1991, as a subsidiary of [[Hughes Electronics]],<ref>{{cite web |title=KKR Current Investments |publisher=KKR |url=http://www.kkr.com/investments/current-invest.html |access-date=2006-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825033305/http://www.kkr.com/investments/current-invest.html |archive-date=2006-08-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with funding from [[Sequoia Capital]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Aricent - Sequoia Capital | publisher=Sequoia Capital | url=http://www.sequoiacap.com/company/aricent/ | access-date=2006-10-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061110065836/http://www.sequoiacap.com/company/aricent/| archive-date= 10 November 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aricent Debuts As Communications Software Pure Play |publisher=KKR |url=http://www.kkr.com/news/press_releases/2006/10-26-06.html |access-date=2006-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031224639/http://www.kkr.com/news/press_releases/2006/10-26-06.html |archive-date=2006-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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HNS, a unit of HUGHES, provides broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with over 400,000 systems installed in more than 85 countries. |
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* 1985: Future Software Communications founded by KV Ramani, a TCP/IP stack developer from India which will eventually merge with Hughes Software Systems.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dqindia.com/kv-ramani/ | title=KV Ramani }}</ref> |
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* 1991: Hughes Software Systems (HSS) founded by KV Ramani in [[Nehru Place]], [[New Delhi]] to develop software solutions in the areas of VSAT-based networks for voice and data, cellular wireless telephony, packet switching, and multi-protocol routing. Pioneered the development of Protocol Stacks.<ref>{{cite news|title=Flextronics takes over FutureSoft |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/27/stories/2004082703941500.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118023538/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/27/stories/2004082703941500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 August 2004}}</ref> |
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* 2004: Flextronics bought HSS to form Flextronics Software Systems and merged with Future Software headquartered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/blog/kv-ramani-founder-future-software-pvt-ltd-and-ex-chairman-nasscom-on-entrepreneurship-and-successful-business-models|title=KV Ramani, Founder, Future Software Pvt Ltd and Ex Chairman, NASSCOM on 'Entrepreneurship and successful business models' |date=24 June 2010 |publisher=Great Lakes Institute of Management}}</ref> Acquired [[Frog Design]] for approximately $25 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=One Great Leap for Frog Design|work=BusinessWeek|url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2006/id20060419_040862.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421132853/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2006/id20060419_040862.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2006|access-date=2010-03-04}}</ref> |
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* 2005: Expanded development operations in [[Kyiv]], [[Kherson]] and [[Vinnytsia]] in [[Ukraine]]; [[Randburg]], [[South Africa]]; and [[Beijing]], [[China]]. Was delisted from India's stock market in preparation for sale. |
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* 2006: Was acquired by [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] and Sequoia Capital as part of a $900 million sales of software companies.<ref name="auto"/> The transaction represented the largest private equity buy-out in Indian history.<ref>{{cite news | title=Buyout deal by KKR is India's largest ever | work=International Herald Tribune | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/17/business/kkr.php | access-date=2006-10-31| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061024042626/http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/17/business/kkr.php| archive-date= 24 October 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> |
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* 2007: Acquired Datalinx; launched service provider offerings.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/aricent-buys-us-firm-in-global-market-quest/article1-247777.aspx |title=Aricent buys US firm in global market quest |date=13 September 2007 |work=Hindustan Times}} {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
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* 2008: The Family Office, a multi-[[family office]] company with headquarters in Bahrain also joined in funding Aricent.<ref>{{cite web | title=Aricent Announces New Funding from KKR and The Family Office | publisher=Aricent | url=http://www.aricent.com/en/releases/content.press_release/kkr_tfo_investment_2008-09-23.html | access-date=2008-09-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009094733/http://www.aricent.com/en/releases/content.press_release/kkr_tfo_investment_2008-09-23.html | archive-date=9 October 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* 2011: Rebranded to Aricent Group.<ref>{{cite web | title=Rebranded to Aricent Group | publisher=Aricent | url=http://www.convergedigest.com/2011/05/aricent-undertakes-rebranding.html | access-date=2011-05-21}}</ref> |
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* 2011: Opened engineering and development center for testing and wireless technologies in Vietnam<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.thesaigontimes.vn/Home/business/other/15411/|title=Aricent opens software center in town - Aricent opens software center in town|work=Saigon Times|access-date=2015-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083833/http://english.thesaigontimes.vn/Home/business/other/15411/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 2013: Rebranded to Aricent. |
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* 2015: Acquired SmartPlay Technologies, a semiconductor service based firm for $180 million. As part of the deal, SmartPlay's 1,200-plus staff joined Aricent's staff. |
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* 2018: [[Altran]] acquired Aricent,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altran.com/us/en/news_press_release/completion-aricent-acquisition-altran-assumes-global-leadership-engineering-rd-services/|title = With completion of Aricent acquisition, Altran assumes global leadership in Engineering and R&D Services}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PM |first=Indulal |title=KKR seeks to log out from Aricent, its oldest investment in India |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/kkr-seeks-to-log-out-from-aricent-its-oldest-investment-in-india/articleshow/61650420.cms |access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> with Aricent operating as ''Altran North America'' in the Americas; |
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* 2019: [[Capgemini]] announced plans to acquire Altran Group <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/altran-ma-capgemini/capgemini-plans-to-acquire-altran-for-3-6-billion-euros-idINASP0013G3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128233131/https://in.reuters.com/article/altran-ma-capgemini/capgemini-plans-to-acquire-altran-for-3-6-billion-euros-idINASP0013G3|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 28, 2020|title=Capgemini plans to acquire Altran for 3.6 billion euros|newspaper=Reuters|date=24 June 2019}}</ref> |
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* 2020: Capgemini acquired Altran Group in April, with the majority of Altran staff (including most former Aricent employees) incorporated into Capgemini Engineering. Frog incorporated into Capgemini Invent. |
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== See also == |
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With the opening of the Indian economy in the early nineties, HUGHES was attracted by the long-term potential of outsourcing software development and set up a subsidiary in India to supplement HNS' R&D efforts. |
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* [[Fortune India 500]] |
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HSS began its operations in [[New Delhi]] with a team of about 20 staff and was initially focused on developing software solutions in the areas of VSAT-based networks for voice and data, cellular wireless telephony, packet switching, and multi-protocol routing. Within three years, HSS grew to 240 professionals and in 1995, moved to the campus at Electronic City, [[Gurgaon]], a suburb of [[New Delhi]], India. |
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* [[List of companies of India]] |
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* [[Tanla Platforms]] |
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* [[Route Mobile]] |
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==References== |
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In 1998, HSS set up its development center in [[Bangalore]], [[India]] to focus on development of software for the Internet and Internet Protocol-based solutions and applications. |
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{{Telecommunications}} |
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In 1999, HSS initiated its Voice over Packet business. HSS went [[public]] the same year via a book building issue, the first of its kind in India. |
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{{Kohlberg Kravis Roberts}} |
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To cater to increasing market demand, HSS expanded operations in the USA by opening several offices in 1999. As a part of its continued expansion, HSS opened marketing offices in U.K and Germany in the year 2000 and in Japan in the year 2001. |
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In 2003, HSS established a development center in [[Nuremberg]], [[Germany]] to meet the demands of the European [[wireless]] equipment providers. |
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Over the time period from 2003 to 2005, Flextronics acquired a number of design and software development companies, including [[Hughes Software Systems|HSS]], Azisa, Avnisoft, Brainblue, DeccaNet, [[Emuzed]], [[frog design]] and [[Future Software Limited|FutureSoft]]. The companies were consolidated to form [[Flextronics Software Systems]]. |
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Flextronics Software Systems expanded the number of development operations to include [[Kiev]] and [[Vinnytsia]] in the [[Ukraine]], [[Randburg]], [[South Africa]] and to create a new development center in [[Beijing]], [[China]]. |
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In 2006, following the acquisition of the business by KKR and Sequoia Capital, the company was renamed Aricent and the corporate offices were relocated to Palo Alto, California, USA. The transaction represents the largest private equity buy-out in Indian history to date (November 2006).<ref>{{cite web |
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===Origin of the Aricent name=== |
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In the summer of 2006 the employees were asked to suggest a name for the new company, in response there were more than 2,000 entries. The winning name was selected because of its international sound and optimistic outlook. Aricent is the combination of two words "arise" and "ascent". |
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==About Aricent== |
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===Services=== |
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Aricent provides software design, development and maintenance services throughout the full lifecycle of a communications product or service. |
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*[[design|Strategic Creative Design]] for the creation of a new user experience |
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*[[System Design]] from architectural requirements to [[specifications]] |
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*[[software development|Software Implementation]] to create the innovative software |
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*[[System Integration]] to consolidate new and legacy systems |
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*[[software testing|Testing]] and [[Verification and Validation|Validation]] for [[software quality|quality]] and [[interoperability]] |
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*[[software maintenance|Maintenance]] to ensure our clients products are running efficiently |
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*[[Life Extension]] to enhance existing products and services |
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===Products=== |
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Aricent has more than 125 licensable software products which are supplied to equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers. The following indicates the range of products |
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*[[Softswitch]] |
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*[[PacketCable]] Call Management Server |
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*[[WiMAX]] [[Autonomous system (Internet)|ASN]] [[Gateway (telecommunications)|Gateway]] framework |
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*[[VOIP|Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)]] |
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*[[ GPRS Core Network| General Packet Radio System (GPRS) Service Node]] |
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*[[IP Multimedia Subsystem |IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)]] |
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*[[SIP|SIP Server framework]] |
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*[[Media Gateway]] Framework |
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*[[ Universal Mobile Telecommunications System|UMTS terminal stack]] |
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*[[DVB-H|Mobile TV (DVB-H) solution]] |
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*[[ H.264, MPEG-4 |mobile video camera application]] |
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*[[ Streaming media |streaming multimedia content]] |
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*[[ digital audio player |music player application]] |
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*[[video codec |Audio/Video]] [[codecs]] |
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*[[billing mediation platform |Billing mediation system]] |
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===Quality Assurance=== |
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Aricent has been an [[ISO 9001]]:2000 company since 1996. In 2002 the company attained [[BS7799]] certification, then in 2003 all development centers and all projects and products were assessed at [[Software Engineering Institute]] [[CMMI]] Level 5. Aricent is also assessed to the telecom-specific TL9000 standards under three product categories (a) 7.2.2 Contract Software Development Services (b) 8.6.1 Software Components and (c) 7.9 Staff Augmentation. |
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===Clients=== |
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Aricent has more than 350 clients worldwide including major telecommunications and [[data communications]] equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers. Examples include; |
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[[Airtel]], [[Alcatel]], [[Cisco Systems]], [[Ericsson]], [[Hughes Network Systems]], [[Inmarsat]], [[Juniper]], [[Lucent]], [[Motorola]], [[NEC]], [[Newport Networks|Newport Networks Limited]], [[Nokia]], [[Polycom]], [[Samsung]], [[Siemens]], [[Sony Ericsson]], [[Texas Instruments]], [[Virgin Mobile]] and [[Vodafone]]. |
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===Standards Organizations=== |
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Aricent is a contributing member of the major standards bodies in the communications industry. Examples include; |
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*[http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/info/index.html International Telecommunication Standardization Sector] |
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*[http://www.3gpp.org/ 3GPP] |
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*[http://www.etsi.org European Telecommunication Standards Institute] |
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*[http://www.ietf.org/ Internet Engineering Task Force] |
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===Board of Directors=== |
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*[[Michael Marks (Aricent)]] - Chairman |
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*[[Ashish "Ash" Bhardwaj]] |
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*[[Adam H. Clammer]] |
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*[[Joe Forehand]] |
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*[[James H. Greene]] |
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*[[Michael Moritz]] |
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*[[Thomas J. Smach]] |
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*[[Nathaniel H. Taylor]] |
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===Senior Management=== |
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*[[Ashish (Ash) Bhardwaj]] |
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*[[Duncan Robertson]] |
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*[[Manoranjan Mohapatra]] |
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*[[Doreen Lorenzo]] |
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*[[Sanjay Dhawan]] |
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==Footnotes== |
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<references/> |
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==External links== |
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*'''[http://www.aricent.com Aricent]''' |
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*[http://www.frogdesign.com frog design] |
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*[http://www.futsoft.com FutureSoft] |
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*[http://www.kkr.com KKR Private Equity] |
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*[http://www.sequoiacap.com Sequoia Capital] |
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Company type | Defunct Company (acquired by Altran) |
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Industry | R&D Services |
Founded | 1985 (founding of Future Software Communications); 1991 (founding of Hughes Software Systems); merged after acquisition in 2004. |
Defunct | 2019 |
Headquarters | Santa Clara, California and later New York, New York (USA) Gurgaon, Haryana (India) |
Products | Product and service engineering (largely digital and software products and services) |
Number of employees | 10,000[1] |
Aricent was a global design and engineering services company. It was acquired by French-based company Altran in 2018 and renamed Altran North America in April 2019[2] and Altran Americas in early 2020. With Altran's acquisition by Capgemini, the successors of Aricent are incorporated into Capgemini Engineering and to a lesser extent, Capgemini Invent.
Aricent was best known for developing telecom software which is used by telecom giants such as Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Nokia Networks, Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, and Nortel.
History
[edit]Aricent is the successor to Hughes Software Systems, which was established in 1991, as a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics,[3] with funding from Sequoia Capital.[4][5]
- 1985: Future Software Communications founded by KV Ramani, a TCP/IP stack developer from India which will eventually merge with Hughes Software Systems.[6]
- 1991: Hughes Software Systems (HSS) founded by KV Ramani in Nehru Place, New Delhi to develop software solutions in the areas of VSAT-based networks for voice and data, cellular wireless telephony, packet switching, and multi-protocol routing. Pioneered the development of Protocol Stacks.[7]
- 2004: Flextronics bought HSS to form Flextronics Software Systems and merged with Future Software headquartered.[8] Acquired Frog Design for approximately $25 million.[9]
- 2005: Expanded development operations in Kyiv, Kherson and Vinnytsia in Ukraine; Randburg, South Africa; and Beijing, China. Was delisted from India's stock market in preparation for sale.
- 2006: Was acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Sequoia Capital as part of a $900 million sales of software companies.[4] The transaction represented the largest private equity buy-out in Indian history.[10]
- 2007: Acquired Datalinx; launched service provider offerings.[11]
- 2008: The Family Office, a multi-family office company with headquarters in Bahrain also joined in funding Aricent.[12]
- 2011: Rebranded to Aricent Group.[13]
- 2011: Opened engineering and development center for testing and wireless technologies in Vietnam[14]
- 2013: Rebranded to Aricent.
- 2015: Acquired SmartPlay Technologies, a semiconductor service based firm for $180 million. As part of the deal, SmartPlay's 1,200-plus staff joined Aricent's staff.
- 2018: Altran acquired Aricent,[15][16] with Aricent operating as Altran North America in the Americas;
- 2019: Capgemini announced plans to acquire Altran Group [17]
- 2020: Capgemini acquired Altran Group in April, with the majority of Altran staff (including most former Aricent employees) incorporated into Capgemini Engineering. Frog incorporated into Capgemini Invent.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". Aricent. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ "About Us". Aricent. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ "KKR Current Investments". KKR. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- ^ a b "Aricent - Sequoia Capital". Sequoia Capital. Archived from the original on 10 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- ^ "Aricent Debuts As Communications Software Pure Play". KKR. Archived from the original on 2006-10-31. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- ^ "KV Ramani".
- ^ "Flextronics takes over FutureSoft". The Hindu. 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
- ^ "KV Ramani, Founder, Future Software Pvt Ltd and Ex Chairman, NASSCOM on 'Entrepreneurship and successful business models'". Great Lakes Institute of Management. 24 June 2010.
- ^ "One Great Leap for Frog Design". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on April 21, 2006. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ "Buyout deal by KKR is India's largest ever". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
- ^ "Aricent buys US firm in global market quest". Hindustan Times. 13 September 2007. [dead link ]
- ^ "Aricent Announces New Funding from KKR and The Family Office". Aricent. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Rebranded to Aricent Group". Aricent. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Aricent opens software center in town - Aricent opens software center in town". Saigon Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ "With completion of Aricent acquisition, Altran assumes global leadership in Engineering and R&D Services".
- ^ PM, Indulal. "KKR seeks to log out from Aricent, its oldest investment in India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "Capgemini plans to acquire Altran for 3.6 billion euros". Reuters. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020.
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