Company:Cirata
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| Formerly | WANdisco, plc. |
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| Type | Public limited company |
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| Industry | Data Orchestration Data Modernisation Disaster Recovery AI Enablement |
| Founded | San Ramon, California, U.S. (2005) |
| Founder | David Richards, Dr. Yeturu Aahlad[1] |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Kenneth Lever (Chairman) Stephen Kelly (CEO) Ricardo Moura (CFO) Yeturu Aahlad (Inventor) |
| Products | Live Data Migrator , Cirata Symphony |
Number of employees | circa 50[2] |
| Website | www |
Cirata plc. is a technology company specializing in data management software.[3]
The company is dual-headquartered in London, England and San Ramon, California,[4] with a development hub in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
History
WANdisco was co-founded in 2005 by David Richards and Dr. Yeturu Aahlad.[5] The company's original name was WANdisco, an acronym for wide-area network distributed computing. The company went public via IPO on the London Stock Exchange on 1 June 2012.[6][7] The same year, WANdisco acquired AltoStor.[8]
On 25 July 2023, the company announced that Stephen Kelly had become chief executive officer, having served as interim chief executive since 10 May 2023.[9]
At the company's Annual General Meeting on 30 August 2023, shareholders voted in favor of the name change to Cirata PLC. This transition was completed by early October 2023, and now trades on AIM under the ticker CRTA.[10]
In July 2025, Cirata agreed to divest its DevOps assets to BlueOptima. This deal was concluded in December 2025 for a total sum of US$3.4 million.[11][12]
Controversies
In March 2023, WANdisco announced it had uncovered $100 million in false sales bookings made by an unnamed senior sales employee.[13] In April 2023, The Financial Conduct Authority opened an investigation into the matter, and closed its investigation in November 2025, with no action being taken against the company.[14]
References
- ↑ "WANdisco About Us". WANdisco, Inc.. https://www.wandisco.com/about-us.
- ↑ "Cirata LinkedIn". https://www.linkedin.com/company/cirata/posts/?feedView=all.
- ↑ Killeen, Patrick (2026-01-14). "Three years on from WANdisco scandal, where is Cirata now?" (in en). https://businesscloud.co.uk/news/three-years-on-from-wandisco-scandal-where-is-cirata-now/.
- ↑ Thomas, Helen (2023-03-09). "No dancing around it: WANdisco kicks London when it's down". Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/bde8c4ef-5ffb-4673-bc99-ba42cf51079d.
- ↑ Pagnamenta, Robin (2019-08-13). "Wandisco boss David Richards on bringing one of Britain's biggest tech companies back from the brink" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/08/13/wandisco-boss-david-richards-explains-firms-focus-cloud-just/.
- ↑ "Sheffield's WANdisco picks up national AIM award" (in en). 2013-10-10. https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2013/10/10/sheffields-wandisco-picks-up-national-aim-award.
- ↑ Mellor, Chris (2023-04-03). "WANdisco CEO and CFO step down as chairman becomes CEO" (in en-US). https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/04/03/wandisco-ceo-and-cfo-out-as-chairman-becomes-ceo/.
- ↑ "Big Data Consolidation: WANdisco Buys AltoStor For $5.1M To Beef Up Its Apache Hadoop Cred" (in en-US). 19 November 2012. https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/19/big-data-consolidation-wandisco-buys-altostor-to-beef-up-apache-hadoop-cred/.
- ↑ "WANdisco announces board changes following readmission". 26 July 2023. https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/wandisco-announces-board-changes-following-readmission.
- ↑ "Interim unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2023". 11 September 2023. https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/WAND/interim-results/16117733.
- ↑ "Completion of DevOps Divestment". RNS. 11 August 2025. https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/cirata--crta/completion-of-devops-divestment-/9042108.
- ↑ Investegate. "DevOps Final Consideration Received | Company Announcement | Investegate" (in en). http://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/cirata--crta/devops-final-consideration-received-/9309611.
- ↑ "Cirata: Tech firm renamed after fraud scandal reveals ‘triple digit growth’ target" (in en). 2025-09-03. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/cirata-tech-firm-renamed-after-fraud-scandal-reveals-triple-digit-growth-target-as-reduced-losses-posted-5300856.
- ↑ Farrell, Stephen (2025-11-27). "No action to be taken against Cirata as FCA closes investigation - “heralds one sad chapter closed and a new chapter beginning” - Insider Media" (in en). https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/no-action-to-be-taken-against-cirata-as-fca-closes-investigation-heralds-one-sad-chapter-closed-and-a-new-chapter-beginning.
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