Company:Veriato
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| Type | Private Company[1] |
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1998−2016 as SpectorSoft 2016 renamed Veriato [2] |
| Headquarters | Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach County, Florida United States |
Key people | Larry Thompson (CEO) |
| Products | User Activity and Entity Behavior Analytics Software |
| Website | http://www.veriato.com |
Veriato, formerly known as SpectorSoft, is a software company that develops and sells user behavior analytics and employee monitoring software.
It is based in Palm Beach Gardens, located in Palm Beach County, Florida, in the United States.[3]
History
Founded in 1998, the company was an early entrant in internet monitoring software.[citation needed]
In 2008, private equity firms Harbourvest Partners and WestView Capital Partners invested in the company, taking a majority ownership position.[4] SpectorSoft originally serviced both consumer and business customers, but no longer sells software for consumer or home use.[5]
In 2011, the company opened their West Palm Beach office and London office.Template:Ciation needed
In 2012 SpectorSoft acquired the assets of Corner Bowl Software.[6]
On March 31, 2015, the company completely exited the consumer market.
In 2016 the company was renamed Veriato, Inc.[2]
On June 12, 2019, Veriato was acquired by Awareness Technologies.[7]
Awards and honors
Spector Pro was given the PC Magazine editors' choice award in a 2002 review of six computer activity monitoring tools.[8] In 2004, version 5.0 of Spector Pro was again given the editors' choice award from a field of four programs.[9] In 2008 Spector 360 SR3 won the PC Magazine editors' choice award.[10] In 2004, SpectorSoft was listed for the first time as one of Inc. magazine's Top 500 fastest-growing private companies in America, at position 224.[11] The company achieved a position on the list once again in 2005 at number 497.[12] In 2009 SpectorSoft made the list of Inc. 5000 Companies at number 3340.[13] In 2010 and 2011 SpectorSoft again made the Inc. Magazine 500/5000 list.
Spectorsoft−Veriato products have been mentioned in ZDNET, PC/Computing, Time, CNN, NBC Nightly News, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal .[14]
In 2014, Spectorsoft won the SC Magazine Europe Best Fraude Prevention Award[15] and the Best of Interop 2014 - Security Award [16] for their Spector 360 Recon product
Patent Infringement case
Patent Infringement Case Helios Software LLC et al. v. SpectorSoft Corporation has concluded. In September 2014, the Court granted summary judgment of non-infringement as to the ‘571 and ‘237 Patents.[17] In June 2015, after a five-day trial, a jury returned a verdict of no direct or indirect infringement by SpectorSoft of the ‘304 Patent, and also found several of the asserted claims of that patent invalid as both anticipated and rendered obvious by prior art (see Docket Entry No. 615 for Civ. No. 12-081-LPS).[18]
See also
- Computer monitoring
- Employee monitoring software
References
- ↑ "Veriato Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=10441050.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SpectorSoft Changes Name to Veriato to Reflect Growing Demand for Corporate Truth | Business Wire". March 15, 2016. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160315005693/en/SpectorSoft-Veriato-Reflect-Growing-Demand-Corporate-Truth.
- ↑ "Veriato Inc - Company Profile and News" (in en). https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/3137680Z:US.
- ↑ "WestView Capital Partners". http://www.wvcapital.com/news/story.php?item=16.
- ↑ "Monitoring Software | Computer And Internet Monitoring | SpectorSoft". http://spectorsoft.com/.
- ↑ "Release of SpectorSoft Server Manager Centralizes and Automates Server Monitoring, Provides Increased Systems Uptime and Simplified Compliance Reporting". http://www.spectorsoft.com/press/press_releases/2012/10/latest-spectorsoft-server-manager-release-simplifies-monitoring.html.
- ↑ "Akerman Represents Veriato, Inc. In its Sale to Awareness Technologies". https://www.akerman.com/en/firm/newsroom/akerman-represented-veriato-inc-in-its-sale-to-awareness-technologies.html.
- ↑ Glass, Brett (January 7, 2002). "Watching You, Watching Me – Spector Pro reviewed by PC Magazine". PC Magazine. https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,244681,00.asp. "Spector Pro – Editors Choice ... A descendant of the Netbus Trojan horse"
- ↑ Delaney, Laura (March 8, 2004). "Monitoring Software- Reviewed by PC Magazine". PC Magazine. https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1619367,00.asp.
- ↑ Sarrel, Matthew (June 17, 2008). "Monitoring Software- Reviewed by PC Magazine". PC Magazine. https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2320454,00.asp.
- ↑ "Inc 500 2004 (ranked 224)". Inc Magazine. 2004. http://www.inc.com/app/inc500/viewCompany.jsp?cmpId=2004226.
- ↑ "Inc 500 2005 (ranked 497)". Inc Magazine. 2005. http://www.inc.com/app/inc500/viewCompany.jsp?cmpId=2005497.
- ↑ "Inc 5000 2009 (ranked 3314)". Inc Magazine. 2009. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2009/company-profile.html?id=200933400.
- ↑ "Spectorsoft – Press Mentions". Spectorsoft. http://www.spectorsoft.com/press/pressmentions.html.
- ↑ "2014 SC Awards Europe Winners". http://www.scmagazineuk.com/2014-sc-awards-europe-winners/article/344676/2/.
- ↑ "SpectorSoft Selected as Winner of Best of Interop 2014 Award in the Security Category". Reuters. 2014-04-08. https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/08/idUSnMKW9nTCGa+1ce+MKW20140408.[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ IPspotlight files @ Wordpress.com: Legal opinion on Patent Infringement Case Helios Software LLC et al. v. SpectorSoft Corporation
- ↑ "Sflaw.com/PR-SpectorSoft". http://sflaw.com/PR-SpectorSoft-2015-09-11.htm.
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