HTK Limited
{{Short description|Software companies of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = HTK Limited
| former_name = Hiteknowledge Limited (1996{{endash}}2005){{Cite web |date=1996-04-29 |title=HTK LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03191677 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Companies House |language=en}}
| type = Privately Held / Employee-Owned
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1996|04|29|df=y}}
| location = Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
| key_people = {{Ubl
| Marlon Bowser (CEO)
| Stewart Davies (Chairman)
}}
| industry = Telecom
| num_employees = 40
| products =
| revenue = unknown
| homepage = {{URL|https://htk.co.uk}}
}}
HTK Limited is a software-as-a-service company that provides mobile phone messaging and IVR services.
Founded in 1996, HTK is headquartered in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
HTK provide mass notification services.https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/scalable-computing/articles/-/blogs/1312954 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}} Specifically, the "Police Direct" messaging service to Suffolk{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6966618.stm|title=Text scheme to beat crime reopens|date=28 August 2007}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=11672 |title=Police Direct breaks the information barrier - Public Service |access-date=2010-09-04 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722055117/http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=11672 |url-status=dead }} and Norfolk{{Cite web |url=http://www.norfolk-pa.gov.uk/user_files/meeting/meeting273/CFC%20mins%20250510.pdf |title=Norfolk Police Authority |access-date=2010-09-04 |archive-date=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311195744/http://www.norfolk-pa.gov.uk/user_files/meeting/meeting273/CFC%20mins%20250510.pdf |url-status=dead }} Constabularies.
In 2010 the HTK Horizon SaaS platform was selected{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11673300|title = Hi-tech flood alert system planned for Scotland|work = BBC News|date = 2 November 2010}} by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) for their Floodline Warnings Direct service.
History
HTK was founded in 1996 by Marlon Bowser and Adrian Gregory and from the outset focused on what has now become commonly known as Software-as-a-Service. in 2004, according to the Deloitte Fast 50 (UK), HTK was the 17th fastest growing company in the East of England.
In 2005 The Times listed HTK 65th nationally and 4th in the East of England in the Sunday Times & Microsoft "Tech Track 100" awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/tech100programme.html|title=Sunday Times Fast Track 100|date=|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Fast Track|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221214218/https://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/tech100programme.html|archive-date=2020-02-21|url-status=dead}}
In 2009 the company was approved as a supplier to UK Government under a new framework agreement.{{Cite web|url=https://www.governmenttechnology.co.uk/content/view/835/30/|title=Page error|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Government Technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015145059/http://www.governmenttechnology.co.uk/content/view/835/30/|archive-date=2020-10-15|url-status=dead}}
In 2010 HTK launched version 2.2 of its Horizon platform,{{Cite web |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/view/pressrelease/htk-htk-horizon-transforms-ivr-and-makes-it-personal-430358 |title=UK Technology - HTK: HTK Horizon® transforms IVR and makes it personal - Mynewsdesk |access-date=2010-09-03 |archive-date=2011-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009112648/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/view/pressrelease/htk-htk-horizon-transforms-ivr-and-makes-it-personal-430358 |url-status=dead }} with a feature set that signals a shift from mass notification into the customer service automation market.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/view/pressrelease/htk-htk-horizon-transforms-ivr-and-makes-it-personal-430358|title=Press release|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Mynewsdesk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021163731/https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/view/pressrelease/htk-htk-horizon-transforms-ivr-and-makes-it-personal-430358|archive-date=2020-10-21|url-status=dead}}