Red Bend Software

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| type = Private

| foundation = April 1999 (Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel)

| location_city = Waltham, MA

| location_country = United States

| key_people = Yoram Salinger (President & CEO)

| industry = Software
Communication Systems
Information Technology

| products = FOTA (technology)

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| homepage = [http://www.redbend.com/ www.redbend.com]

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Red Bend Software is a software company providing mobile software management technology to mobile phone manufacturers and operators. Its software has been deployed by handset manufacturers including Kyocera, LG Electronics, Motorola, Sharp, Sony Mobile, and ZTE, as well as companies in the mobile industry, M2M, automotive and enterprise markets. The company's initial funding was provided by Carmel Ventures.{{cite journal|title=Red Bend Software closes third round at $8.2M|url=http://www.carmelventures.com/Article.asp?PiD=0.5.50&id=440|journal=Carmel Ventures – Press Release March 23, 2004|date=23 March 2004|accessdate=10 November 2009}}

History

The company was first established in 1999, in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, and by the following year had finalised the beta of its future technology, vCurrent, and signed its first agreement with BackWeb Technologies. Red Bend completed its first round of venture funding in 2000. In 2003, the corporate headquarters were located in Boston, Massachusetts, with research and development continuing in Israel.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20031212005009/en/Company-Profile-for-Red-Bend-Software|title=Company Profile for Red Bend Software|website=businesswire.com|date=12 December 2003|accessdate=4 November 2020}}

In 2010, Red Bend Software acquired VirtualLogix, developers of mobile virtualisation software.{{cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2755533/red-bend-buys-virtuallogix-for-mobile-virtualization.html|title=Red Bend buys VirtualLogix for mobile virtualization|website=computerworld.com|date=8 September 2010|accessdate=3 November 2020}} Red Bend was itself acquired by Harman International Industries in 2015.{{cite web|title=HARMAN to Acquire Red Bend Software|url=http://investor.harman.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=892455|publisher=investor.harman.com|accessdate=3 November 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430133704/http://investor.harman.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=892455|archivedate=30 April 2015|date=22 January 2015|url-status=dead}} Red Bend has held membership of the Open Mobile Alliance since 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.iotevolutionworld.com/m2m/articles/79934-red-bend-sierra-wireless-announce-open-mobile-alliance.htm|title=Red Bend and Sierra Wireless Announce Open Mobile Alliance Device Management|website=iotevolutionworld.com|date=26 March 2010|accessdate=3 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111012005935/en/Red-Bend-Software-and-Gemalto-Collaborate-to-Bring-Mobile-Software-Management-Solutions-to-Telecom-Operators|title=Red Bend Software and Gemalto Collaborate to Bring Mobile Software Management Solutions to Telecom Operators|website=www.businesswire.com|date=12 October 2011|accessdate=3 November 2020}}

Locations

Red Bend is headquartered in Waltham, MA in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.realwire.com/releases/red-bend-software-achieves-750-million-mobile-devices|title=Red Bend Software Achieves 750 Million Mobile Devices|website=www.realwire.com|date=8 June 2010|accessdate=3 November 2020}} The company has offices in Israel, the United Kingdom, France, China, Japan, and South Korea.

Products

Red Bend's vRapid Mobile(R) supports FOTA updating as well as software component management, also known as SCOTA (Software Components OTA).{{cite web|title=Garmin Chooses Red Bend Software for Automatic Over-the-Air Map and Software Updates|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141216005056/en/Garmin-Chooses-Red-Bend-Software-for-Automatic-Over-the-Air-Map-and-Software-Updates|date=16 December 2014|website=businesswire.com|accessdate=3 November 2020}}

Red Bend's vDirect Mobile(TM) is an OMA DM-based device management client.

References

Category:Software companies based in Massachusetts

Category:Companies based in Waltham, Massachusetts

Category:Software companies of Israel

Category:Software companies established in 1999

Category:Defunct software companies of the United States

Category:1999 establishments in Massachusetts