Telvent

{{Short description|Information technology company}}

{{Infobox company

| logo = Image:Telvent logo.jpg

| name = Telvent GIT S.A.

| type = Subsidiary

| foundation = Seville, Spain (1941)

| location = Madrid, Houston, Beijing, Calgary, Baltimore, Mexico City and others

| industry = Information Technology and Industrial Automation

| num_employees = 5,753 (2010)

| parent = Getronics

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

}}

Telvent (a portmanteau of "Telecom Ventures") was an information technology and industrial automation company specializing in SCADA, GIS and related IT systems for pipeline, energy utility, traffic, agriculture and environmental monitoring industries.[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/us/us-weighs-risks-and-motives-of-hacking-by-china-or-iran.html As Hacking Against U.S. Rises, Experts Try to Pin Down Motive] - New York Times March 4, 2013. Their customer base is worldwide, but concentrated in Spain and North America. In 2011, Telvent was acquired by the Schneider Electric group.{{Cite web | url=http://www.eleconomista.es/andalucia/noticias/3118851/05/11/Abengoa-vende-el-40-que-mantenia-en-Telvent-a-la-francesa-Schneider-Electric.html | title=Abengoa vende el 40% que mantenía en Telvent a la francesa Schneider Electric - elEconomista.es}} In 2014 it was integrated into Getronics.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Aurelius acquires IT consulting activities of Telvent Global Services in Spain and South America|url=https://aureliusinvest.com/en/equity-opportunities/news/press-releases/aurelius-acquires-it-consulting-activities-of-telvent-global-services-in-spain-and-south-america/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Aurelius}}