WANdisco
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{{Infobox company
| name = WANdisco, plc.
| logo = WANdisco logo.svg
| type = Public limited company
| traded_as = {{AIM|WAND}}
| founder = David Richards, Dr. Yeturu Aahlad{{Cite web |title=WANdisco About Us |url=https://www.wandisco.com/about-us |access-date=2018-11-12 |publisher=WANdisco, Inc.}}
| key_people = Kenneth Lever (Chairman)
Stephen Kelly (CEO)
Ijoma Maluza (CFO)
Yeturu Aahlad (Inventor)
| industry = Big data
Cloud Computing
Configuration management
Software
| products = WANdisco Data Activation Platform,
SVN MultiSite Plus,
Git MultiSite,
Gerrit MultiSite,
Access Control Plus
| num_employees = circa 180{{Cite web |title=WANdisco LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandisco |access-date=2018-11-12}}
| foundation = San Ramon, California, U.S. ({{Start date|2005}})
| location_city = Sheffield, United Kingdom/San Ramon, United States
| location_country =
| homepage = {{URL |www.wandisco.com}}
}}
WANdisco, plc. develops technology that moves large Internet of Things (IoT) datasets, edge data, and Hadoop. The company is dual-headquartered in Sheffield, England and San Ramon, California.{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Helen |date=2023-03-09 |title=No dancing around it: WANdisco kicks London when it's down |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/bde8c4ef-5ffb-4673-bc99-ba42cf51079d |access-date=2023-10-18}}
History
The name WANdisco is an acronym for wide-area network distributed computing. WANdisco was co-founded in 2005 by David Richards and Dr. Yeturu Aahlad.{{Cite news |last=Pagnamenta |first=Robin |date=2019-08-13 |title=Wandisco boss David Richards on bringing one of Britain's biggest tech companies back from the brink |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/08/13/wandisco-boss-david-richards-explains-firms-focus-cloud-just/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0307-1235}} They grew the company without raising any private equity, venture capital, or angel funding and led it to a successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange on June 1, 2012.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-10-10 |title=Sheffield's WANdisco picks up national AIM award |url=https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2013/10/10/sheffields-wandisco-picks-up-national-aim-award |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Bdaily Business News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mellor |first=Chris |date=2023-04-03 |title=WANdisco CEO and CFO step down as chairman becomes CEO |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/04/03/wandisco-ceo-and-cfo-out-as-chairman-becomes-ceo/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-US}}
In 2012, WANdisco acquired AltoStor and entered the big data market with its non-stop Hadoop product.{{Cite web |title=Big Data Consolidation: WANdisco Buys AltoStor For $5.1M To Beef Up Its Apache Hadoop Cred |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/19/big-data-consolidation-wandisco-buys-altostor-to-beef-up-apache-hadoop-cred/ |access-date=2020-12-10 |website=TechCrunch |date=19 November 2012 |language=en-US}}
On March 9, 2023, the company's shares were suspended from trading in London, citing “significant, sophisticated and potentially fraudulent irregularities with regard to received purchase orders and related revenue and bookings, as represented by one senior sales employee”.{{cite news |last1=Partridge |first1=Joanna |date=9 March 2023 |title=Software firm WANdisco suspends shares amid 'fraudulent irregularities' |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/09/software-firm-wandisco-suspends-shares-amid-fraudulent-irregularities |access-date=9 March 2023}}
On July 25, 2023, the company's shares were readmitted to The London Stock Exchange. The company also announced that Stephen Kelly had become chief executive, having served as interim chief executive since 10 May 2023.{{cite news |date=26 July 2023 |title=WANdisco announces board changes following readmission |website=Insider Media |url=https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/wandisco-announces-board-changes-following-readmission |access-date=10 September 2023}}
Name Change
At the company's Annual General Meeting on 30 August 2023, shareholders voted in favor of the name change to Cirata PLC. It is expected that the transition of the Company name and ticker be completed by early October 2023, with the Company's shares to trade under the ticker "CRTA".{{cite news |date=11 September 2023 |title=Interim unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2023 |website=London Stock Exchange |url=https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/WAND/interim-results/16117733 |access-date=11 September 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.wandisco.com/ WANdisco web site]
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Category:Software companies of England
Category:Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Category:Cloud computing providers