- Kainos
Infobox_Company | company_name = Kainos Software Ltd.
company_
company_type = Private company
foundation =1986
location =Belfast
num_employees = 250
industry =Software | homepage = [http://www.kainos.com/ www.kainos.com]Kainos
Company Background
Kainos is a privately held company based in
Northern Ireland . Established in1986 , as a joint venture betweenFujitsu andThe Queen's University of Belfast business incubation unit [http://www.qubis.co.uk QUBIS] , kainos was one of Northern Ireland's first campus companies [cite web|url=http://www.qubis.co.uk/Portfolio/?cpage_number=2|title=Queen's Portfolio] .Today Kainos has 250 consultants in four locations,
Belfast ,Dublin ,London andGdansk , Poland.The word Kainos comes from ancient Greek and stands for new or fresh.
Company History
* 1986 - Kainos established, opening of Belfast office
* 1998 - Kainos opens its Dublin office
* 2000 - Brendan Mooney appointed Managing Director
* 2000 - [http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=11455 Joint venture with Property News]
* 2001 - [http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/Fasttrack2002/migration/dbDetails.asp?siteID=3&compID=1503&yr=2005 Meridio spin-off]
* 2007 - Kainos launches SpeechStorm [cite web|url=http://www.kainos.com/Article.aspx?id=680|title=Kainos launches SpeechStorm]
* 2007 - Kainos opens its London office
* 2008 - [http://www.kainos.com/Article.aspx?id=1744 Kainos opens its Gdansk office]Services
Consulting - Kainos provides advice on technology issues for its customers. They cover IT strategy, business case development, technology sourcing and implementation.
Solutions - Kainos designs and builds IT solutions for its customers. The company has built practices in the areas of Document and Records Management, Speech Recognition and Business Process Management.
Support - Kainos has a near-shore application maintenance and support function that is based in Northern Ireland.
Partners
Kainos has formed partnerships with the following companies:
[https://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/Partners/PartnerDetailsView.aspx?partnerid=9b79aaa9736740a78a311ecb8c5a0bfc Microsoft]
[http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080528/uktu023.html?.v=66 Autonomy]
[http://www.mediasurface.com Mediasurface]
[http://www.kainos.com/Article.aspx?id=666 TIBCO]
[http://www.kofax.com Kofax]
[http://www.genesyslab.com Genesys]Awards
2008 ICT Award, Sales Professional of the Year [cite web|url=http://www.ictexcellenceawards.ie/PublicSite/content.aspx?s=24&h=No&aid=92|title=ICT Award]
2007 Belfast Business Awards, Business Growth [cite web|url=http://www.belfastcentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92|title=Belfast Business Awards]
2007 Irish Contact Centre Awards, with customer permanent tsb [cite web|url=http://www.kainos.com/Awards.aspx?id=56|title=Irish Contact Centre Awards]
2006 Effective IT Awards, with customer Hibernian [cite web|url=https://www.aviva.com/avivainvestor/index.asp?NewsID=2685&PageID=2&filter=&year=2003|title=Effective IT Awards]
2005 IM Awards, with customer Hibernian [cite web|url=http://www.hibernian.ie/HibPublicSite/HibPublicSite/media_centre/news_release_story.jsp?ID=155|title=IM Awards 2005]
2005 Belfast Telegraph Business Awards [cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/article3196744.ece|title=Belfast Telegraph Business Awards]
2005 Rising Star Awards, PropertyNews [cite web|url=http://www.kainos.com/Article.aspx?id=638|title=Rising Star Awards]
2001 IM Awards, PropertyNews.com [cite web|url=http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=11455|title=IM Awards 2001]External Links
[http://www.kainos.com Kainos corporate website homepage]
[http://www.qub.ac.uk/ Queens University Belfast]References
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