Pentalog

Infobox_Company
company_name = Pentalog
company_
company_type = Société anonyme - stock corporation
foundation = Orléans, France (1993)
location = Orléans, France
key_people = Frédéric Lasnier, President & Chief Executive Officer Aymeric Libeau, Vice President Production and R&D
industry = Networks and telecom resources, software development, design and administration, business intelligence platforms, ERP solutions
revenue = )
num_employees = 230 (2008)
homepage = [http://www.pentalog.com/ www.pentalog.com] [http://www.pentalog.biz www.pentalog.biz]

Pentalog is a computer engineering and systems company whose activity is focused in the following areas :
* Maintenance outsourcing;
* Networking and telecommunications;
* Systems integration;
* Software and computing services consulting.

Based in Orléans, France Pentalog maintains offices in Bordeaux and Paris. They also have offshore business units with offices located in Romania (Braşov ,Bucharest and Iaşi) and Moldova (Chişinău). The company has a direct presence in 3 countries worldwide, with a further 6 countries served through partner agreements.

International business represents 50% of Pentalog's global income and 80% of employees speak two or more languages(2006).Fact|date=December 2007

History

In 1995 Frédéric Lasnier, president of Pentalog, decided to diversify the company ownership structure by selling shares to his employees. Pentalog acquired its first international customers in 1997, and by 2000 exports accounted for 25% of sales.

After acquiring experience in North America and Western Europe, Pentalog High Tech has diversified its business into emerging countries such as Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Kenya and Myanmar.

ervices

Pentalog High Tech helps to set up and administrate networks and telecommunications resources. The company also develops software, runs and administrates analysis platforms and ERP solutions, and provides Business process outsourcing services.

Pentalog's management model is similar to that of other consulting firms. Many employees are shareholders of the company, and the employees themselves control almost 60% of the capital.

Main products

"The Port" — is the name of Pentalog's principal software product. The product is a corporate web portal targeted to small to medium sized businesses.

:Annual revenue generated by pentalog.com:
*2001 : 300 000 €
*2002 : 600 000 €
*2003 : 800 000 €
*2004 : 1 000 000 €
*2005 : 1 300 000 € (pentalog.com V2+ V3)

External links

* [http://www.pentalog.com www.pentalog.com] - Official website
* [http://www.pentalog.biz www.pentalog.biz] - official Pentalog Business Site
* [http://www.pentalog.fr www.pentalog.fr] - Pentalog France
* [http://www.pentalog.ro www.pentalog.ro] - Pentalog Romania
* [http://www.pentalog.md www.pentalog.md] - Pentalog Moldova (temporarily redirects to pentalog.ro)
* [http://www.inet.fr www.inet.fr] - ThePort site
* [http://blog.pentalog.fr www.blog.pentalog.fr] - Pentalog's blog