Red Bend Software

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Red Bend Software
TypePrivate
Industry Software
Communication Systems
Information Technology
FoundedApril 1999 (Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel)
Headquarters,
Key people
Yoram Salinger (President & CEO)
Products FOTA (technology)
Website www.redbend.com

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. [1]

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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. [2]

In 2010, Red Bend Software acquired VirtualLogix, developers of mobile virtualisation software . [3] Red Bend was itself acquired by Harman International Industries in 2015. [4] Red Bend has held membership of the Open Mobile Alliance since 2010. [5] [6]

Locations

Red Bend is headquartered in Waltham, MA in the United States. [7] 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). [8]

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

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References

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