Sword Ciboodle

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Sword Ciboodle Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1986
Defunct2014
FateAcquired by KANA Software
Headquarters Inchinnan, Scotland, UK
Key people
Mike Hughes (COO), Steven Thurlow (CTO)
ProductsCiboodle Flow, Ciboodle One, Ciboodle Crowd, Ciboodle Live
Number of employees
300 staff located across 5 continents
Website www.sword-ciboodle.com

Sword Ciboodle was a Scottish company specializing in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software solutions. It had regional offices in North America, South Africa and Asia Pacific. [1]

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Overview

The company, originally known as Graham Technology plc, was co-founded in 1986 by Dr. Iain M. Graham. [2] It was headquartered in Inchinnan, Scotland, near Glasgow Airport. Sword Ciboodle offered modular CRM software primarily for contact centers, with a focus on integrating multiple social channels.

History

Sword Ciboodle was previously known as Graham Technology plc, [1] co-founded in 1986 by Dr. Iain M. Graham. [2]

On 31 March 2008, Sword Group announced it was acquiring Graham Technology and their Ciboodle product. [3] The company thus became Sword Ciboodle. [1] [2] [4]

On 9 July 2012, Sword Group agreed to sell Ciboodle to KANA Software. [5]

In 2014, KANA Software was purchased by Verint Systems. [6]

Solutions

Sword Ciboodle is modular CRM software for contact centers. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The products work across multiple social channels.

The Ciboodle platform consists of:

The Ciboodle platform was subsumed into other KANA products following the acquisition by Verint.

Competitors

Competitors included: [1]

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