Antenna Software

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Antenna Software
IndustrySoftware Development
Founded1998; 24 years ago (1998)
Defunct2013 (2013)
FateAcquired by Pegasystems.
Headquarters
Jersey City, New Jersey
,
United States
Websitewww.antennasoftware.com Edit this on Wikidata

Antenna Software was a business mobility solutions provider with headquarters in Jersey City, New Jersey and offices in Guildford, Bangalore, Seoul, Boston, Toronto and Kraków. Founded in 1998,[1] the company was acquired by Pegasystems in 2013.[2]

Antenna's core product was the Antenna Mobility Platform (AMP), which won the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Enterprise Solution at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona.[3] A later iteration of AMP was branded AMPchroma, and launched in February 2012.[4] Antenna claimed that AMPchroma was capable of supporting "the full lifecycle" of mobile apps, websites and storefronts.[5] The platform has been subsequently rebranded to Pega AMP.

History[]

Antenna was founded in 1998 by Peter Semmelhack, who is now the President and CEO of Bug Labs.[6] Semmelhack originally titled the company ‘Antenna Tool & Die’[7] and he envisioned developing “mobile and wireless technology to connect people who worked outside a traditional office…to information and resources no matter where they were.”[8] Semmelhack occupied the positions of Chief Technology Officer and [then] Chairman at the company prior to his departure in April 2006.

James Hemmer led the company starting July 2002.[9]

In February 2011 Antenna acquired mobile Internet software company Volantis. The acquisition gave Antenna access to carrier and enterprise customers of Volantis and to Volantis engineering center located in Kraków.[10]

Thanks to the acquisition Antenna could position itself as an end-to-end mobile solutions provider for a variety of Global 1000 customers,[11] garnering a position in the “Visionaries” quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Mobile Consumer Application Platforms (MCAP) report in June 2011.[12]

In October 2013 Antenna Software was acquired by Pegasystems.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bloomberg Businessweek". 2 March 2012.
  2. ^ Pegasystems acquires Antenna Software. Business Standard, 16 October 2013.
  3. ^ "GSMA". 15 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012.
  4. ^ Scott, Jennifer (21 February 2012). "CloudPro".
  5. ^ Gohring, Nancy (21 February 2012). "PC Advisor".
  6. ^ "Technology Review". 25 April 2012.
  7. ^ Semmelhack, Peter (19 October 2010). "Mobile Masters". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010.
  8. ^ Mitra, Sramana (5 October 2010). "Sramana Mitra - Deal Radar".
  9. ^ "Bloomberg Businessweek". 25 April 2012.
  10. ^ TechCrunch, Antenna Acquires Mobile Internet Software Company Volantis, 7 Feb 2011, https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/07/antenna-acquires-mobile-internet-software-company-volantis/
  11. ^ "Antenna Software". 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
  12. ^ "Antenna Software". 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Pegasystems acquires Antenna Software". Business Standard. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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