Nokia

Siemens CONNECTING PEOPLE

INGENUITY FOR LIFE
Country or Origin: Tampere, Finland and Nokia, Finland
Country or Origin: Berlin, Germany Founders: Fredrik Idestam, Leo Mechelin, Eduard Polon
Founders: Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske Date of Origin: 1865
Date of Origin: July 1917 Brief History: From its beginning in 1865 as a single paper mill
Brief History: The eventful history of this Siemens plant began operation, Nokia has found and nurtured success in several
100 years ago in July 1917 when it was built on sectors over the years, including cable, mobile devices, paper
products, rubber boots and tires, and telecommunications
Nonnendammallee in Berlin for the production of airplanes. Not infrastructure equipment.
long afterwards, the focus shifted to the construction of switch
panels, and the factory rapidly became an efficient producer of Nokias sector-by-sector success over the years has mirrored its
medium- and high-voltage switchgear. geographical rise: from a Finnish-focused company until the
Current Business: Today, it is the leader in the research and 1980s with a growing Nordic and European presence; to a bona
development of pioneering switching technology. The products fide European company in the early 1990s; and onto a truly
and systems created here help ensure the economic and reliable global company from the mid-1990s onward. With the acquisition
transmission and distribution of electricity. of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016, we further deepen and widen our
global reach.
Current CEO or Leader: Joe Kaeser (August 1, 2013- Present)
Current Acquisition: Siemens is planning to acquire HaCon, Current Business: Nokia has been producing telecommunications
a company headquartered in Hanover, Germany. ... HaCon is a equipment since the 1880s almost since telephony began.
leading international provider of planning, scheduling and Current CEO or Leader: Rajeev Suri (May 1, 2014-Present)
information systems for public transportation, mobility and Current Acquisition: Alcatel-Lucent
logistics. Trivia: The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river
Trivia: With $70 billion in revenues and over 400,000 employees, which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was
Siemens is in the big, big leagues. named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later
pine marten. A species of this small, black-furred predatory
animal was once found in the region, but it is now extinct.

Ericsson
TAKING YOU FORWARD
Country or Origin: Stockholm, Sweden
Founder: Lars Magnus Ericsson
Date of Origin: 1876
Brief History: Lars Magnus Ericsson began his association with
telephones in his youth as an instrument maker. He worked for a firm
that made telegraph equipment for the Swedish government agency
Telegrafverket. In 1876, at the age of 30, he started a telegraph repair
shop with help from his friend Carl Johan Andersson in central
Stockholm and repaired foreign-made telephones. In 1878 Ericsson
began making and selling his own telephone equipment. His telephones Alcatel
were not technically innovative. In 1878 he made an agreement to
supply telephones and switchboards to Sweden's first
telecommunications operating company, Stockholms Allmnna
Telefonaktiebolag. Country or Origin: France
Current Business: The company offers services, software and Founder: French
infrastructure in information and communications technology (ICT) for Date of Origin: 1872
telecommunications operators, traditional telecommunications and
Internet Protocol (IP) networking equipment, mobile and fixed Brief History: was a French global telecommunications equipment
broadband, operations and business support services, cable television, company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
IPTV, video systems, and an extensive services operation. Ericsson had Current Business:The company focused on fixed, mobile and
35% market share in the 2G/3G/4G mobile network infrastructure converged networking hardware, IP technologies, software and
market in 2012.
Current CEO or Leader: Brje Ekholm (January 16, 2017) services, with operations in more than 130 countries.
Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader: Philippe Camus (September 1, 2015)
Trivia: Starting in 1983 Ericsson Enterprise provided communications Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
systems and services for businesses, public entities and educational Trivia: In the ALCATEL logo, A and L were written in a fluid
institutions. It produced products for voice over Internet protocol
(VoIP)-based private branch exchanges (PBX), wireless local area manner, which implies movement.
networks (WLAN), and mobile intranets.
Lucent

Country or Origin: USA

Founder: Patricia F. Russo
Date of Origin: 1870 Cisco
Brief History: was an American multinational telecommunications
equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in the
United States. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the Country or Origin: San Francisco, California, United States
divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Founder: Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack
Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs. Date of Origin: December 1984
Brief History: Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard
Current Business: Network Solutions Group served landline/cellular Bosack and Sandy Lerner, two Stanford University computer scientists,
telephone service providers by providing equipment and other who pioneered the concept of a local area network (LAN) being used to
solutions necessary to provide telephone service, including networking connect geographically disparate computers over a multiprotocol
equipment. router system. By the time the company went public in 1990, when it
Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS) provided network services to telecom was listed on the NASDAQ, Cisco had a market capitalization of $224
companies and business; clients included AT&T Corporation and million. Cisco was the most valuable company in the world by 2000,
Verizon. Divisions of LWS included the AT&T Customer Business Unit, with a more than $500 billion market capitalization.
known as ACBU; and another group for Southwestern Bell and other Current Business: Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American
multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose,
Bell companies. Both divisions were responsible for the installation of California, that develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware,
telecom equipment ranging from 2-pair copper to multi-wire fiber telecommunications equipment, and other high-technology services
optics. Each group also installed the first true national cellular service and products.
with LTE speeds in the 1990s. Current CEO or Leader: Chuck Robbins (July 26, 2015-Present)
Current CEO or Leader: Philippe Camus (September 1, 2015-Present) Current Acquisition: MindMeld Inc. - May 11, 2017
Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. MindMeld has pioneered the development of a unique AI platform that
Trivia: Lucents facility, the Murray Hill chamber was cited in the enables customers to build intelligent and human-like conversational
Guinness Book of World Records as the world's quietest room. It is interfaces for any application or device.
Trivia: Cisco is in the center of the Silicon Valley.
possible to hear the sounds of skeletal joints and heart beats very
prominently.

Atos

Country or Origin: France

Founder: Bernard Bourigeaud
Avaya Date of Origin: 1988
Brief History: The company was formed in 1997 through a merger
of two French IT companies; and combined with the Dutch-based
Country or Origin: USA company Origin B.V. in 2000 to become Atos Origin.[5] It
Founders: TPG Capital and Silver Lake Partners subsequently acquired KPMG Consulting in 2002 and
Date of Origin: 2000 SchlumbergerSema in 2004.
Brief History: In 1995, Lucent Technologies was spun off from In 2010 Atos Origin announced the buyout of Siemens IT
AT&T, and Lucent spun off units of its own in an attempt to Solutions and Services and finalized the acquisition in July 2011.
restructure its struggling operations. Afterwards, the company name reverted to Atos.
Current Business: is an American multinational technology Current Business: Atos is an European IT services corporation
company headquartered in Santa Clara, California which with its headquarters in Bezons, France and offices worldwide. It
specializes in Internet telephony, wireless data communications specializes in hi-tech transactional services, unified
and customer relationship management (CRM) software. communications, cloud, big data and cybersecurity services
Current CEO or Leader: Kevin J. Kennedy Current CEO or Leader: Thierry Breton (February 10, 2009-
Current State Bankruptcy According to May 2016 news articles Present)
citing "internal sources", Avaya's private-equity owners (Silver Current Acquisition: Siemens IT
Lake Partners and TPG Capital) considered a sale of the company Trivia: 2018 European Championships
valued at $6 to $10 billion including debt. In February 2017 Atos has been appointed as the first official
Trivia: Avaya was an official partner of FIFA tournaments from sponsor of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. The
2001 to 2006. The contract included the 2002 FIFA World Cup in company has been awarded a 2.5million contract for timing,
South Korea and Japan and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. scoring and results.
 Schneider Electric
Unify
HARMONIZE YOUR ENTERPRISE
Country or Origin: Le Creusot, France
Founder: Eugne Schneider
Country or Origin: Berlin, Germany Date of Origin: 1836
Founder: Atos SE Brief History: The roots of this company are in the iron, steel, and
Date of Origin: October 1, 2008 armaments factories of Schneider-Creusot and other industrial
Brief History: Heritage traces the origins to Siemens & Halske concerns. In 2014 Schneider Electric advertised a cooperation
Telegraph Construction Company (German legal name : with German power supplier RWE.[8] From its 19th century
Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske) founded by beginnings in steel through its 20th and 21st century moves in
Werner von Siemens on 12 October 1847. Siemens' first electricity and energy management, Schneider Electric has grown
invention was the pointer telegraph. In the latter half of the 19th into a global leader in energy management and automation
century, the company built long-distance telegraph lines, through ongoing innovation and acquisition.
encompassing major projects in Germany and Russia, and the Current Business: Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational
monumental Indo-European telegraph line stretching over 11,000 corporation that specialises in energy management and
km from London to Calcutta. In 1897, Siemens & Halske went automation solutions, spanning hardware, software, and services.
public. Native of France, the company is headquartered in Rueil-
Current Business: Unified Communications and Collaboration, Malmaison and is also based at the World Trade Center of
Voice, contact center, Small and Medium businesses, Devices and Grenoble with offices throughout the world.
clients, Network infrastructure and security, Cloud Computing Current CEO or Leader
Current CEO or Leader: Jon Pritchard Current State Sold Juno Lighting.
Current State Acquired by: Atos SE Trivia: Schneider Electric launches green city contest by which
Trivia: Connection to Siemens. students John Paul Santos and Christian Sta. Romana from
Philippines won third place in the world division.

Nortel
BUSINESS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
Country or Origin: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Founder: Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company
Date of Origin: 1895
Brief History: In 1976, the company name was changed to Northern
Telecom Limited, and management announced its intention to ABB
concentrate the company's efforts on digital technology. Northern POWER AND PRODUCTIVITY FOR A BETTER WORLD
Telecom was the first company in its industry to announce and to
deliver a complete line of fully digital telecommunications products.
The product line was branded "Digital World" and included the well Country or Origin: Baden, Switzerland
known DMS-100, a fully digital central office switch serving as many as Founder: Ludwig Fredholm
100,000 lines, which was a key contributor to the company's revenue Date of Origin:1883
for close to 15 years.[citation needed] Brief History: ASEA was incorporated by Ludwig Fredholm in 1883
Starting in 1977, Nortel grew rapidly after the introduction of its DMS
line of digital central office telephone switches, especially after the while 1891 saw BBC being founded in Baden, Switzerland, by
AT&T breakup in 1984. Northern Telecom became a significant supplier Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boveri. It was
in Europe and China[citation needed] and was the first non-Japanese founded as a company producing AC and DC motors, generators,
supplier to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. steam turbines, and transformers.
Current Business: Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as
Northern Telecom Limited, Northern Electric and sometimes known Current Business: ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) is a Swedish-Swiss
simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications and data multinational corporation headquartered in Zrich, Switzerland,
networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, operating mainly in robotics and the power and automation
Ontario, Canada. technology areas.
Ex-CEO: Mike Zafirovski (2005-2009)
Current State A group of Nortel alumni have created their own Current CEO or Leader: Ulrich Spiesshofer (September 15, 2013)
company, named E-MetroTel, to continue evolving the Nortel product Current State ABB completes acquisition of B&R in July 6, 2017.
into a next generation product line called the UCX. Based in Plano, Trivia: ABB Robotics
Texas, the company consists of a group of Nortel engineers and ABB is a leading supplier of industrial robots and robot software,
developers who worked on the Nortel Meridian 1, CS1000, CS2100,
Meridian Norstar, Business Communication Manager, and SCS equipment and complete application solutions. Were at home in
platforms, while employed at Nortel.[155] They offer support for some 53 countries and have installed more than 300,000 robots,
Nortel products. Nortel PBX customers can reuse their phones, line supported by the broadest service network and offering in the
cards and cabinets with their UCX PBX solution. industry.
Trivia: Bankrupt on 2001.
Alstom
SHAPING THE FUTURE Huawei

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Date of Origin Founder
Brief History Date of Origin
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Current CEO or Leader Current Business
Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
Trivia

Mitsubishi Juniper

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Founder Founder
Date of Origin Date of Origin
Brief History Brief History
Current Business Current Business
Current CEO or Leader Current CEO or Leader
Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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 Dell
THE POWER TO DO MORE IBM

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Date of Origin Founder
Brief History Date of Origin
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
Trivia

HP (Hewlett Packard) GE (General Electric)

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Founder Founder
Date of Origin Date of Origin
Brief History Brief History
Current Business Current Business
Current CEO or Leader Current CEO or Leader
Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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 SAP
BT Trading System
BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
Trivia

Oracle IPC

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Founder Founder
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Current Business Current Business
Current CEO or Leader Current CEO or Leader
Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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 Rauland
Nice

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Brief History Date of Origin
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
Trivia

ASC Voice Recorder Verint

POWERING ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

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Founder Founder
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Current Business Current Business
Current CEO or Leader Current CEO or Leader
Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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 Honeywell
THE POWER OF CONNECTED Bosch
INVENTED FOR LIFE
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
Trivia

Motorola VMWARE

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Current Business Current Business
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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 NEC
EMPOWERED BY INNOVATION Diguim

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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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ZTE Extreme Network

TOMORROW NEVER WAITS

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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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 Sonic Wall
Panduit
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A CONNECTED WORLD
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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Fortinet Panasonic

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 Rohde and Schwarz
Emerson

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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
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Tyco Vertiv

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 APC
Mitel
POWERING CONNECTIONS
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current CEO or Leader
Trivia Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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ShoreTel Krone
BRILLIANTLY SIMPLE

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Current Business Current Business
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Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired. Current State Bankrupt, Ongoing, Merge with, Acquired.
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Belden
SENDING ALL THE RIGHT SIGNALS

Country or Origin/ Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, US/ St. Louis,

Misssouri, US
Founder: Joseph C. Belden
Date of Origin: 1902
Brief History:
The company is founded by Joseph C. Belden in Chicago, Illinois in
1902. The first major breakthrough for Belden occurs in 1905 when,
after much experimental work, "Beldenamel" insulation is created. This
flexible enamel insulation would provide the foundation for Belden's
early success. Belden moves to larger quarters in Chicago and adds
rubber insulated wire to its product line in 1910.
Current Business: Belden Incorporated is an American manufacturer of
networking, connectivity, and cable products. The company designs,
manufactures, and markets signal transmission products for demanding
applications. These products serve the industrial automation,
enterprise, security, transportation, infrastructure, and residential
markets. Belden is one of the largest U.S.-based manufacturers of high-
speed electronic cables primarily used in industrial, enterprise, and
broadcast markets.
Current CEO or Leader: John Stroup
Current Acquisition: In early 2015, Belden purchased Tripwire, a
company that develops, markets and sells information technology (IT)
solutions that provide security and compliance automation, for $710
million.
Trivia: PPC, a division of Belden, holds a number of patents for
connector technology and has pioneered advancements for various
industries. PPCs innovations include the Universal Compression
Connector, the wireless compression connector for the wireless
industry and a locking HDMI connector.

Microsoft
EMPOWERING US ALL
Country or Origin/Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, US
Founders: Bill Gates, Paul Allen
Date of Origin: April 4, 1975, Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Brief History: Microsoft is a multinational computer technology
corporation. The history of Microsoft began on April 4, 1975,
when it was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque.
Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows
operating system, Microsoft Office suite of productivity software,
Xbox, a line of entertainment of games, music and video and
Bing, a line of search engines.
Current Business: An Information Technology company. Microsoft
develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer
software, consumer electronics, personal computers and
services.
Current CEO or Leader: Satya Nadella (February 4 2014-present)
Current Acquisition: Uber Technologies Inc. and AOL (Verizon) on
June 30, 2015.
Trivia: Isnt it a huge number for a company to own more than
10,000 patents and add 3,000 patents every year? Microsoft is
among the top 5 patent owners in the U.S.. The 5,000th patent
was for the Xbox 360 technology while the 10,000th patent was
for Microsoft Surface. A $1,500 bonus is awarded to a Microsoft
employee if the related patent is successful.