Scalado
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Imaging software Imaging technology Mobile imaging |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Fadi Abbas Pierre Elzouki Maziar Jahanshahi Sami Niemi |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | Sweden (HQ), Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore and United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | http://www.scalado.com |
Scalado was a provider of imaging technologies, applications and engineering services for the camera (phone) industry.
The company was a Swedish imaging software company that focused on the wireless device industry. Scalado's CAPS was embedded in more than a billion cellphone camera devices.[1] [2] Scalado was acquired by Nokia in 2012.[3]
History
[edit ]Scalado was founded in 2000 at Ideon Science Park in Lund, Sweden by former students from Lund's University, Sami Niemi, Fadi Abbas, Maziar Jahanshahi and Pierre Elzouki (active until 2004).[4] Scalado employed imaging specialists worldwide and was headquartered in Lund, Sweden.[5]
The company had offices in Sweden (HQ), Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and the United States.[6] [7] [8]
Technology
[edit ]In 2010, Scalado technology was embedded in more than 930 million devices with a predicted annual growth of 500 million devices per year.[9] Examples of its technologies was Scalado RAJpeg, Scalado SpeedTags and Scalado SpeedView.[10]
During Blackberry World 2012 in Florida, Research in Motion revealed a demo of its upcoming new mobile os, BlackBerry 10, incorporating Scalado's time warp feature.
Products
[edit ]Scalado's software offered products in capturing, viewing and editing images. Examples of some of the imaging products Scalado provided its customers with: Scalado CAPS, Scalado PhotoFlow, Scalado Rewind, Scalado TimeWarp, Scalado Camera SDK, Scalado Album SDK, and Scalado Editor SDK.[11] In 2012, Scalado also started producing mobile apps for the consumer market.[12]
Awards and recognition
[edit ]2003 – Scalado was awarded by the European Commission with the European IST prize, Information Society Technologies (today called ICT-prize) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Scalado was given the award for its first ever imaging software, Scalado ImageZoomTM.[13]
2005 – Scalado won the Series 60 Challenge Awards in the category "Best Media/Music product of the year" for the PhotoTwisterTM Series 60 application.[14]
2007 – Scalado was awarded with ALBIHNS prize of innovation for the AutoRamaTM technology, a panoramic image application.[15]
2008 – At the Mobile Gala known as the Swedish "Mobile Oscars" in Stockholm, Sweden, Scalado won the category for "Company of the year".[16]
2009 – On Deloitte's list of "Sweden Technology Fast 50" Scalado was ranked as number seven with a growth of 1559% during 2004-2008.[17]
On Deloitte's list of the 500 fastest growing companies in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Scalado was listed as the 114 most expansive company with a five-year growth rate of 1476.10%.[18]
2009 – Scalado wins at the Red Herring's Europe 100 awards, as the top 100 innovative companies across Europe.[19]
2009 – Scalado is listed in the 100 Million Club.[20]
2009 – Ernst & Young nominated Scalado's founders in the category of "Entrepreneur of the Year".[21] Scalado won the category "Best International Expansion 2009".
2010 – Scalado makes the Deloitte's fast 50 and 500 lists yet again.[22] [23]
2010 – Scalado was nominated for the "Guldmusen" (the golden mouse) in the category "IT entrepreneur 2010". The founders’ of this award are the Swedish magazines Affärsvärlden and Computer Sweden.[24]
2010 – Scalado was nominated by the Swedish Trade Council for the Great Export Prize 2010.[25]
2010 – Scalado has been nominated several times for the Export Hermes prize. In August 2010, Her Majesty the Queen Silvia of Sweden honored Scalado with the great Export Hermes prize at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.[26]
2011 – Scalado becomes a "Gasell-company", an award given to the fastest growing most profitable companies over the last 3 years.[27]
2011 – Scalado keeps making the Deloitte's fast 50 and 500 lists.[28] [29]
2011 – Scalado was nominated for "best pressroom" by MyNewsdesk.[30]
2011 – Scalado is nominated for the "Cut the Wire" award.[31]
References
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- ^ "Nokia acquires developers and IP from Scalado". 2012年07月24日. Archived from the original on 2012年09月29日. Retrieved 2012年07月25日.
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- ^ "Scalado moves into Asia". ideon.se. 2007年03月27日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Scalado Development Department in China". computersweden.idg.se. 2011年04月26日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Scalado Inc (USA)". computersweden.idg.se. 2009年05月08日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
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- ^ "The European IST Prize" (PDF). ec.europa.eu. 2003年10月02日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Series 60 Challenge Award". Symbianone.com. 2005年01月17日. Archived from the original on 2005年04月25日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Albihns innovationspris". sydsvenskan.se. 2007年03月25日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Mobilgalan 2008". Symbianone.com. 2008年11月06日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Deloitte Fast 50". deloitte.co.uk. 2009. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Deloitte Fast 500". deloitte.co.uk. 2009. Archived from the original on 2012年06月09日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Red Herring's Europe 100 List". northcappartners.com. 2009年09月13日. Archived from the original on 2012年07月11日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "100 Million Club". visionmobile.com. 2010年05月10日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year". ey.com. 2009年11月04日. Archived from the original on 2012年04月05日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Deloitte Fast 50" (PDF). deloitte.com. 2010. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Deloitte Fast 500". deloitte.co.uk. 2010. Archived from the original on 2012年06月02日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Guldmusen 2010". computersweden.idg.se. 2010年02月16日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "The Swedish Great Export Prize". smartphone.biz-news.com. 2010年04月08日. Archived from the original on 2013年01月18日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Hermes Export Prize". chamber.se. 2010年08月25日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "DI Gasell" (PDF). Dagens Industri (almi.se). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012年09月20日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Deloitte Fast 50" (PDF). deloitte.com. 2011. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Deloitte Fast 500". deloitte.co.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012年06月02日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "MyNewsdesk Pressroom of the Year 2011". mynewsdesk.com. 2011年10月12日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.
- ^ "Cut the Wire Awards". silobreaker.se. 2011年10月09日. Retrieved 2012年06月07日.[permanent dead link ]
