Today Danish software company Netop A/S, parent company of Chicago-based Netop Tech, has acquired U.S. and Switzerland-based software company GenevaLogic. With the acquisition, Netop has consolidated its position as the world's leading provider of classroom management software.
"By combining the classroom management software products from GenevaLogic with the products of Netop, we are extending our commitment to being the worldwide leader in innovative software to support teaching and learning," said Kurt Bager, chief executive officer for Netop A/S. "Netop will be the market leader, providing educators and students with the benefits of more than 20 years of international, educational software expertise."
GenevaLogic, founded in 1996, is headquartered in Switzerland and the U.S. The privately held company is an international leader in active teaching systems, with its Vision classroom management software used in more than 50,000 classrooms worldwide. The Vision software empowers teachers and trainers to guide and supervise student computer activity from the instructor's computer screen.
The merger of Netop and GenevaLogic will make more development resources available for enhancing the complete portfolio of education and classroom management software offerings. The development of educational software is fast growing and by combining efforts, Netop will lead the race to bring the most innovative and proven education products to the market, Bager said.
"This new partnership is the perfect fit for GenevaLogic. By combining our efforts we can continue with even more momentum delivering best of breed education software solutions to our customers," said Peter Schuepbach, GenevaLogic's chairman of the board. "Together with Netop's other desktop management and security products, the total portfolio of solutions and products will be unlike that of any other education software vendor in the market space,"
In 2006, Netop established offices in the U.S. in Chicago. Since then, the company has worked to strengthen its market base and services in North America.
"This acquisition will complement our existing efforts here in the U.S. and give us a tremendous boost in momentum," said Dave Auwarter, U.S. educational sales manager at Netop. "Netop has a very strong reputation in the school market and the addition of GenevaLogic will give us the resources to keep on the cutting edge of development and accelerate our market growth based on superior products and services."
About GenevaLogic
GenevaLogic enables educators to manage, control and optimize the use of technology to support teaching and learning. Founded in 1996, with headquarters in Langenthal, Switzerland, and Portland, U.S., the privately held company is an international leader in active teaching systems whose Vision classroom management software is used in more than 50,000 classrooms worldwide. The company's education software solutions - Vision, App-Control, Surf-Lock, Pointer™, Plan-It™, Protect-On™, Print-Limit™, and Print-Limit Pro™ - allow schools, universities and training centers to get more learning value from their technology investments. For further information, please see www.genevalogic.com.
About Netop A/S
Netop A/S, formerly known as Danware A/S, develops and markets software solutions that enable the swift, secure, and seamless transfer of screens, sound, and data between two or more computers. The company has three business areas, Netop Desktop Management, Netop Education and Netop Live. The core Desktop Management product, NetOp Remote Control, enables remote control of one or more computers. The Netop Education business consists of Netop and Vision software solutions for computer-based classroom teaching. Netop Live consists of modern solutions for unified communication and collaboration and includes products like web, video and audio conferencing, secure chat, one button click to talk, desktop and file sharing. Netop has subsidiaries in the U.S., the UK, China, Germany and Switzerland and the Netop solutions are sold in more than 80 countries. Netop/Danware's shares are listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and are part of the SmallCap+ index. For further information, please see www.netop.com.
