Kainos
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Company Background
Kainos is a privately held company based in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. Established in 1986, as a joint venture between Fujitsu
Fujitsu
is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....
and The Queen's University of Belfast business incubation unit QUBIS, Kainos was one of Northern Ireland's first campus companies .
Today Kainos has 260 consultants in four locations, Belfast, Dublin, London
London
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and Gdansk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
, Poland.
The word Kainos comes from ancient Greek and stands for new or fresh.
Company History
- 1986 - Kainos established, opening of Belfast office
- 1998 - Kainos opens its Dublin office
- 2000 - Brendan Mooney appointed Managing Director
- 2000 - Joint venture with Property News
- 2001 - Meridio spin-off
- 2007 - Kainos launches SpeechStorm
- 2007 - Kainos opens its London office
- 2008 - Kainos opens its Gdansk office
Core Business
Kainos provides consulting services in the areas of IT strategy, business case development, technology sourcing and implementation.The company specialises in the area of Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRMS), building solutions for customers in both the public and private sector.
Kainos also has a near-shore support service that is based in Northern Ireland.
In 2007 Kainos launched their speech recognition
Speech recognition
Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...
unit as a separate operating division of Kainos and called it SpeechStorm. SpeechStorm provides automated solutions for call centres, including touch tone, SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
, speech and visual IVR.
Partners
Kainos currently work closely with the following companies:Microsoft
Autonomy
Mediasurface
TIBCO
Kofax
Genesys
Awards
2008 ICT Award, Sales Professional of the Year2007 Belfast Business Awards, Business Growth
2007 Irish Contact Centre Awards, with customer permanent tsb
2006 Effective IT Awards, with customer Hibernian
2005 IM Awards, with customer Hibernian
2005 Belfast Telegraph Business Awards
2005 Rising Star Awards, PropertyNews
2001 IM Awards, PropertyNews.com