Mamut ASA
Encyclopedia
Mamut ASA is a Norwegian
IT
company that delivers administrative software solutions and internet based services, and has offices in 16 European countries. The company’s headquarters are located in Oslo
, Norway and the general manager is Eilert Hanoa.
Mamut Software Limited is a subsidiary of Mamut ASA, and is based in London
, England and is a European vendor of integrated business solutions for the SME market. Mamut solutions include integrated business software with functionality including accounting
and financial management, CRM
, logistics
and stock
control, time
and project management
, e-commerce, payroll /, Point of Sale
solutions, domains, e-mail, web hosting and security.
After analysing the market for financial systems in Norway, Eilert Hanoa decided to end his MBA studies to work full time with the development of financial systems. Recognised today as Mamut ASA, it was founded by Eilert Hanoa on the 1st of December 1994, with the name Guru Software AS. Central to the business plan was self-developed management systems adapted to small businesses that were to be sold as standard software. The system was based on Microsoft Windows
, and integrated with Microsoft Office
.
OTC list. In 2000, the parent companies name Guru Software was changed to Mamut and converted into a public limited company, Mamut ASA. In 2000 the number of employees passed 100 and the company issued its first shares towards international investors. In 2001 the product portfolio Mamut Business Software was introduced in Norway to replace the portfolio Guru Business Applications. In 2003 the company reached 100 million NOK in revenue and in May 2004 was included in the OSESX list.
Today the company operates in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and offers internet services in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain and Serbia.
In September 2008, Mamut Office Standard finished first in PC World’s test for the markets leading accounting software for small businesses. Thirteen software packages competed for the top award, with Mamut Office Start finishing in a close second behind Mamut Office Standard. In total, software from Mamut received first, second and third places in this test.
In March 2007 Mamut Enterprise received a favourable review from IT Reviews.http://www.mamut.com/uk/about/det.asp?id=5524
In December 2006 Alan Stevens in Personal Computer World reviewed Mamut Enterprise, writing "A remarkably comprehensive business management application at an affordable price" and awarding the product with 5 stars out of 5 for "Value for money".http://www.mamut.com/uk/about/det.asp?id=5241
, Norway in 1994, and had its IPO in May 2004. Mamut currently has over 400,000 customers and more than 95,000 Mamut Open Services users in 16 countries.
The following companies are part of the Mamut Corporation:
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
company that delivers administrative software solutions and internet based services, and has offices in 16 European countries. The company’s headquarters are located in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway and the general manager is Eilert Hanoa.
Mamut Software Limited is a subsidiary of Mamut ASA, and is based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England and is a European vendor of integrated business solutions for the SME market. Mamut solutions include integrated business software with functionality including accounting
Accounting software
Accounting software is application software that records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and trial balance. It functions as an accounting information system...
and financial management, CRM
Customer relationship management
Customer relationship management is a widely implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing,...
, logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
and stock
Inventory
Inventory means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English...
control, time
Time tracking software
Time tracking software is a category of computer software that allows its users to record time spent on tasks. This software is typically used by professionals who bill their customers by the hour, including lawyers and accountants. It represents an electronic version of the traditional paper...
and project management
Project management software
Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to...
, e-commerce, payroll /, Point of Sale
Point of sale
Point of sale or checkout is the location where a transaction occurs...
solutions, domains, e-mail, web hosting and security.
The early beginning
Although the company, Mamut, was established in 1994, its origins date back to 1986, when the founder Eilert Hanoa, founded his first IT company at the age of 15. The company sold software to individuals as well as small and mid-sized businesses. In 1987 the company was named “PC World Norway” and began its first major development project, SuperWP, a word processor with an integrated customer base/card index. The company also developed several computer tools (utilities) such as the menu system SuperOffice, CRM software Activator Pro, the tax software WinSkatt and the precursor to the financial system GuruOffice.After analysing the market for financial systems in Norway, Eilert Hanoa decided to end his MBA studies to work full time with the development of financial systems. Recognised today as Mamut ASA, it was founded by Eilert Hanoa on the 1st of December 1994, with the name Guru Software AS. Central to the business plan was self-developed management systems adapted to small businesses that were to be sold as standard software. The system was based on Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, and integrated with Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
.
Mamut
In September of 1998, the subsidiary company Mamut ASA was established. The company name, Mamut, was protected and trademarked, and domains were reserved in Norway, Europe and America. In March 1999, Mamut launched new websites and the company launched its first e-Commerce solution named Mamut Web in August that same year. In 1999, Mamut listed its shares on the Oslo Stock ExchangeOslo Stock Exchange
The Oslo Stock Exchange serves as the main market for trading in the shares of Norwegian companies. It opens at 9:00am and closes 5:30pm local time...
OTC list. In 2000, the parent companies name Guru Software was changed to Mamut and converted into a public limited company, Mamut ASA. In 2000 the number of employees passed 100 and the company issued its first shares towards international investors. In 2001 the product portfolio Mamut Business Software was introduced in Norway to replace the portfolio Guru Business Applications. In 2003 the company reached 100 million NOK in revenue and in May 2004 was included in the OSESX list.
Markets and internationalisation
Originally, Mamut only delivered their solutions within Norway. The first international effort happened in 2001, when a partnership was started with Arena Data AB for the sale and distribution of Mamut’s products in the Swedish market. In 2002, Mamut Business Software was introduced in Sweden, in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in 2004, in Denmark and Ireland in 2005, and in Germany in 2008. Mamut CRM & Sales was launched in the Netherlands in 2002.Today the company operates in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and offers internet services in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain and Serbia.
Awards
Mamut have won the UK Accountancy Age Awards for Excellence in the Small Business Software Package category of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 (was a finalist in 2007) as well as a number of other industry awards including:- Best in Test, PC World Norway 2008, 2007
In September 2008, Mamut Office Standard finished first in PC World’s test for the markets leading accounting software for small businesses. Thirteen software packages competed for the top award, with Mamut Office Start finishing in a close second behind Mamut Office Standard. In total, software from Mamut received first, second and third places in this test.
- Mamut Enterprise reviewed, 2007
In March 2007 Mamut Enterprise received a favourable review from IT Reviews.http://www.mamut.com/uk/about/det.asp?id=5524
- Mamut Enterprise given Personal Computer World "Recommended"
In December 2006 Alan Stevens in Personal Computer World reviewed Mamut Enterprise, writing "A remarkably comprehensive business management application at an affordable price" and awarding the product with 5 stars out of 5 for "Value for money".http://www.mamut.com/uk/about/det.asp?id=5241
Group companies
The company was founded in OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway in 1994, and had its IPO in May 2004. Mamut currently has over 400,000 customers and more than 95,000 Mamut Open Services users in 16 countries.
The following companies are part of the Mamut Corporation:
- Mamut:http://www.mamut.com/uk/ Offers complete business management software to small and medium sized businesses in Europe
- Active 24:http://www.active24.co.uk/ Offers domains and web hosting in sixteen European countries
- Loopia:https://www.loopia.se/ Offers domains and web hosting in Sweden and Serbia
- Mamut Stellar Business:http://www.stellar.dk/ Offers Accounting and CRM systems in Denmark
- MYOB:http://www.mamut.com/uk/myob Offers Accounting, Retail and Payroll software to small and medium sized businesses in the UK and Ireland