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Kronos Incorporated is a U.S.-based multi-national workforce management software and services company headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States, and employing 3,200 people.〔(Kronos company fact sheet )〕 == History == Kronos was founded in 1977 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) alumnus Mark S. Ain.〔(Kronos Corporate Governance: Executive Leadership Biographies )〕 Under Ain's leadership, Kronos sustained one of the longest records of growth and profitability as a public company in the software industry.〔http://www.capehornstrategies.com/Kronos3.pdf〕 Ain's brother, Aron Ain,〔(Kronos Corporate Governance: Executive Leadership Biography )〕 succeeded him as chief executive officer in 2005. Mark Ain continues as chairman of the Board of Directors. Originally a manufacturer of timeclocks, the majority of Kronos revenue is now derived from software and services. The company provides applications for workforce management, as well as consulting, education, and support services to its customers, including cloud services. In March 2007, Kronos was bought out for US$1.74 billion by the lead investor Hellman & Friedman and the secondary investor JMI Equity.〔(Today In Business | Buyout Deal For Kronos )〕 * Kronos was founded on October 31, 1977 * Delivered the world's first microprocessor-based time clock in 1979 * Kronos became a publicly traded company in 1992 (Nasdaq) and went private again in 2007〔(New York Times | Hellman & Friedman | Does Deal for Kronos )〕 * Delivered its first PC-based time and attendance product in 1985 * Under Mark Ain's leadership, Kronos sustained one of the longest records of growth and profitability as a public company in software industry history — second only to Microsoft〔〔(ICD | Analyze the Future )〕〔(Business Software |Top 10 Human Capital Management Software Vendors )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kronos Incorporated」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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