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Smart Technologies Corporation is a publicly traded company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1987, Smart Technologies is best known as the developer of the Smart Board interactive whiteboard. As of the 2011 fiscal year end, Smart Board interactive whiteboards lead the interactive whiteboard category〔(MSNbc.com ) SMART Increases Interactive Whiteboard Product Category Share, 20 May 2011〕 with a 63% share in the United States, 44% share in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and 47% share globally.〔http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-4CUEER/0x0x469964/e5d5ed0b-029d-4b61-b35f-544ba8bd3bc4/SMT_News_2011_5_20_General_Releases.pdf〕 Interactive Displays / ICT Products Market: Quarterly Insight State of the Market Report, Quarter 4 2010, 31 March 2011. On July 15, 2010, Smart Technologies placed an initial public offering (IPO).〔(Yahoo! Canada Finance ) Smart Technologies Inc. Raises $660 Million in IPO on The NASDAQ Stock Market, Largest IPO of 2010, 16 July 2010〕 In 2011, the Smart Technologies Headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold standard certification.〔(Calgary Herald ) Smart HQ Receives LEED Gold Standard Certification〕 ==History== Smart Technologies introduced the first Smart Board interactive whiteboard in 1991.〔(Smart Technologies ) About Us - Company Info - Product Milestones〕 It was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and annotation over standard Microsoft Windows applications.〔(Smart Technologies ) About Us - Company Info - History〕 In 2003, Smart developed and later patented DViT (Digital Vision Touch) technology.〔(GOLIATH: Business Knowledge on Demand ) Smart Digital Vision Touch technology, 1 November 2003〕〔(The Free Dictionary by FARLEX ) DViT〕 This camera-based touch technology for interactive whiteboards and interactive displays uses digital cameras and proprietary software and firmware to detect finger or pen contact with the screen. That contact is then interpreted as finger or pen activity. In 2009, Smart filed a patent infringement lawsuit against New Zealand-based (NextWindow )〔(Business Standard ) SMART Files Patent Infringement Against NextWindow, 3 April 2009〕 before acquiring the company outright in 2010.〔(Innovative Interactivity (II) ) SMART Technologies' acquisition of NextWindow: A "smart window" to the world, 6 May 2010〕 As of fiscal year end 2010, Smart Technologies holds more than 150 issued patents〔( Smart Technologies ) Smart Technologies Patent listing by product〕 with more than 600 patents pending.〔(Canadian Intellectual Property Office ) Canadian Patents Database〕〔(United States Patent and Trademark Office ) USPTO Patent Database〕 In 2011, Smart Technologies celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Smart Board interactive whiteboard, which coincided with the installation of the two millionth interactive whiteboard.〔(AMEinfo.com ) Smart installs two millionth Smart Board interactive whiteboard, 4 July 2011〕 As of October 2011, Smart employs more than 1,700 people. Smart products are sold through dealers across North America and through distributors in countries around the world.〔(Smart Technologies ) Where To Buy〕 Smart Technologies is a publicly traded company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 1992, Smart formed a strategic alliance with Intel Corporation which resulted in joint product development and marketing efforts and Intel’s ongoing equity ownership in Smart. Smart first received ISO 9001〔(ISO: International Organization for Standardization )〕 certification in 1998 and most recently renewed this registration in July, 2009.〔(AlbertaWire ) Tags: ISO 9001, Smart〕 In 2000, Smart opened its first office outside North America in Bonn, Germany. Additional offices were opened in Washington, D.C. (2001), Tokyo (2001), New York City (2002), Chicago (2006), Shanghai (2006), Paris (2009) and Seattle (2014).〔("Smart Quick facts and stats" ). Smart Technologies. Retrieved February 10, 2014.〕 On July 15, 2010 Smart Technologies placed an initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), raising upwards of $660 million.〔(Bloomberg ) Smart Technologies Raises $660 Million in Second-Biggest U.S. IPO of 2010, 15 July 2010〕 On December 11, 2012, SMART Technologies announced it would begin corporate restructuring. 〔("SMART Announces Corporate Restructuring" ). Smart Technologies. 〕 The company proceeded to lay off 25% of its employees.〔("Layoffs at SMART Technologies Inc." )CBC. December 11, 2012〕 The new CEO Neil Gaydon stated that it would save the company approximately $40 million, and cited competition in the market is also part of the reason for restructuring.〔("Calgary's SMART Technologies to lay off 25% of staff" ). CBC. December 11, 2012〕 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「Smart Technologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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