QlikFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from QlikView)QlikLogoTypePublic (NASDAQ: QLIK)IndustryBusiness Intelligence, Business Discovery, Business Analysis, Software CompanyFounded1993HeadquartersRadnor, PennsylvaniaKey peopleLars Bjrk, CEOTim MacCarrick, CFOLes Bonney, COOAnthony Deighton, CTO/SVP ProductsDiane Adams, Chief People OfficerProductsQlikView, Qlik Sense, ExpressorEmployees1,900 (July 2014)Websitehttp://qlik.comQlik is a software company based in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Qlik is the provider of QlikView and Qlik Sense, business intelligence& visualization software.

Contents [hide] 1 History2 See also3 References4 External linksHistory[edit]Qlik (previously known as QlikTech) was founded in Lund, Sweden in 1993 as a software company in business intelligence (BI).[1] Its PC-based desktop tool was called QuikView. "Quik" stood for "Quality, Understanding, Interaction, Knowledge." Initially the software was sold only in Sweden.[2]

Mns Hultman became CEO in 2000 and Lars Bjrk became CFO. The company grew from 35 employees in 1999 to 70 in 2003. In 2003, Qlik raised $12.5 million in capital.[3] In 2005, the single-user desktop tool was replaced with a server-based web tool. In 2004, Accel and Jerusalem Venture Partners, an Israeli venture capital fund founded by Erel Margalit, invested in Qlik, turning it into an international software house.[4] Qlik established partnerships with Intel and HP, and incorporated charts and colors in their UI. Qlik customers include DB Schenker, Dendrite, Ericsson, and the Swedish Post.

In 2007, Lars Bjrk became Qliks CEO. In 2009 and the company employs over 650 people in 24 countries[citation needed]. Its user base has expanded to 22,000 customers in 100 countries.[5] The company held an initial public offering in July 2010. In 2010, Qlik debuted on Wall Street.

As of April 2011, the company had a market capitalization over $2 billion.[6]

In 2013, the company opened an office in Western Australia.[7]

In 2014, the company released its next iteration of software for visualization of data, Qlik Sense, in free to use desktop form pending full product release.

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