{"id":13033,"date":"2014-11-03T19:20:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=13033"},"modified":"2014-11-03T19:20:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:20:24","slug":"ul-signals-strategic-expansion-into-performance-benchmarking-services-with-futuremark-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/13033-ul-signals-strategic-expansion-into-performance-benchmarking-services-with-futuremark-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"UL<\/span> Signals Strategic Expansion into Performance Benchmarking Services with Futuremark Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"

UL<\/span>, a glo\u00adbal safe\u00adty sci\u00adence lea\u00adder, today announ\u00adced the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of Future\u00admark, the mar\u00adket lea\u00adding pro\u00advi\u00adder of per\u00adfor\u00admance bench\u00admar\u00adking soft\u00adware. Future\u00admark, a pri\u00adva\u00adte\u00adly held com\u00adpa\u00adny based in Fin\u00adland, deve\u00adlo\u00adps the world\u2019s most wide\u00adly used bench\u00admarks for desk\u00adtop com\u00adpu\u00adters, note\u00adbooks, tablets and smart phones.<\/p>\n

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NORTHBROOK<\/span>, Ill.<\/strong> \u2013 Novem\u00adber 3, 2014\u2013 UL<\/span>, a glo\u00adbal safe\u00adty sci\u00adence lea\u00adder, today announ\u00adced the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of Future\u00admark, the mar\u00adket lea\u00adding pro\u00advi\u00adder of per\u00adfor\u00admance bench\u00admar\u00adking soft\u00adware. Future\u00admark, a pri\u00adva\u00adte\u00adly held com\u00adpa\u00adny based in Fin\u00adland, deve\u00adlo\u00adps the world\u2019s most wide\u00adly used bench\u00admarks for desk\u00adtop com\u00adpu\u00adters, note\u00adbooks, tablets and smart pho\u00adnes. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon marks UL<\/span>\u2019s ent\u00adry into the soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment indus\u00adtry, a stra\u00adte\u00adgic impe\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve for the com\u00adpa\u00adny to help meet the gro\u00adwing demand for per\u00adfor\u00admance data.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Embedded soft\u00adware is now an important part of pro\u00adduct design. With an increased focus on mobi\u00adli\u00adty, we see more and more pro\u00adducts being con\u00adnec\u00adted, making the Inter\u00adnet of Things a rea\u00adli\u00adty. Con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly, soft\u00adware qua\u00adli\u00adty is a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant dri\u00adver of pro\u00adduct safe\u00adty and per\u00adfor\u00admance; and we belie\u00adve that bench\u00admar\u00adking is an important way to help our cus\u00adto\u00admers to impro\u00adve the per\u00adfor\u00admance of their pro\u00adducts,\u201d said Ste\u00adphen Kirk, VP<\/span> and GM<\/span> of UL<\/span> Con\u00adsu\u00admer Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Divi\u00adsi\u00adon. \u201cThis acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00advi\u00addes us with an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to build a new busi\u00adness line in test\u00ading a wide varie\u00adty of tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal devices so they offer the per\u00adfor\u00admance, safe\u00adty and pri\u00adva\u00adcy that con\u00adsu\u00admers expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mar\u00adket demand for bench\u00admar\u00adking ser\u00advices is dri\u00adven by inten\u00adse glo\u00adbal com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon to impro\u00adve pro\u00adduct per\u00adfor\u00admance and com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adti\u00adon. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, empowered users are see\u00adking more data to assess new pro\u00adducts during purcha\u00adse consideration.<\/p>\n

Future\u00admark has been deve\u00adlo\u00adping indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard bench\u00admarks sin\u00adce 1997. Today, Future\u00admark recei\u00adves a new bench\u00admark result every four seconds on average.<\/p>\n

UL<\/span> plans to increase invest\u00adment in Futuremark\u2019s pro\u00adduct deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, expan\u00adding the ran\u00adge and depth of the company\u2019s bench\u00admark offe\u00adring. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, Future\u00admark will tap UL<\/span>\u2019s glo\u00adbal sca\u00adle and resour\u00adces to expand into Asia and deve\u00adlop new mar\u00adket oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for its pro\u00adducts and services.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>In recent years, we\u2019ve expan\u00added on to new plat\u00adforms, our soft\u00adware has been adopted by the Euro\u00adpean Com\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon and natio\u00adnal govern\u00adments, and we\u2019ve wel\u00adco\u00admed more of the world\u2019s lea\u00adding tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adnies into our Bench\u00admark Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment Pro\u00adgram,\u201d said Juk\u00adka M\u00e4ki\u00adnen, CEO<\/span>, Future\u00admark. \u201cWe\u2019ve accom\u00adplished a lot on our own, but with UL<\/span>, we\u2019re in an even bet\u00adter posi\u00adti\u00adon to achie\u00adve our goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Futuremark\u2019s focus on crea\u00adting out\u00adstan\u00adding bench\u00admarks will con\u00adti\u00adnue with UL<\/span>\u2019s sup\u00adport and invest\u00adment. Futuremark\u2019s 39 employees, inclu\u00adding CEO<\/span> Juk\u00adka M\u00e4ki\u00adnen, will join UL<\/span> and remain with the company.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Both UL<\/span> and Future\u00admark have a long\u00adstan\u00adding tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon of neu\u00adtra\u00adli\u00adty and inde\u00adpen\u00addence,\u201d added Kirk. \u201cI think this com\u00admon cul\u00adtu\u00adral trait makes the two com\u00adpa\u00adnies a gre\u00adat fit for each other, our employees and our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion clo\u00adsed on Octo\u00adber 31, 2014.<\/p>\n

About UL<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

UL<\/span> is a pre\u00admier glo\u00adbal inde\u00adpen\u00addent safe\u00adty sci\u00adence com\u00adpa\u00adny that has cham\u00adpio\u00adned pro\u00adgress for 120 years. Its more than 10,000 pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnals are gui\u00added by the UL<\/span> mis\u00adsi\u00adon to pro\u00admo\u00adte safe working and living envi\u00adron\u00adments for all peo\u00adp\u00adle. UL<\/span> uses rese\u00adarch and stan\u00addards to con\u00adti\u00adnu\u00adal\u00adly advan\u00adce and meet ever-evol\u00adving safe\u00adty needs. We part\u00adner with busi\u00adnesses, manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders, trade asso\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adons and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal regu\u00adla\u00adto\u00adry aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adties to bring solu\u00adti\u00adons to a more com\u00adplex glo\u00adbal sup\u00adp\u00adly chain. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about our cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, test\u00ading, inspec\u00adtion, advi\u00adso\u00adry and edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advices, visit http:\/\/www.UL<\/span>.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Future\u00admark<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Future\u00admark deve\u00adlo\u00adps the most aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve and wide\u00adly-used per\u00adfor\u00admance bench\u00admar\u00adking soft\u00adware in the indus\u00adtry for desk\u00adtop com\u00adpu\u00adters, note\u00adbooks, tablets, smart pho\u00adnes and brow\u00adsers. Its bench\u00admarks enable peo\u00adp\u00adle to mea\u00adsu\u00adre and compa\u00adre the per\u00adfor\u00admance of the hard\u00adware and devices they depend on every day. Future\u00admark works in coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with many of the world\u2019s lea\u00adding tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adnies to deve\u00adlop indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard bench\u00admarks that are rele\u00advant, accu\u00adra\u00adte and impar\u00adti\u00adal. It main\u00adta\u00adins the world\u2019s lar\u00adgest and most com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve hard\u00adware per\u00adfor\u00admance data\u00adba\u00adse, using the results sub\u00admit\u00adted by mil\u00adli\u00adons of users to help con\u00adsu\u00admers make infor\u00admed purcha\u00adsing decis\u00adi\u00adons. Futuremark\u2019s head\u00adquar\u00adters are in Fin\u00adland, just out\u00adside the capi\u00adtal, Hel\u00adsin\u00adki. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, plea\u00adse visit, http:\/\/www.futuremark.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UL<\/span>, a glo\u00adbal safe\u00adty sci\u00adence lea\u00adder, today announ\u00adced the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of Future\u00admark, the mar\u00adket lea\u00adding pro\u00advi\u00adder of per\u00adfor\u00admance bench\u00admar\u00adking soft\u00adware. Future\u00admark, a pri\u00adva\u00adte\u00adly held com\u00adpa\u00adny based in Fin\u00adland, deve\u00adlo\u00adps the world\u2019s most wide\u00adly used bench\u00admarks for desk\u00adtop com\u00adpu\u00adters, note\u00adbooks, tablets and smart pho\u00adnes. (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13034,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13033\/revisions\/13034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}