update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . july 2015 metaswitch networks type private 1 industry telecommunications 2 founded united kingdom 1981 1981 3 4 founder ian s. ferguson 3 4 headquarters london uk number of locations 8 2010 5 area served worldwide key people martin lund ceo graeme macarthur evp martin taylor cto tom cronan cfo john lazar chairman products software solutions for service providers network protocol stacks for equipment manufacturers 2 revenue us 156 million 2011 6 number of employees 700 as of october 2011 update 7 website www.metaswitch.com coordinates 51 39 10 n 0 5 16 w 51.65278 n 0.08778 w 51.65278 ; 0.08778 metaswitch head office metaswitch networks commonly metaswitch is a private uk based company that designs develops manufactures and markets telecommunications software to communication service providers equipment manufacturers and large enterprises . contents 1 corporate history 2 acquisitions 3 ownership and investors 4 references 5 external links corporate history edit metaswitch head office in enfield uk metaswitch formerly data connection ltd was founded in 1981 by seven former ibm employees led by ian ferguson who remains on the board of directors . 3 4 8 the company s earliest business areas included ibm systems network architecture sna and retail point of sale systems . in the 1990s the company began developing network protocol software . 3 in 2000 the company launched the metaswitch brand which provided softswitches and network management systems designed to enable telephone service providers to migrate to voice over ip voip networks while still supporting legacy telephone technologies . 3 by 2008 the metaswitch division was responsible for 78 % of the company s revenue . 9 in april 2009 the company announced intentions to consolidate all of its products and business operations under the metaswitch brand with two business units the carrier systems division and network protocol division . 10 in october 2009 the company rebranded itself as metaswitch networks to reflect the growing focus on the products and services that it sells to telephone service providers . 11 in august 2011 the company formally changed its name from data connection ltd to metaswitch networks ltd. 12 acquisitions edit in march 2010 the firm acquired apptrigger inc a provider of service broker solutions in richardson tx . 13 in april 2011 it acquired colibria as a provider of rich communication suite rcs software in oslo norway . 14 ownership and investors edit in 1987 metaswitch established the employee benefit trust ebt to hold shares of the company on behalf of the employees which enabled company wide profit sharing . 15 16 in january 2008 francisco partners a private equity firm and sequoia capital a venture capitalist firm invested an undisclosed sum in metaswitch . 17 18 references edit investors . metaswitch networks . a b fact sheet overview . metaswitch networks . a b c d e history . metaswitch networks . a b c metaswitch engineered for success in vob voip . optical keyhole . 15 march 2004 . archived from the original on 20 august 2007 . contacts and locations . metaswitch networks . harvey phil 4 october 2012 . the future of metaswitch . light reading . orlando fl . retrieved 4 september 2013 . about metaswitch . metaswitch networks . archived from the original on 6 october 2011 . board of directors . metaswitch networks . karpinski rich 29 october 2008 . metaswitch touts 22 % growth . connected planet online . penton media . archived from the original on 20 may 2010 . mohney doug 8 april 2009 . metaswitch forum 2009 metaswitch appoints lazar ceo adds denuccio to board consolidates brand . fiercevoip . fiercemarkets . archived from the original on 20 may 2010 . metaswitch networks annual results show revenue growth strong profitability and market share gains press release . metaswitch networks . 7 october 2009 . metaswitch networks . companies in the uk . metaswitch enters service broker market with acquisition of apptrigger press release . metaswitch networks . 9 march 2010 . metaswitch acquires colibria press release . metaswitch networks . 6 april 2011 . jander mary 22 september 2003 . dcl hiring toward profits . light reading . ubm techweb . archived from the original on 3 november 2003 . stability . metaswitch networks . ownership . archived from the original on 20 may 2010 . the company is privately held by top tier investment firms francisco partners and sequoia capital as well as the employee benefit trust ebt which distributes a share of profit to all employees francisco partners and sequoia capital make significant investment in data connection and metaswitch press release . metaswitch networks . 14 january 2008 . wilson carol 14 january 2008 . metaswitch gets cash infusion . connected planet online . penton media . archived from the original on 23 may 2010 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php 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