Endava PLC () is a British public-listed software development company, founded in 2000 in

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. It provides digital transformation consulting,

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services and various

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solutions. The company's close-to-client offices are located across

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and

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, and its nearshore delivery centers are located in

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(Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland) and

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(Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico and Colombia).

History

Endava consists of two founding companies; Concise established in 2000 in

and Compudava established in 2000 in

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. The companies merged to officially form the Endava Group.

Milestones

* In June 2015, Endava acquired Power Symbol Technology d.o.o., or PS Tech, headquartered in

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. * In October 2015, they acquired Nickel Fish Design LLC, or Nickelfish, a

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headquartered UX & design focused agency. * In September 2016, Endava acquired Integrated Systems Development Corporation, or ISDC, with headquarters in the Netherlands, which was already present in

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and

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with delivery units and client offices in the Netherlands. * In December 2017, they bought Velocity Partners, an agile software development company with headquarters in the United States and nearshore delivery centers in

. * In July 2018, Endava starts trading at

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through an IPO. * In October 2018, Endava started a strategic partnership with Bain & Company. * In April 2019, Endava is named as a principal partner of the FinTech Alliance, launched by the UK government to provide a global

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marketplace. * In June 2019, Endava opens two new software centers in

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and

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. *In March 2021, Endava acquired FIVE, a

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headquartered product discovery, design, development and growth marketing agency with offices in

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. *In April 2021, Endava acquired Levvel LLC. *In October 2023, Endava started a strategic partnership with Salt Edge.

Products and Services

The company offers services with respect to strategy consulting, creative and

user interface design User interface (UI) design or user interface engineering is the design of user interfaces for machines and software, such as computers, home appliances, mobile devices, and other electronic devices, with the focus on maximizing usability and the ...

, Insight through Data, Mobile and

Internet of Things Internet of things (IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks. The IoT encompasse ...

Systems architecture A system architecture is the conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and view model, views of a system. An architecture description is a formal description and representation of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning ...

Automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machine ...

Software Engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

Test automation In software testing, test automation is the use of software separate from the software being tested to control the execution of tests and the comparison of actual outcomes with predicted outcomes. Test automation can automate some repetitive bu ...

DevOps DevOps is the integration and automation of the software development and information technology operations. DevOps encompasses necessary tasks of software development and can lead to shortening development time and improving the development life ...

Cloud computing Cloud computing is "a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to International Organization for ...

, Advanced Application Management and Smart Desk.

Awards

* In 2014, Endava won the 20th annual IT Service & Support Awards Gala organized by the Service Desk Institute. * In 2014, featured in Econsultancy's Top 100 Digital Agencies in several consecutive years, a guide to the UK's top digital agencies. * In 2017, Endava ranked 7th, according to headcount, in the

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1000 list of Europe's Fastest Growing Companies. * In 2017, Endava was recognized as ITO company of the Year, at the Romanian Outsourcing Awards for Excellence Gala. * Endava was named Company of the Year at the 2018 ANIS Romania awards gala. * In 2018, the company was also recognised as 22nd in

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HSBC International Track 200 and ranked 4th by headcount, among the top 2% of the companies with the largest headcount in the UK in these rankings. * The company was featured in the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100, outsourcing service providers for 3 consecutive years (2015 – 2018).

References

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External links

Official site
Software companies based in London Software companies established in 2000