Emuzed, is now a part of

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, the communications software company, previously Flextronics Software Systems spun off from Flextronics International in September 2006. Emuzed developed and licensed advanced multimedia products and technologies for the embedded multimedia market, principally for OEMs and ODMs. The company headquarters were in

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with

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centers in

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and

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. The company was founded in 1999 by Prabhat Jain and acquired by Flextronics International Ltd. in 2005. It had more than 260 employees worldwide. Flextronics bought the company in order to be a dominant supplier for the mobile industry and for better market penetration with Emuzed's technologies. Emuzed provided a full suite of industry standards-based multimedia

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and services across a wide range of platforms and

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s. In addition to customer-ready applications, they also provided customization and

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integration services. Its customers include mobile phone maker

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, and

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. Emuzed has a reputation for high performance

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such as those embedded in

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References

External links

Emuzed web site
No longer available (noted 9/4/2011)
Aricent web site
Defunct software companies of the United States Software companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in the United States Software companies disestablished in 2006 2006 disestablishments in the United States 2006 mergers and acquisitions {{tech-company-stub