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{{Infobox company
| name = Telelogic AB
| logo = Telelogic.jpeg
| logo_size = 210px
| type = Private (acquired by [[IBM]])
| genre = 
| foundation = 1983
| founder = 
| location_city = 
| location_country = 
| location = [[Malmö]] [[Sweden]]
| locations = 
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Anders Lidbeck (President & CEO)<br/> Bo Dimert (Chairman of the Board)
| industry = [[Computer services|Software services]]
| services = Business Process Optimization<br> [[Application Lifecycle Management]] <br/> [[Model-driven engineering|Model Driven Development]]
| market cap = 
| revenue = 1,524.9 SEK million FY 2006
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| assets = 
| equity = 
| owner = 
| num_employees = 1,237 (Dec 2007)
| parent = [[IBM]]
| divisions = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/support/telelogic/
| footnotes = 
| intl = 
}}

'''Telelogic AB''' was a [[software]] business headquartered in [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]]. Telelogic was founded in 1983 as a research and development arm of [[Televerket (Sweden)|Televerket]], the Swedish department of telecom (now part of [[TeliaSonera]]).  It was later acquired by [[IBM]] Rational, and exists under the IBM software group.<ref>{{cite press release |title=IBM Completes Acquisition of Telelogic AB |publisher=IBM |accessdate=2009-05-29 |date=2008-04-03 |url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23792.wss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618222207/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23792.wss|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2008}}</ref>

Telelogic had operations in 22 countries and had been publicly traded since 1999. CEO and President in 2001 was Anders Lidbeck.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Telelogic |date=2002-04-03 |title=Telelogic AB (publ) Announces Resolutions of April 3 Annual General Meeting: Board Elections, Issuance of Shares and Warrants |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2002/04/03/286038/994/en/Telelogic-AB-publ-Announces-Resolutions-of-April-3-Annual-General-Meeting-Board-Elections-Issuance-of-Shares-and-Warrants.html |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref> On June 11, 2007, [[IBM]] announced that it had made a cash offer to acquire Telelogic.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Telelogic’s Board of Directors recommends the offer from IBM |publisher=Telelogic AB |date=2007-06-11 |url=http://wpy.observer.se/wpyfs/00/00/00/00/00/0A/0A/0D/wkr0010.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krill |first=Paul |date=2008-04-03 |title=IBM completes Telelogic buy |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2651524/ibm-completes-telelogic-buy.html |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=InfoWorld |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=online |first=heise |title=IBM übernimmt schwedischen Software-Anbieter Telelogic |url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/IBM-uebernimmt-schwedischen-Software-Anbieter-Telelogic-138132.html |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=heise online |language=de}}</ref> On August 29, 2007, the [[European Union]] opened an investigation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/index/m94.html#m_4747 |title=EUROPA - Competition - Cases from 4700 to 4749 |accessdate=2008-07-22}}</ref> into the acquisition. On March 5, 2008, European regulators approved the acquisition of Telelogic by the Swedish [[IBM]] subsidiary Watchtower AB.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Rapid - Press Releases - EUROPA |publisher=EUROPA |date=2008-05-03 |url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/387 |accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref>  On April 28, 2008, IBM completed its purchase of Telelogic.<ref>{{cite news |title=IBM Acquires Telelogic |url=http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/IBM_Acquires_Telelogic/551-88862-908.html |work=CXO Today |publisher=ITNation India Pvt. Ltd. |date=Apr 28, 2008  |accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref>

==Former Products==

* ''[[Unicom Focal Point|Focal Point]] [http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/focalpoint/]'' — System for management of product and project portfolios.
* ''[[IBM Rational DOORS|DOORS]]'' — [[Requirements traceability|Requirements tracking]] tool.
* ''[[IBM System Architect|System Architect]]'' — [[Enterprise Architecture]] and [[Business Architecture]] modeling tool.
* ''[[Rational Tau|Tau]]'' — [[Specification and Description Language|SDL]] and [[UML tool|UML modeling tool]].
* ''[[Telelogic Synergy|Synergy]]'' — Task-based [[version control]] and [[configuration management]] system.
* ''[[IBM Rational Rhapsody|Rhapsody]]'' — Systems engineering and executable UML modeling tool.
* ''DocExpress'' — Technical documentation tool, discontinued after the acquisition and superseded by [[Rational Publishing Engine|Publishing Engine]].
* ''[[Rational Publishing Engine|Publishing Engine]]'' — Technical documentation tool

All of these products have been continued under IBM's [[Rational Software]] division in the [[systems engineering]] and [[Product lifecycle management]] (PLM) "solutions" software line.

IBM sold System Architect, Focal Point and several other software products to [[UNICOM Global]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=UNICOM® Global Acquires IBM® Rational® System Architect from IBM Corp.|url=http://unicomsi.com/news-and-events/news/system-architect/|publisher=UNICOM Systems website}}</ref>

==Acquisitions==

Telelogic acquired the following companies between 1999 and 2007:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date of announcement
! Company Name
! Type of business
|-
|{{dts|2006|03|06|abbr=on}}
|[[I-Logix]]
|Embedded modeling
|-
|{{dts|2005|04|18|abbr=on}}
|Popkin Software
|Provider of enterprise architecture tools
|-
|{{dts|2005|04|13|abbr=on}}
|Focal Point
|Provider of requirements analysis
|-
|{{dts|2000|12|16|abbr=on}}
|ATA
|Provider of project documentation & reporting tools
|-
|{{dts|2000|09|20|abbr=on}}
|[[Continuus]]
|Change & configuration management tools provider
|-
|{{dts|2000|08|08|abbr=on}}
|Quality Systems & Software (QSS)
|Requirements Management tools and consultancy provider
|-
|{{dts|2000|06|19|abbr=on}}
|Devisor
|Finnish consultant company
|-
|{{dts|2000|05|30|abbr=on}}
|Certeam
|Swedish consultant company
|-
|{{dts|2000|03|09|abbr=on}}
|COOL:Jex
|UML analysis & modeling tool
|-
|{{dts|1999|12|22|abbr=on}}
|CS Verilog
|Editor of ObjectGeode (a competitor to Tau), SCADE and Logiscope; then a subsidiary of the French company [[CS Group (company)|CS Group]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Telelogic, the world leader acquires Verilog, the first runner-up |url=http://www.cisionwire.com/telelogic/r/telelogic--the-world-leader-acquires-verilog--the-first-runner-up,c15802 |work=CisionWire |publisher=Cision |date=Dec 22, 1999 |accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|1999|09|08|abbr=on}}
|Real Time Products Ltd.
|British software design and services company
|}

== References ==
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