<s>
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
is	O
a	O
qualitative	O
research	O
software	B-Application
developer	I-Application
based	O
in	O
Burlington	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
with	O
offices	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
is	O
the	O
developer	B-Application
of	O
qualitative	O
data	O
analysis	O
(	O
QDA	O
)	O
software	O
products	O
,	O
NVivo	B-Application
,	O
NVivo	B-Application
Server	O
,	O
Interpris	O
and	O
XSight	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
help	O
qualitative	O
researchers	O
organize	O
and	O
analyze	O
non-numerical	O
or	O
unstructured	B-Application
data	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NUD*IST	O
,	O
which	O
stands	O
for	O
,	O
'	O
Non-numerical	O
Unstructured	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Indexing	O
,	O
Searching	O
and	O
Theorizing	O
 '	O
,	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
Tom	O
Richards	O
at	O
La	O
Trobe	O
University	O
in	O
Melbourne	O
in	O
1981	O
as	O
software	O
to	O
support	O
social	O
research	O
by	O
Lyn	O
Richards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
and	O
Lyn	O
Richards	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
form	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QSR	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
NVivo	B-Application
,	O
designed	O
to	O
guide	O
researchers	O
from	O
questions	O
to	O
answers	O
,	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Owen	O
became	O
CEO	O
of	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
edition	O
of	O
XSight	B-Application
,	O
enabling	O
researchers	O
to	O
work	O
through	O
information	O
and	O
get	O
to	O
analysis	O
faster	O
,	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
became	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Gold	O
Partner	O
and	O
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
7	O
and	O
XSight	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSight	B-Application
2.0	O
was	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
syllabuses	O
of	O
Australia	O
's	O
Victoria	O
University	O
and	O
Malaysia	O
's	O
Sunway	O
University	O
College	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
XSight	B-Application
was	O
also	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
syllabus	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southhamption	O
's	O
new	O
MSc	O
Marketing	O
Analytics	O
degree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
QSR	O
partnered	O
with	O
Hulinks	O
to	O
deliver	O
NVivo	B-Application
7	O
in	O
Japanese	O
-	O
the	O
first	O
Japanese	O
qualitative	O
research	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Patricia	O
Bazely	O
's	O
book	O
,	O
Qualitative	O
Data	O
Analysis	O
with	O
NVivo	B-Application
was	O
first	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QSR	O
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
8	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
and	O
in	O
August	O
2008	O
released	O
Simplified	O
Chinese	O
and	O
Spanish	O
versions	O
of	O
NVivo	B-Application
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
NVivo	B-Application
8	O
followed	O
in	O
November	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
French	O
-	O
and	O
German-language	O
versions	O
of	O
NVivo	B-Application
8	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
QSR	O
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
9	O
and	O
NVivo	B-Application
Server	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
QSR	O
released	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
NVivo	B-Application
9	O
featuring	O
five	O
new	O
languages	O
:	O
Spanish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
and	O
Simplified	O
Chinese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
separate	O
Japanese-language	O
version	O
of	O
NVivo	B-Application
9	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
QSR	O
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
10	O
giving	O
users	O
new	O
ability	O
to	O
capture	O
and	O
analyze	O
web	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
NVivo	B-Application
10	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Spanish	O
and	O
Simplified	O
Chinese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
SurveyMonkey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
TranscribeMe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
Beta	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
true	O
Mac	O
application	O
for	O
qualitative	O
data	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2014	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
commercially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
an	O
update	O
for	O
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
10	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Service	O
Pack	O
6	O
making	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
content	O
from	O
Evernote	B-Application
and	O
provides	O
improved	O
functionality	O
for	O
project	O
recovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
released	O
groundbreaking	O
new	O
software	O
for	O
qualitative	O
data	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
11	O
for	O
Windows	O
now	O
comes	O
in	O
three	O
editions	O
,	O
plus	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
and	O
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
Chris	O
Astle	O
became	O
CEO	O
of	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
released	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
,	O
Interpris	O
which	O
lets	O
users	O
sort	O
and	O
analyse	O
qualitative	O
survey	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
released	O
NVivo	B-Application
12	O
(	O
Windows	O
)	O
and	O
NVivo	B-Application
12	O
(	O
Mac	O
)	O
offering	O
new	O
mixed	O
methods	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
bought	O
Swiss	O
Academic	O
Software	O
,	O
the	O
developer	B-Application
of	O
Citavi	B-Application
,	O
a	O
software	O
for	O
reference	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
knowledge	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
financial	O
backing	O
of	O
TA	O
Associates	O
(	O
a	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
)	O
,	O
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
joined	O
forces	O
with	O
two	O
partners	O
,	O
Palisade	O
and	O
Addinsoft	O
,	O
to	O
found	O
Lumivero	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
data	O
analytics	O
software	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QSR	B-Application
International	I-Application
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Burlington	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
offices	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
is	O
a	O
qualitative	O
data	O
analysis	O
(	O
QDA	O
)	O
software	O
package	O
that	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
import	O
,	O
sort	O
and	O
analyze	O
data	O
like	O
web	O
pages	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
,	O
audio	O
files	O
,	O
spread	O
sheets	O
,	O
databases	O
,	O
digital	O
photos	O
,	O
documents	O
,	O
PDFs	O
,	O
bibliographical	O
data	O
,	O
rich	O
text	O
and	O
plain	O
text	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
interchange	O
data	O
with	O
applications	O
like	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Algorithm
SPSS	I-Algorithm
Statistics	I-Algorithm
,	O
EndNote	B-Library
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
OneNote	I-Application
,	O
SurveyMonkey	O
and	O
Evernote	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
is	O
multi-lingual	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
and	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
order	O
transcripts	O
of	O
media	O
files	O
from	O
within	O
NVivo	B-Application
10	O
,	O
11	O
and	O
12	O
(	O
Windows	O
)	O
using	O
TranscribeMe	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
and	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
perform	O
text	O
analysis	O
and	O
create	O
visualizations	O
of	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Mac	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
for	O
Teams	O
(	O
NVivo	B-Application
Server	O
)	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
let	O
users	O
analyze	O
and	O
manage	O
NVivo	B-Application
projects	O
centrally	O
so	O
teams	O
can	O
work	O
together	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
project	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSight	B-Application
software	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
supported	O
until	O
January	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NVivo	B-Application
12	O
(	O
Windows	O
)	O
software	O
offers	O
equivalent	O
functionality	O
,	O
with	O
greater	O
flexibility	O
and	O
enables	O
researchers	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
more	O
data	O
types	O
including	O
PDFs	O
,	O
surveys	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
web	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interpris	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
import	O
,	O
sort	O
and	O
analyse	O
survey	O
data	O
from	O
Survey	O
Monkey	O
,	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
workbook	O
,	O
or	O
uploaded	O
from	O
a	O
.CSV	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citavi	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
for	O
reference	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
knowledge	O
organization	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Swiss	O
Academic	O
Software	O
GmbH	O
in	O
Wädenswil	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programs	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
help	O
qualitative	O
researchers	O
manage	O
unstructured	B-Application
information	I-Application
like	O
open-ended	O
surveys	O
,	O
focus	O
groups	O
,	O
field	O
notes	O
or	O
interviews	O
.	O
</s>
