<s>
Syclo	B-Application
,	O
LLC	O
(	O
acquired	O
and	O
currently	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
SE	I-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
mobile	O
enterprise	O
application	B-Device
platform	I-Device
(	O
MEAP	O
)	O
and	O
software	O
provider	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
Chicago	O
suburb	O
of	O
Hoffman	O
Estates	O
,	O
Illinois	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
offering	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
to	O
extend	O
enterprise	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
including	O
packaged	O
software	O
for	O
Enterprise	O
Resource	O
Planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
,	O
Enterprise	O
Asset	O
Management	O
(	O
EAM	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Customer	O
Relationship	O
Management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
handhelds	B-Application
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
computers	O
for	O
technicians	O
and	O
staff	O
performing	O
work	O
away	O
from	O
a	O
central	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
’s	O
focus	O
in	O
the	O
mobile	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
market	O
is	O
on	O
business	O
environments	O
across	O
industries	O
,	O
including	O
utilities	O
,	O
oil	O
and	O
gas	O
,	O
and	O
life	O
sciences	O
,	O
that	O
utilize	O
field	B-Application
service	I-Application
management	I-Application
processes	O
and	O
typically	O
have	O
significantly	O
valued	O
hard	O
assets	O
to	O
service	O
and	O
protect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Syclo	B-Application
offers	O
the	O
Agentry	O
mobile	B-Application
platform	I-Application
,	O
an	O
extensible	B-Architecture
framework	O
based	O
on	O
fourth-generation	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
developing	O
,	O
deploying	O
,	O
and	O
managing	O
a	O
wireless	O
business	O
application	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Agentry	O
also	O
includes	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
management	O
capabilities	O
embedded	O
into	O
its	O
application	B-Device
platform	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Syclo	B-Application
's	O
SMART	O
Mobile	O
Suite	O
of	O
workflow-specific	O
products	O
,	O
a	O
software	B-Application
suite	I-Application
built	O
on	O
the	O
Agentry	O
platform	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
implemented	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
750	O
customers	O
in	O
35	O
countries	O
and	O
20	O
different	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
plan	O
to	O
acquire	O
100%	O
of	O
Syclo	B-Application
equity	O
in	O
a	O
deal	O
whose	O
Financial	O
terms	O
were	O
not	O
disclosed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
his	O
consulting	O
company	O
,	O
Competitive	O
Advantage	O
Systems	O
,	O
developed	O
a	O
computer-based	O
wireless	O
order	O
system	O
for	O
Sprint	O
Nextel	O
field	O
workers	O
,	O
Richard	O
Padula	O
started	O
Syclo	B-Application
in	O
1995	O
in	O
Barrington	O
,	O
Illinois	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Syclo	B-Application
’s	O
flagship	O
Agentry	O
mobile	O
development	O
platform	O
was	O
introduced	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1998	O
Rush	O
University	O
Medical	O
Center	O
,	O
Chicago	O
’s	O
largest	O
healthcare	O
facility	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
organization	O
to	O
deploy	O
Syclo	B-Application
's	O
SMART	O
Mobile	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Syclo	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
