<s>
Telerik	B-Application
AD	O
( Телерик	O
АД	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Bulgarian	O
company	O
offering	O
software	O
tools	O
for	O
web	O
,	O
mobile	O
,	O
desktop	O
application	O
development	O
,	O
tools	O
and	O
subscription	O
services	O
for	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
application	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
2002	O
as	O
a	O
company	O
focused	O
on	O
.NET	B-Application
development	O
tools	O
,	O
Telerik	B-Application
now	O
also	O
sells	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
web	O
,	O
hybrid	O
and	O
native	O
app	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2014	O
Progress	O
Software	O
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Telerik	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telerik	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
four	O
graduates	O
of	O
American	O
University	O
in	O
Bulgaria	O
and	O
Technical	O
University	O
of	O
Sofia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
RAD	O
editor	O
(	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
editor	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
then	O
recently	O
launched	O
Microsoft	O
technology	O
,	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
then	O
expanded	O
its	O
offerings	O
to	O
include	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
UI	O
)	O
navigation	B-Application
controls	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Telerik	B-Application
Sitefinity	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
upon	O
developer	O
interaction	O
,	O
Telerik	B-Application
developed	O
tools	O
targeted	O
to	O
support	O
other	O
.NET	B-Application
technologies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
AJAX	B-General_Concept
,	O
ASP.NET	B-Language
MVC	I-Language
,	O
WPF	B-Device
,	O
Silverlight	B-Application
and	O
Windows/Windows	O
Phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telerik	B-Application
introduced	O
support	O
for	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
in	O
2011	O
with	O
its	O
product	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
expected	O
industry	O
growth	O
in	O
mobile	O
adoption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
Telerik	B-Application
has	O
800	O
employees	O
in	O
11	O
offices	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
co-CEOs	O
Vasil	O
Terziev	O
and	O
Svetozar	O
Georgiev	O
,	O
and	O
Chief	O
Product	O
Officer	O
Aaron	O
Mahimainathan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2014	O
Progress	O
Software	O
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Telerik	B-Application
,	O
for	O
$262.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telerik	B-Application
is	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
.NET	B-Application
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
controls	O
,	O
but	O
through	O
acquisition	O
and	O
invention	O
,	O
expanded	O
to	O
support	O
additional	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
lifecycle	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
DevCraft	O
:	O
A	O
collection	O
of	O
UI	O
controls	O
and	O
widgets	O
with	O
versions	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
applications	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
platform	O
(	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
AJAX	B-General_Concept
,	O
ASP.NET	B-Language
MVC	I-Language
and	O
WPF	B-Device
)	O
,	O
HTML5	B-Application
(	O
Kendo	O
UI	O
)	O
or	O
through	O
Xamarin	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telerik	B-Application
Platform	O
:	O
An	O
integrated	O
group	O
of	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
products	O
that	O
together	O
provide	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
plan	O
,	O
develop	O
,	O
deploy	O
and	O
measure	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
and	O
mobile	O
applications	O
via	O
the	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
Telerik	B-Application
Platform	O
will	O
be	O
retired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Test	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
:	O
A	O
tool	O
that	O
helps	O
software	O
developers	O
implement	O
testing	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sitefinity	O
:	O
A	O
web	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
(	O
CMS	O
)	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
manage	O
websites	O
accessed	O
via	O
desktop	O
or	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
,	O
Telerik	B-Application
takes	O
a	O
proprietary	O
approach	O
to	O
its	O
development	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
has	O
several	O
products	O
that	O
are	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
:	O
NativeScript	B-Language
,	O
Kendo	O
UI	O
Core	O
,	O
Data	O
Access	O
,	O
Just	O
Decompile	O
and	O
the	O
“	O
Sitefinity	O
Project	O
Feather	O
”	O
Initiative	O
.	O
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