# Emuzed

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'''Emuzed''', is now a part of [Aricent](/source/Aricent), the communications software company, previously [Flextronics Software Systems](/source/Flextronics_Software_Systems) spun off from Flextronics International in September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20061026/archived-articles/flextronics-spin-off-goes-private-as-aricent|title=Flextronics spin-off goes private as Aricent|date=1999-11-30|website=RCR Wireless News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

Emuzed developed and licensed advanced multimedia products and technologies for the embedded multimedia market, principally for [OEM](/source/OEM)s and [ODMs](/source/Original_design_manufacturer). The company headquarters were in [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California) with [research and development](/source/research_and_development) centers in [Bangalore](/source/Bangalore) and [Chennai](/source/Chennai), [India](/source/India).

The company was founded in 1999 by Prabhat Jain and acquired by [Flextronics International Ltd.](/source/Flextronics) in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/flextronics-to-acquire-emuzed-104102901048_1.html|title=Flextronics to acquire Emuzed|last=Badrinath|first=Raghuvir|date=2004-10-29|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/flextronics-to-acquire-emuzed/117871/|title=Flextronics to acquire Emuzed|date=2004-11-10|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> 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 [software](/source/software) and services across a wide range of platforms and [operating system](/source/operating_system)s. In addition to customer-ready applications, they also provided customization and [turnkey](/source/turnkey) integration services. Its customers include mobile phone maker [Nokia](/source/Nokia), and [Panasonic](/source/Panasonic). Emuzed has a reputation for high performance [codecs](/source/codecs) such as those embedded in [Symbian](/source/Symbian) [smartphone](/source/smartphone)s.

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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124095135/http://www.emuzed.com/ Emuzed web site] No longer available (noted 9/4/2011)
*[http://aricent.com/ Aricent web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221102225/http://www.aricent.com/ |date=2007-12-21 }}

Category:Defunct software companies of the United States
Category:Software companies established in 1999
Category:1999 establishments in the United States
Category:Software companies disestablished in 2006
Category:2006 disestablishments in the United States
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