{{for|the American professional golfer|Steve Veriato}} {{Cleanup-PR|1=article|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox company | name = Veriato, Inc. | logo = Veriato_logo.svg | type = Private Company<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=10441050|title=Veriato Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek|website=Bloomberg News}}</ref> | key_people = Elizabeth Harz (CEO) | industry = Software | products = Insider Risk Management & User Monitoring Software | homepage = {{URL|https://veriato.com/}} | foundation = 1998−2016 as SpectorSoft<br>2016 renamed Veriato<ref name=businesswire>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160315005693/en/SpectorSoft-Veriato-Reflect-Growing-Demand-Corporate-Truth|title=SpectorSoft Changes Name to Veriato to Reflect Growing Demand for Corporate Truth {{!}} Business Wire|website=businesswire.com|date=March 15, 2016|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> | location = West Palm Beach, Florida<br>United States }}
'''Veriato''', formerly known as '''SpectorSoft''', is a software company that develops and sells user behavior analytics and employee monitoring software.
The company is based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veriato Inc - Company Profile and News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/3137680Z:US |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref> and was acquired in 2019 by Awareness Technologies.
==History== Founded in 1998, the company was an early entrant in internet monitoring software.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
In 2008, private equity firms Harbourvest Partners and WestView Capital Partners invested in the company, taking a majority ownership position.<ref>{{Cite web|title = WestView Capital Partners|url = http://www.wvcapital.com/news/story.php?item=16|website = www.wvcapital.com|access-date = 2015-07-31|archive-date = March 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150310033415/http://www.wvcapital.com/news/story.php?item=16|url-status = dead}}</ref> SpectorSoft originally serviced both consumer and business customers, but no longer sells software for consumer or home use.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Monitoring Software {{!}} Computer And Internet Monitoring {{!}} SpectorSoft|url = http://spectorsoft.com/|website = spectorsoft.com|access-date = 2015-07-31|archive-date = May 23, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070523034244/http://www.spectorsoft.com/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
In 2011, the company opened their West Palm Beach office and London office.{{Ciation needed|date=May 2022}}
In 2012 SpectorSoft acquired the assets of Corner Bowl Software.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Release of SpectorSoft Server Manager Centralizes and Automates Server Monitoring, Provides Increased Systems Uptime and Simplified Compliance Reporting|url = http://www.spectorsoft.com/press/press_releases/2012/10/latest-spectorsoft-server-manager-release-simplifies-monitoring.html|website = www.spectorsoft.com|access-date = 2015-07-31|archive-date = March 31, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150331031256/http://www.spectorsoft.com/press/press_releases/2012/10/latest-spectorsoft-server-manager-release-simplifies-monitoring.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>
On March 31, 2015, the company completely exited the consumer market.{{Needs citation|date=February 2026}}
In 2016 the company was renamed Veriato, Inc.<ref name=businesswire/>
On June 12, 2019, Veriato was acquired by Awareness Technologies,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.akerman.com/en/firm/newsroom/akerman-represented-veriato-inc-in-its-sale-to-awareness-technologies.html|title = Akerman Represents Veriato, Inc. In its Sale to Awareness Technologies|date=12 June 2019|website=Akerman}}</ref> which was later acquired by TZP Group in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tzp-group-acquires-awareness-technologies-301187034.html|title = TZP Group Acquires Awareness Technologies}}</ref>{{Non primary source needed|date=February 2026}}
==Patent Infringement case== Patent Infringement Case Helios Software LLC et al. v. SpectorSoft Corporation has concluded. In September 2014, the Court granted summary judgment of non-infringement as to the ‘571 and ‘237 Patents.<ref>[https://ipspotlight.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/helios-software-v-spectrosoft.pdf IPspotlight files @ Wordpress.com: Legal opinion on Patent Infringement Case Helios Software LLC et al. v. SpectorSoft Corporation]</ref> In June 2015, after a five-day trial, a jury returned a verdict of no direct or indirect infringement by SpectorSoft of the ‘304 Patent, and also found several of the asserted claims of that patent invalid as both anticipated and rendered obvious by prior art (see Docket Entry No. 615 for Civ. No. 12-081-LPS).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sflaw.com/PR-SpectorSoft-2015-09-11.htm |title=Sflaw.com/PR-SpectorSoft |access-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200218/http://sflaw.com/PR-SpectorSoft-2015-09-11.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== See also == *Computer monitoring *Employee monitoring software
== References == {{reflist|24em}}
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