Digia (NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki: DIG1V) today announced that it has completed the
acquisition of the Qt
software technologies and Qt business it announced
in August 2012. As Digia now becomes responsible for Qt activities
including product development and commercial and open source licensing,
the acquisition paves the way for Qt to become the world’s leading
cross-platform application development framework across desktop,
embedded and mobile platforms.
Used by over 450,000 developers worldwide, Qt is a full framework that
enables the development of powerful, interactive and
platform-independent applications. Qt is a proven and solid technology
used across many different industries to provide extensive applications
beyond what is possible with many other cross-platform technologies. Qt
applications run native on the host system, delivering performance that
is far superior to any other cross-platform application development
framework. With Qt, developers can not only take full advantage of the
multicore processors in desktops and high-end smartphones, but also
deliver impressive graphical performance on low-end and low cost
embedded hardware. Qt’s support for multiple platforms and operating
systems allows developers to save significant time related to porting to
other devices. Once developed on a Windows desktop PC, for example, an
application’s code can be re-used on a smartphone, tablet computer or
embedded device.
Qt comes with a built-in tool-chain, IDE and an extensive set of C++
frameworks. The Qt Quick technology allows for rapid and easy creation
of dynamic and interactive user interfaces. Using Qt Quick’s declarative
programming method, which couples QML and JavaScript with a powerful C++
engine, leads to optimally performing and visually stunning user
interfaces. Qt's built-in features such as full support for HTML5
through the Qt WebKit module provide an easier and all-in-one solution
for hybrid application development where pure web technologies fall
short.
Qt already runs on leading desktop, embedded and real-time operating
systems, as well as on a number of mobile platforms. Digia has initiated
projects to deliver full support for Android and iOS mobile and tablet
operating systems within Qt and will present the product roadmap and
strategy later in the fall. Adding this support will extend one of the
most popular and powerful development frameworks to cover the fastest
growing and most popular smartphone and tablet operating systems.
Digia will continue the work with ecosystem members and the Qt community
to secure a successful release of Qt5 and is committed to continuing the
Qt Project in order to maintain Qt’s availability under both open source
and commercial licences. Digia now has over 200 dedicated people working
on Qt. The 89 Qt team members who have now joined Digia include many key
players of the Qt community, of whom Lars Knoll, Chief Maintainer of the
Qt Project, is one of the most experienced members of the Qt ecosystem.
Lars Knoll, Chief Maintainer of Qt Project, Digia commented: “I look
forward to the exciting next chapter for Qt together with Digia. Qt 5
Beta was released during the acquisition process and we are working hard
to reach a final release within the next months. Qt 5 is a huge step
forward for Qt and, with technologies such as Qt Quick or the improved
WebKit module, Qt is making many things trivial that are very hard to
achieve with other technologies. Qt being developed as an open source
project, with a vibrant and strong community behind it, greatly
increases the strength of the technology. I am now very much looking
forward to bringing the product to new platforms such as Android and
iOS.”
Tommi Laitinen, SVP, International Products, Digia, commented: “Qt has
already proved to be exceptionally popular with developers because of
its easy-to-use libraries and ability to generate efficient, high
performance applications in minimal time. Our intention is to continue
to work towards the goal set out by Trolltech, Qt’s originators, to
develop a framework that enables users to ‘write code once and deploy
everywhere’. Adding support for Android and iOS, together with the most
widely used embedded operating systems, will give us the potential to
target hundreds of millions of products and to help make Qt the dominant
force in the software development world.”
All significant existing online Qt information has been transferred to qt.digia.com,
which, along with qt-project.org,
is now the main information-sharing site for Qt.
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ABOUT DIGIA
Digia is a Finnish software solutions and service company. We have
nearly 1,000 professionals creating inventive solutions and bringing
success for people, businesses and communities in everyday life. We
improve our customers’ competitiveness with multi channeled enterprise
solutions that improve effectiveness and customer experience. Our
customers trust our insightful specialists, our deep industry
comprehension and recognized wide-ranging technology know-how. Our
innovative products are within reach of people around the world.
We deliver ICT solutions and services to various industries, focusing
especially on finance, public sector, trade and services and
telecommunications. Digia operates in Finland, Russia, China, Sweden,
Norway and in the U.S. The company is listed on the NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki exchange (DIG1V).
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