Unicorn (Software company)

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Unicorn

Type

| Joint-stock company

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Industry| Information technology
Founder| Vladimír Kovář
Website| www.unicorn.com

Unicorn is a group of companies providing information systems and IT solutions. The company was founded in 1990 Vladimír Kovář.[1] Unicorn has branches in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Germany and Norway.[2]

Unicorn has created solutions that are widespread and used by businesses from various industries (banking, insurance, e-mobility, energy and utilities, communications and media, manufacturing, commerce and public administration).[3] The company is also the operator of the Internet service Plus4U, which provides a portfolio of services for people, small and medium-sized businesses.[4][5] Unicorn is a partner of Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat, Oracle, Atlassian, SAS and SAP[6][7][8][9] Clients include more than 1100 companies and organizations from 30 countries of the world, more than 375 thousand users of the Plus4U.net internet service and 830 students of Unicorn University.[10]

## Contents

* 1 History of the company
* 2 Industries
* 2.1 Energy and Utilities
* 3 Awards
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History of the company[edit]

Unicorn was founded in 1990 by Vladimír Kovář. Within two years, the company had a turnover of over 1 million dollars.[11] In 1997, the form of the company changed to a joint-stock company. Expansion abroad began in 2000, specifically the first foreign development center was established in Bratislava.[12] The company's annual turnover exceeded 1 billion Czech crowns in 2006.[13] Unicorn founded Unicorn University in 2007, which received master's degree accreditation in 2019 and fully distance learning accreditation in 2020.[14] In 2011, a branch was opened in Kyiv, Ukraine, and in 2014 in Arnhem, the Netherlands.[15][16] Over the past few years, Unicorn has acquired a number of companies focusing on different industries through acquisitions. [17] In 2022, the company's sales exceeded 7 billion Czech crowns.[18] As of February 2023, Unicorn has 25 development centers in 20 cities in 6 European countries.[9]

## Industries[edit]

### Energy and Utilities[edit]

In 2015, Unicorn developed and commissioned the real-time BritNed Control Point System (BNCPS), which controls in real-time the level and direction of power flow in the BritNed subsea interconnector between the Netherlands and Great Britain.[19][20] In 2018, Unicorn won the tender for the supply of the LIBRA international platform for the optimization of regulatory backups in national energy systems.[21] For the coordinator of electricity networks in Central Europe, TSCNET, Unicorn developed the AMICA system, which creates network security analyzes based on information about energy exchanges between transmission system operators.[22] In 2019, Unicorn supplied the IFA2DS dispatch system for the IFA2 subsea interconnector under the English Channel, which is used to connect the transmission systems of France and Great Britain.[23] The submarine interconnector has been managed by the IFA2DS system since January 2021.[24] Unicorn also supplied the dispatching system for the Nemo Link submarine interconnector between Great Britain and Belgium.[25] In 2020, Unicorn introduced the Inca system for dispatching high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables, which provides calculation of planned and optimized electricity flow.[26][27] In 2021, Unicorn won a tender to supply a register of gas and energy certificates of origin used for cooling and heating for the Swedish Energy Agency.[28]

## Awards[edit]

Unicorn won the Microsoft Awards 2019 in individual categories for the Digitization of production processes solution at Astra Motor, "Nursing" self-employed persons for the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, and Red Monster online training courses for primary and secondary schools. Unicorn is regularly ranked in the Top 100 ICT companies in the Czech Republic compiled by CIO Business World magazine.[29] In 2022, Unicorn won the IBM Automation Partner award and the IT project of the year award for the Norwegian Energy Certificate System project. Unicorn was included in the list of Top 10 companies that stand at the forefront in providing solutions over the Esri platform. [9]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Vladimír Kovář - 100 nejbohatších Čechů 2020". Forbes (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
2. ↑ "Jan Jaroš: Vozíme práci za lidmi, ne lidi za prací".
3. ↑ "Z Brna řídí firma energetiku po Evropě, vyvinula speciální systém". iDNES.cz (in čeština). 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
4. ↑ Bičíková, Zuzana. "Unicorn v roce 2019 doma a ve světě utržil celkem 4,25 miliardy korun". ChannelWorld (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
5. ↑ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
6. ↑ Bičíková, Zuzana. "Unicorn se stal Premier Business Partnerem společnosti Red Hat". ChannelWorld (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
7. ↑ "Atlassian má u nás dalšího platinového partnera". www.systemonline.cz. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
8. ↑ Bičíková, Zuzana. "Unicorn Systems a Exe jsou partnery roku společnosti Microsoft". ChannelWorld (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Unicorn – KickOff 2023" (in čeština). 2023-01-31.
10. ↑ "Softwarová společnost Unicorn v roce 2022 vyrostla o 29 % a utržila 7,17 miliardy korun". energy-hub.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
11. ↑ "68. nejbohatší Čech Vladimír Kovář: Jak vybudoval Unicorn a co mu v podnikání pomáhá nejvíce? | MladýPodnikatel.cz". mladypodnikatel.cz (in čeština). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
12. ↑ info@finstat.sk. "Unicorn Systems SK s. r. o. - historický názov: UNICORN GROUP s.r.o. - Obchodný register". www.finstat.sk. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
13. ↑ Sedlák, Jan. "Unicorn měl opět rekordní tržby, překonal 1,5 miliardy korun". Connect.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
14. ↑ "Novinky". Unicorn University (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
15. ↑ "Nechceme programátory tady, my jim práci přivezeme, říká manažer ajťáků". iDNES.cz (in čeština). 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
16. ↑ Sedlák, Jan. "Byznysový zápisník: Unicorn otevřel pobočku v Nizozemsku, chystá další". Connect.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
17. ↑ "Unicorn zvýšil tržby na téměř pět miliard korun". 2021-02-02.
18. ↑ Dolejš, Radan. "Rekordní Unicorn vykopl nový rok". CIO Business World (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-16.
19. ↑ "Podmořský přenos elektrické energie mají pod palcem odborníci z Plzně". iDNES.cz (in čeština). 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
20. ↑ FeedIT.cz (2015-09-05). "Společnost Unicorn Systems vyvinula řídicí systém pro BritNed". FeedIT (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
21. ↑ Revue, I. C. T. (2018-05-30). "Unicorn vyvine pro energetický projekt TERRE obchodní platformu. Pomůže Evropě šetřit elektřinou". Hospodářské noviny (HN.cz) (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
22. ↑ Poľakovský, Michal (2019). Reportovací nástroj pre monitorovanie stavu energetickej siete v reálnom čase. p. 22.
23. ↑ Revue, I. C. T. (2019-04-23). "Unicorn dodavatelem dispečerského systému IFA2 mezi Francií a Velkou Británií". Hospodářské noviny (HN.cz) (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
24. ↑ Prokšová, Lenka (2019-04-14). "Plzeňané dohlíží na vedení pod Lamanšským průlivem". Plzeňský deník (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
25. ↑ "Unicorn realizoval systém řízení pro Nemo Link". Technický týdeník (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
26. ↑ "Unicorn představuje řešení Inca pro vysokonapěťové stejnosměrné soustavy". www.proelektrotechniky.cz. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
27. ↑ "Řídicí systémy pro HVDC interkonektory". oEnergetice.cz (in čeština). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
28. ↑ "Český Unicorn potvrdí Švédům „zelenost" energie | Týdeník Hrot". Týdeník pro ekonomiku, politiku a byznys (in čeština). Retrieved 2023-03-27.
29. ↑ "Microsoft Awards 2019: Microsoft ocenil nejlepší české a slovenské projekty, které mění životy lidí a chod firem k lepšímu". Microsoft News Center (in čeština). 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2023-03-16.

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