RealNVC, a Cambridge software spin-out, has been tipped to become the next billion-dollar Cambridge company by a panel of judges at the Royal Academy of Engineering.
The judges made the comments as they awarded RealNVC with the MacRobert Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in UK engineering.
Founded in 2002, the company offers users to remotely take control of another computer, smartphone or other device from anywhere on the planet, providing solutions to IT support and distance workers, to name a couple of sectors.
The company’s technology is currently being implemented by Intel so users don’t have to download extra software, and would even be able to use their devices if they were faulty or hibernating. Operating system Linux and software giant Apple also use the technology, and RealVNC is currently in talks with Google on how to integrate it into Chrome.
John Robinson, chair of the MacRobert Award judging panel, said: “RealVNC was selected because of the engineering excellence and tenacious entrepreneurship required for them to have opened the door to countless new markets for new product and services. For a relatively small UK company with no external investors to have grown to work with the world’s biggest technology companies is truly inspiring.”
