Brooktrout Technology information

Brooktrout, Inc.

Formerly	Brooktrout Technology, Inc. (1984–1999)
Company type	Public
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1984; 40 years ago (1984)
Founders	David Duehren Eric Giler Patrick Hynes
Defunct	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Fate	Acquired by EAS Group; folded into Cantata Technology, itself acquired by Dialogic Group in 2007
Number of employees	350 (2001, peak)

Brooktrout Technology, Inc., later Brooktrout, Inc., was an American telecommunications company based in Boston, Massachusetts, and active from 1984 to 2005. The company was initially focused on the development of hardware and software to allow personal computers to act as fax machines, similar to GammaLink's GammaFax. The company later developed fax server hardware for local area networks before ultimately pursuing Voice over IP and videoconferencing products. In 2005, the company was acquired by EAS Group, who merged Brooktrout with another company of theirs to form Cantata Technology. Cantata was in turn acquired by Dialogic Group in 2007.