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B entley Systems ’ mission is to provide innovative software and services for designing , building , and operating the world ’ s infrastructure . The company was founded in 1984 , which was a pivotal time in computing , where we went from mainframes – one computer for many , many people – to desktops where there is one computer for every user . Bentley Founder and Chief Technology Officer , Keith Bentley recognised the significance of this technology trend and saw the opportunity to move engineering software from a mainframe-driven model to a desktop model , which was extremely successful . Bentley now has 3,500 colleagues , in 50 countries .
One of the key drivers of the company is a culture that is supportive of trying new things , and I ’ m particularly energised by some of our current initiatives , which are aligning with another pivotal point in computing technology – the widespread adoption of cloud computing . This latest shift is characterised by a framework that leverages many computers for each person . Everyone has a mobile phone , a laptop , and a desktop – and web access to their information is expected everywhere .
Bentley has embraced this new reality with its iTwin Services , an initiative that was announced at the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference , in London last October . iTwin Services brings together concepts that Bentley has been nurturing in recent years , including iModelHub , introduced in 2017 . iM-
OCTOBER 2019