SIVA Company History
Incorporated in 2000, SIVA Corporation develops and markets comprehensive, integrated software applications that enable multi-unit restaurant managers to streamline the management of money, materials and people.

From the company's inception, its mission has been to identify and leverage emerging technologies that deliver real business value to restaurant operators by reducing the cost and complexity associated with technology ownership. The result is a true next generation foodservice offering—designed for the connected enterprise and built using Internet technologies that enable hardware independence and free exchange of data.

As SIVA applies new technologies to old business problems, the company remains focused on its customers' business issues. SIVA's products are designed to be cost-effective to implement and support, capitalizing on the open source movement and industry standards.

SIVA's customers operate fine dining, casual dining and quick service restaurants. back

SIVA Product Offering
The SIVA family of applications improves the profitability and operational efficiency of multi-unit foodservice organizations by automating administrative tasks and delivering comprehensive operations information to store, field, and corporate managers in real time. Designed to streamline the management of money, materials, and people at distributed sites, the offering includes front-of-house, back office, and above-store reporting components. An Internet-based architecture supports information flow throughout the enterprise, enabling managers at all levels to make better decisions and take more effective action.

• The iSIVA™ restaurant operations management suite provides the core technology foundation for managing point-of-sale and back of house requirements in a multi-restaurant environment.



• The IntelliKitchen® kitchen management system streamlines food production processes, kitchen workflow, bin management, and sidework planning for both quick service and table service operators.



• The EventAlert notification platform monitors key operations data—sales, labor, loss prevention, food safety, kitchen production, energy and equipment usage and security—and alerts store personnel to areas that need immediate attention.



• The POS² mobile ordering application supports the order entry process on inexpensive wireless handheld devices. back

SIVA Investors
SIVA Corporation received its first three rounds of funding from a group of private investors led by Don E. Nickelson and Stephen Evans-Freke. Nickelson, who serves as SIVA's Chairman of the Board, is currently Vice-Chairman and Director of Harbour Group Industries Inc., a leveraged buy-out firm. He is the retired President of Paine Webber Group. Evans-Freke, an investor in technology and biotechnology companies, founded Sugen, Inc. and Selectide Corporation. He previously served as President of Paine Webber Development Corporation.

In July 2003 Zonal Retail Data Systems made a significant equity investment in SIVA. Founded in 1979, Zonal is the United Kingdom's largest provider of ePOS solutions to the hospitality and leisure industries. Heidi Steiger, President of Worth Magazine Group, joined SIVA's private backers for the company's most recent round, which raised $5.4 million. back

SIVA Partners and Resellers
SIVA cooperative marketing partners include IBM, JTECH Communications, Logic Controls, and Phase Research. A dozen certified resellers—Abacus Business Solutions of Clearwater, Florida; Aventa Data Systems of Tempe, Arizona; Business Technology Solutions of Norcross, Georgia; Dynamic Systems Corporation of Charleston, South Carolina; eCentra of Carlsbad, California; Jadeon of Irvine, California; Kline Cash Register of Louisville, Kentucky; Matrix Automation of Huron, Ohio; POS America of Voorhee, New Jersey; Restaurant Technology Group of Frankfort, IL; and Systems Technology Group of Buffalo, New York—provide a second distribution channel for SIVA products in North America. Zonal Retail Data Systems is both an investor in the company and an OEM of its products in Great Britain. back