Harris Computer builds and acquires software businesses, supplying mission-critical products to the Public Sector, Healthcare, Utilities, Private Sector and Insurance markets worldwide. Founded in 1976 by Nigel Harris with a computer-operated automated accounting system, the company has spent decades accumulating enterprise and business software operations and now serves thousands of customers across multiple vertical markets. It has been part of Constellation Software since 1996.
Technical work spans accounting software, enterprise software and business software. Harris operates globally and describes itself as an acquirer of businesses with growth potential rather than a conventional software developer; its stated aim is to provide acquired software businesses with a long-term "forever home" rather than to restructure or resell them.
The company is organised around ten core values, among them respect for the individual, unwavering discipline and a solutions-oriented approach to problems. It delegates decisions to the people closest to the work and states a commitment to helping employees realise their personal and professional goals. The working culture is deliberately long-term in orientation.
