ERoom
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eRoom is an on-line project collaboration, or collaborative software
product from EMC Corporation
. Originally developed by eRoom Technology Inc., of Cambridge
, Massachusetts
, product features include e-mail management, calendaring, instant messaging
, project plans, databases, and document management.
The company, first called Instinctive Technology, was founded in 1996 by a group predominantly from Lotus Development Corporation (which had been acquired by IBM Corporation in 1995), and was led by CEO Jeffrey Beir.
One of eRoom's first clients was Hewlett-Packard
, which became one of the first clients to use eRoom's hosted service, in which the eRoom software was run on its own servers rather than the customers' servers, for a monthly fee.
In December, 2002, (announced in October) Documentum acquired eRoom Technology in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at more than $100 million. After Documentum bought eRoom Technology, Inc., they began integrating the eRoom product with their Content management platform, Documentum 5. The first integrated release, eRoom Enterprise, was released in February, 2003. Version 7 of eRoom, which was released later that year, added a library of horizontal applications for audit management, deal management, customer management and project management.
In October, 2003, almost a year after the eRoom acquisition, Documentum, Inc, was purchased by EMC2
.
Collaborative software
Collaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...
product from EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
. Originally developed by eRoom Technology Inc., of Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, product features include e-mail management, calendaring, instant messaging
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
, project plans, databases, and document management.
The company, first called Instinctive Technology, was founded in 1996 by a group predominantly from Lotus Development Corporation (which had been acquired by IBM Corporation in 1995), and was led by CEO Jeffrey Beir.
One of eRoom's first clients was Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
, which became one of the first clients to use eRoom's hosted service, in which the eRoom software was run on its own servers rather than the customers' servers, for a monthly fee.
In December, 2002, (announced in October) Documentum acquired eRoom Technology in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at more than $100 million. After Documentum bought eRoom Technology, Inc., they began integrating the eRoom product with their Content management platform, Documentum 5. The first integrated release, eRoom Enterprise, was released in February, 2003. Version 7 of eRoom, which was released later that year, added a library of horizontal applications for audit management, deal management, customer management and project management.
In October, 2003, almost a year after the eRoom acquisition, Documentum, Inc, was purchased by EMC2
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
.
External links
- eRoom Picks Up Steam
- Lotus, eRoom duke it out over collaboration apps
- Will the digital office take off for grounded corps?
- eRoom Technology launches eRoom 5.0
- eRoom Technology Delivers Major Update to eRoom.net Hosted Digital Workplace
- ERoom makes sharing data easier
- eRoom Technology Introduces Next Generation Digital Workplace with Unveiling of eRoom Version 6.0
- Ford Motor Company Globally Deploys eRoom Technology's Digital Workplace for Collaborative eBusiness Initiatives
- Courting Trial Technology
- Easy Enterprise Collaboration
- Documentum Acquires eRoom, Says Earnings On Target
- eRoom New version of eRooms announced at well-attended Documentum conference
- EMC Documentum eRoom
- About eRoom, on Knowledge Management Community