FatWire
Encyclopedia
FatWire Software is a privately held company selling web content management system
software.
Content management system
A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...
software.
History
- 1996: Established by Mark Fasciano, Ari Kahn and John Murcott it was named FutureTense
- 2003: Acquired Open MarketOpen marketThe term open market is used generally to refer to a situation close to free trade and in a more specific technical sense to interbank trade in securities.-Use of the term in economic theory:...
's Enterprise web content management assets including Content Server (originally from divineDivine (corporation)divine inc, was a Chicago-based company that started out as an Internet Incubator named divine interVentures. The company was founded by Andrew 'Flip' Filipowski in 1999....
). - 2004: Launched Content Server 6.0 WCM software
- 2007: Yogesh Gupta was named President and CEO in August, acquired Infostoria in October, launched their strategy for Web Experience Management in November.
- 2010: FatWire and EMC CorporationEMC CorporationEMC 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...
announced a partnership in which EMC will resell FatWire's products as their strategic Web Experience Management solution. In return FatWire acquired the rights to resell EMC's digital asset managementDigital asset managementDigital asset management consists of management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets...
software,http://www.fatwire.com/company/pressroom/2010/article/emc-fatwire-strategic-partnership?packedargs=ulclass%3Dapproach-list. - 2011: On June 21, 2011, Oracle announced that it has agreed to acquire FatWire Software.
Products
- FatWire Content Server
- FatWire TeamUp
- FatWire Analytics
- FatWire Engage
- FatWire Community Server
- FatWire Gadget Server
- FatWire Mobility Server
- FatWire Content Integration Platform
Further reading
- Barb Mosher (Feb. 16, 2010) [EMC Replaces their WCM with FatWire's Web Experience Management] http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/emc-replaces-their-wcm-with-fatwires-web-experience-management-006696.php
- Sharon Fisher (Jan. 13, 2010) FatWire introduces WEM framework http://www.fiercecontentmanagement.com/story/fatwire-introduces-wem-framework/2010-01-13
- Richard V. Dragan (July, 1 2001) Elegant Content Management, PC MagazinePC MagazinePC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
(UpdateEngine5 review) - Mark Gibbs (January 5, 2004) FatWire serves content big time Network WorldNetwork WorldNetwork World is a weekly IT publication that provides news and information to network executives. The company is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States....
(covers their product line as of 2004)