FatWire Software was a privately held company selling web content management system (CMS) software. It was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2011, and its products rolled up into Oracle's WebCenter product lines.[1]
History
- 1996: Established by Mark Fasciano, Ari Kahn and John Murcott,
- 2003: Acquired Open Market's Enterprise web content management assets including Content Server from divine, founded as FutureTense.[2][3]
- 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.[4]
- 2010: FatWire and EMC Corporation 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 management software[5][6][7]
- 2011: On June 21, 2011, Oracle announced it was acquiring FatWire Software.[8] In July 2011, Oracle purchased Fatwire for $163 million with the assistance of Bingham McCutchen[9]
- 2012: In February 2012 Oracle releases Oracle WebCenter 11gR1 (11.1.1.6.0) incorporating WebCenter Sites – the new name for Fatwire Content Server.[10]
Market
FatWire's revenue for 2009 has been estimated to be around $40M by Real Story Group.[11]
Further reading
- Barb Mosher (Feb. 16, 2010) EMC Replaces their WCM with FatWire's Web Experience Management
- Sharon Fisher (Jan. 13, 2010) FatWire introduces WEM framework
- Richard V. Dragan (July 1, 2001) Elegant Content Management, PC Magazine (UpdateEngine5 review)
- Mark Gibbs (January 5, 2004) FatWire serves content big time Network World (covers their product line as of 2004)
External links
- Official FatWire website
References
- Oracle FatWire Acquisition^
- [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FatWire+acquires+divine%27s+content+management+line.+%28BI+News+Review%29-a0105204864 FatWire acquires divine's content management line. (BI News Review)]^
- FatWire Software: Content Management Takes a divine Turn (page 2)^
- FatWire Software Acquires Infostoria to Utilize Web 2.0 Technologies java.sys-con.com^
- FatWire: EMC and FatWire jointly deliver marketing solutions for web experience and brand management fatwire.com, retrieved 2024-06-21^
- EMC Replaces their WCM with FatWire's Web Experience Management^
- Bettering brand management, KMWorld, Feb 17, 2010^
- Oracle Buys FatWire Software Oracle Corporation, 2011-06-21, retrieved 2025-11-09^
- Bingham Closes FatWire Acquisition for Oracle retrieved 2012-05-29^
- Best Fatwire and WebCenter Sites Resources^
- Would EMC really buy FatWire?, Real Story Group^