FatWire explained

FatWire Software
Type:	Private
Founders:	Mark Fasciano, Ari Kahn
Foundation:	New York City, USA (1996)
Successor:	Oracle Corporation (acquired FatWire 2011)
Location City:	Mineola, New York
Key People:	Yogesh Gupta, CEO
Num Employees:	200 (2008)
Industry:	Software & Web Content Management & Web 2.0 Collaboration
Products:	FatWire Content Server FatWire TeamUp FatWire Analytics FatWire Engage FatWire Community Server FatWire Gadget Server FatWire Mobility Server FatWire Content Integration Platform
Homepage:	Oracle and FatWire

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/acquisitions/fatwire/index.html Oracle FatWire Acquisition
2. 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)
3. http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Editorial/Profile/FatWire-Software-Content-Management-Takes-a-divine-Turn--6443.htm FatWire Software: Content Management Takes a divine Turn
4. Web site: FatWire Software Acquires Infostoria to Utilize Web 2.0 Technologies . java.sys-con.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913061910/http://java.sys-con.com/node/451316 . 2008-09-13.
5. Web site: FatWire: EMC and FatWire jointly deliver marketing solutions for web experience and brand management . https://web.archive.org/web/20100219005404/http://www.fatwire.com/company/pressroom/2010/article/emc-fatwire-strategic-partnership?packedargs=ulclass=approach-list . 2010-02-19 . 2024-06-21 . fatwire.com.
6. Web site: EMC Replaces their WCM with FatWire's Web Experience Management.
7. http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/Breaking-News/Bettering-brand-management-61167.aspx Bettering brand management
8. http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/Acquisitions/fatwire/index.html
9. Web site: Bingham Closes FatWire Acquisition for Oracle . 2012-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120719000017/http://bingham.com/News/2011/07/Bingham-Closes-FatWire-Acquisition-for-Oracle . 2012-07-19 . dead .
10. http://manifesto.co.uk/best-fatwire-webcenter-sites-resources/ Best Fatwire and WebCenter Sites Resources
11. http://www.cmswatch.com/Blog/1789-Would-EMC-really-buy-FatWire Would EMC really buy FatWire?