TeamSite explained

TeamSite
Developer:Interwoven
Genre:Content management system
License:Proprietary

OpenText TeamSite is an enterprise web content management system developed by Interwoven. At present, it is owned, maintained, marketed by OpenText, a company that acquired it from Hewlett-Packard on May 1, 2016.[1] Interwoven was founded in 1995, and acquired by Autonomy Corporation on March 17, 2009. Autonomy was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2011.

History

Interwoven was founded in 1995 in California by Singaporean Peng Tsin Ong, who was also Interwoven's first CEO and chairman. Peng was the co-founder of Match.com, and later went on to found Encentuate.[2] [3] In its private startup phase the company was backed by Foundation Capital,[4] Draper Fisher Jurvetson,[5] Accel Partners and other venture capital co-investors including Gary Kremen.[6]

On October 8, 1999 Interwoven had their initial public offering (IPO) on NASDAQ with Credit Suisse First Boston as the lead underwriter.[7]

Sale

On January 21, 2009, Interwoven announced it agreed to be acquired by Autonomy Corporation, based in England.[8] Autonomy estimated the consideration at $775 million [9]

The acquisition was finalized on March 17, 2009.

HP bought Autonomy on August 19, 2011.

OpenText acquired TeamSite, along with other HP Software products in May 2016.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News and Press Releases (PR).
  2. http://www.innovationmagazine.com/innovation/volumes/v6n3/coverstory3.shtml Innovation Magazine Article with Encentuate Founder
  3. http://www.encentuate.com/aboutus/executives.php Encentuate : Team
  4. http://www.foundationcapital.com/news/articles/vcj_010102.html Foundation Capital
  5. http://www.drapertriangle.com/network/draper_fisher_jurvetson.php Draper Network | Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  6. News: The battle for the sex.com domain name . Taipei Times . Kieren Mccarthy . August 13, 2006 . October 18, 2013 .
  7. http://www.interwoven.com/news/press/1999/991008ipopr.html Press Releases – Interwoven – Press Releases
  8. News: Interwoven Announces Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Autonomy . Press release . January 21, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125003014/http://interwoven.com/components/pagenext.jsp?topic=NEWS%3A%3ARELEASES&dcr=components%2Fautonomy.jsp . January 25, 2009 . October 18, 2013 .
  9. News: Autonomy Corporation Plc announces agreement to acquire Interwoven, Inc. for and aggregated consideration of US$775 million . Press release . Autonomy . January 22, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130073434/http://www.autonomy.com/content/News/Releases/2009/0122.en.html . January 30, 2009 . October 18, 2013 .
  10. Web site: News and Press Releases (PR).