Workshare Explained

Workshare
Founder:	Barrie Hadfield
Hq Location:	London, United Kingdom
Area Served:	Legal Services, Professional Services, Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
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Key People:	Barrie Hadfield (CTO), Michael Garrett (CEO)
Industry:	Technology, software as a service (SaaS)
Products:	Workshare Compare, Workshare Secure, Workshare Transact
Services:	Document comparison, collaboration, security and deal transaction management
Parent:	Litera
Website:	'

Workshare is a provider of secure enterprise file sharing and collaboration^[1] applications.^[2] Content owners are able to track and compare changes in documents from contributors simultaneously.^[3]

History

In 1999, UK technology entrepreneur Barrie Hadfield co-founded Workshare, a provider of client-server document comparison software.^[4] Workshare's applications are used by legal and professional services organizations to track changes in contracts and documents. In 2012, Workshare merged with Skydox,^[5] also founded by Barrie Hadfield, a provider of cloud-enabled document collaboration software for the enterprise sector. Scottish Equity Partners and Business Growth Fund^[6] invested £20m in the deal.^[7]

Workshare also acquired IdeaPlane, an enterprise social network, in 2012.^[8]

Workshare was acquired by its competitor, Litera, in 2019.^[9]

See also

• Collaborative software
  • Document collaboration Document Management Systems
• Cloud Storage
• Cloud collaboration
  • Social business Software as a Service

Notes and References

1. Koplowitz. Rob. Document Collaboration Vendor Landscape. Forrester. 30 May 2013.
2. Kao. Kristine . McClure, Terri . Oltsik, John. Market Landscape Report: Corporate Online File Sharing and Collaboration Security and Governance. ESG. 14 November 2013. 29 November 2013.
3. News: Pelz-Sharpe. Alan. Workshare broadens its reach in secure collaboration. 11 June 2013. 451 Research. 7 March 2013.
4. News: Swabey. Pete. UK tech firms eye opportunity in content revolution. 11 June 2013. Information Age. 5 October 2012.
5. Web site: Palmer. Maija. Deal creates UK document sharing challenger. Financial Times. Pearson PLC. 11 June 2013.
6. Web site: British Growth Fund. SEP and BGF back SkyDox and Workshare. Anothny Foy, the new CEO gutted the US based operations in his plan to outsource many jobs overseas, thus putting dozens of long time employees out of work.. British Growth Fund. 11 June 2013.
7. News: Wauters. Robin. Workshare teams up with Skydox for collaboration software powerhouse, backed by $32.2m in new funding. 11 June 2013. The Next Web. 12 September 2012.
8. News: Wauters. Robin. Workshare strengthens its enterprise software offering with acquisition of UK based Ideaplane. 11 June 2013. The Next Web. 28 November 2012.
9. Web site: Skolnik . Sam . Rise of the 'Platform' Slated to Drive 2020 Legal Tech Deals . Bloomberg Law . 26 April 2022 . 8 December 2019.