ModusLink Global Solutions
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: MLNK) |
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| Industry | Internet services, Software, Venture capital |
| Founded | Delaware, United States (1986) |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | Joseph Lawler, Chairman & CEO |
| Revenue |  $1,148.8 Million USD (2006) |
| Net income |  $14.9 Million USD (2006) |
| Employees | 4,700[1] |
| Website | www.moduslink.com |
ModusLink Global Solutions, formerly CMGI Inc., is an American technology and venture capital company, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company supplies a range of internet and communications services, mostly to computer companies, its biggest customer being Hewlett-Packard Company which accounts for 30% of their fiscal 2007 revenue.[2] Its services include inventory and supply chain management, and software and services to support customer logistics, fulfillment, customer relations, and web-based retail. The company provides these services mainly through its subsidiary ModusLink Corporation.
[edit] History
The company was founded in 1986 as CMG Information Services, Inc. by David Wetherell, who was formerly the company's Chairman. The company's initial public offering was in 1994. CMGI's December 2006 market capitalization was $662.4 million. CMGI's stock boomed in the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, peaking at $163 in 2000, for a market capitalization of more than $40 billion. The stock crashed heavily when the bubble burst, falling below $1 in 2002. As a result, the company was forced to cease its acquisition spree, sell many of its investments, and reduce other costs such as the naming rights to CMGI Field, home of the New England Patriots.
On September 29, 2008, CMGI officially changed their name to ModusLink Global Solutions, with the change of ticker symbol to MLNK taking effect on September 30, 2008.[3]
[edit] @Ventures
@Ventures[4] is CMGI's technology venture capital arm. Since 2004 and the launch of their fifth fund, @Ventures has focused on early-stage clean technology investments, with investments including:
- 212 Resources[5]
- Advent Solar[6]
- CarbonFlow[7]
- Cobalt Biofuels[8]
- H2Gen[9]
- M2E Power[10]
- Powerit Holdings[11]
- Propel[12]
Prior to 2004, the group focused on investments in IT and the internet. Its investments in these sectors have included:
- 1stUp.com (CMGI corporate acquisition)
- AltaVista
- Lycos
- FreeMark Communications
- furniture.com
- BizBuyer.com
- Tribal Voice, makers of chat program PowWow (CMGI corporate acquisition)
- iChat (a competitor to Tribal Voice)
- Snapfish
- GX Media
- Domania
- Central ad server
- MyFamily.com, Inc.
- Alibris[13]
- GeoCities
- Chemdex.com
- AdForce
- Navisite
- Koz.com
[edit] References
- ^ "Company Profile for ModusLink Global Solutions Inc (MLNK)". http://www.zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=MLNK&page=quotesearch. Retrieved October 22, 2008.
- ^ "ModusLink Global Solutions - Company Overview". http://www.hoovers.com/cmgi/--ID__16748--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml.[dead link]
- ^ "CMGI Changes Name to ModusLink Global Solutions". moduslink.com. September 29, 2008. http://www.ir.moduslink.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=103545&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1203409&highlight=. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
- ^ "@Ventures Home". Ventures.com. March 6, 2008. http://www.ventures.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "212 Resources Home Page". 212resources.com. May 17, 2011. http://www.212resources.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Home". Adventsolar.com. http://www.adventsolar.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Connecting the carbon world". Carbonflow. December 2, 2011. http://www.carbonflow.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Cobalt Technologies | Biobutanol and Beyond". Cobaltbiofuels.com. http://www.cobaltbiofuels.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Energy Management Systems for Industrial and Commercial Users". Powerit Solutions. http://www.poweritsolutions.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Propel Fuels: Renewable Fuels | E85 Ethanol | Biodiesel – Propel Fuels". Propelbiofuels.com. http://www.propelbiofuels.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Leader in Value Chain Management - ModusLink". Cmgi.com. March 6, 2008. http://www.cmgi.com/news/prdata/@ventures_alibris.shtml. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
