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Endeca Technologies Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryInformation technology
Information access
Founded1999
HeadquartersCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Steve Papa[1][2]
(CEO)
ParentOracle Corporation

Endeca was a software company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that sold eCommerce search, customer experience management, enterprise search and business intelligence applications. Endeca was founded in 1999 as Optigrab[3] and was a privately held company, backed by venture capital investment from Bessemer, DN Capital, Ampersand,[4] GGV, In-Q-Tel, Intel, SAP and Venrock.[citation needed] On October 18, 2011, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Endeca for $1.075B.[5]

Endeca's product provided faceted search, particularly in the context of electronic commerce[6] and online libraries.[7] It was considered a leader in the enterprise search and information access market by industry analyst firms Gartner,[8] IDC,[9] and Forrester Research[10]

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References

  1. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/inno/stories/profiles/2017/11/13/endeca-founder-steve-papa-has-put-a-lot-of-into.html. Retrieved 2020-08-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/05/endeca-steve-papa-infinio-storage.html. Retrieved 2020-08-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Endeca lands more than $10M in funding rounds - Boston Business Journal".
  4. ^ "Endeca Technologies (A) - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School".
  5. ^ Farrell, Michael B. (2011-10-18). "Oracle buys Endeca". Boston.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  6. ^ Briggs, Bill (2009-07-30). "Who puts the 'e' in e-commerce". InternetRetailer.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  7. ^ "Toward the Next Gen Catalog". ALA TechSource. 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  8. ^ "Gartner Positions Endeca in Leaders Quadrant of 2009 Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant Report". TMCNet. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  9. ^ "Endeca Shortlisted as One of Top Search Vendors by Leading Market Research Firm (Press Release)". Reuters. 2009-09-21. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  10. ^ "The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Search, Q2 2008". Forrester Research. 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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