Endeca
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology Information access |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
Area served | Americas Europe Asia Australia |
Key people | Steve Papa (CEO) Dan Demmer (President & CFO) |
| Products | Endeca Information Access Platform Guided Navigation Search Engines Endeca Developer Studio |
| Parent | Oracle Corporation |
| Website | http://www.endeca.com |
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 and was a privately held company, backed by venture capital investment from Bessemer, DN Capital, In-Q-Tel, Intel, SAP and Venrock,.[1] On October 18, 2011, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Endeca for $1.075B.[2]
Endeca is recognized as a pioneer of faceted search, particularly in the context of electronic commerce[3] and online libraries.[4] It claims that over 600 customers, including manufacturers, ecommerce sites, media sites, and U.S. intelligence services, are using its Information Access Platform product.[5] It is considered a leader in the enterprise search and information access market by industry analyst firms Gartner,[6] IDC,[7] and Forrester Research[8]
The name Endeca derives from the German word entdecken, meaning "to discover."[5]
Acquisition
On October 18, 2011, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Endeca. The transaction closed on December 5, 2011.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Endeca". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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- ^ "Toward the Next Gen Catalog". ALA TechSource. 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ a b "About Us: Company Overview". Endeca Corporate Website. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "Gartner Positions Endeca in Leaders Quadrant of 2009 Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant Report". TMCNet. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "Endeca Shortlisted as One of Top Search Vendors by Leading Market Research Firm (Press Release)". Reuters. 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "The Forrester Wave&tm;: Enterprise Search, Q2 2008". Forrester Research. 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ Corporation, Oracle. "Oracle and Endeca". Oracle website. Oracle Corporation.