Impelsys
| File:Impelsys logo.png | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronic publishing |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Sameer Shariff |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | Software as a Service |
| Website | impelsys |
Impelsys develops digital platforms for publishers of e-books and learning management system providers. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York. Impelsys' information technology operations are based in Bangalore, India.[1]
History
Impelsys was founded in 2001 by Sameer Shariff.[2] Initially the company worked for textbook publishers, scanning hard copies and producing compact discs to accompany textbooks.[1] In 2003, Impelsys incorporated and initiated a content transformation service for Elsevier. That same year Impelsys also started offering ancillary content services for the publishing industry.[citation needed]
Though the initial services offering centered around content engineering, in 2004, the company started developing web applications for the publishing industry.[citation needed] A few years later, Impelsys came up with a content delivery platform that allowed publishers to deploy their content on their own white labeled content delivery platforms. In 2009, Impelsys launched iPublishCentral.[2] The platform is updated regularly to keep pace with the evolving publishing industry.[3]
Clients
Impelsys has a customer base of over 100 publishers globally. MIT Press, Elsevier and Sesame Street[4][5] were early adopters of iPublishCentral. Other major clients include McGraw-Hill Education, HarperCollins, and Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b K Raghu (7 December 2009). "Bangalore firm gives digital life to cookie monster and friends". Mint. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b Shashidhar K J (27 March 2012). "'Digital publishing is paying off'". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ Teri Tan (3 October 2014). "Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Navigating the Digital Landscape". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (19 May 2010). "Sesame Street eBookstore is a 'True Collaboration'". Digital Book World. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ Calvin Reid (29 March 2011). "Sesame Street, Impelsys Produce e-Bookstore App for iPad". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ Jayadevan P K (22 May 2012). "How entrepreneur Sameer Shariff's Impelsys is scripting Encyclopaedia Britannica's digital version". The Economic Times. Mumbai. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ Goutam Das (15 April 2012). "People business: Ruling Britannica". Business Today. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
Further reading
- Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg (7 December 2009). "Sesame Workshop Plans Children's E-Books". The Wall Street Journal.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - Deepa Kurup (1 April 2012). "Off the shelf, but thriving on the Web". The Hindu.
- Teri Tan (24 April 2015). "Meeting the Demand for More Agile and Mobile Content: Digital Solutions in India 2015". Publishers Weekly.