Plum today announced the release of a new addon to its enterprise web development kit edk, for creating interactive portlets using microsoft. Plumtree software is a former software company founded in 1996 by product managers and. Deployment guide for plumtree enterprise web suite. The deal finally removes from the market a struggling company analysts long expected. Its first portal release in 1998 preceded the merrill lynch report defining the enterprise information portal eip space, and brought to the marketplace a yahoolike hierarchical, navigationenabled interface to content and data stores for both. Its corporate portal provides the framework for applications, supports virtual community workspace, and integrates them into a cohesive web work environment. Kelman was a senior product manager at informix software, a company he joined via the acquisition of stanford technology group, from 1995 to 1997. Based on the 2001 acquisition of thirdgeneration content management. According to the company, this engine processes user requests for corporate information and applications from a wide variety of computers in parallel, offering customers improvements in scalability, openness, and faulttolerance. In 1998, prior to xoom, john was president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of plumtree software, inc. Bea expects the acquisition will close in the fall of this year. The companys enterprise web suite combines portal, content management, collaboration, integration, and search technologies. Following open texts acquisition of corechange, the lone remaining pureplay company in the market is plumtree software. Information retrieval software common isea tools statement of.
Plumtree technology partner program master agreement this plumtree technology partner program master agreement the agreement is between plumtree software, inc. Highlighted at the oracle openworld 2008 conference in. Its first portal release in 1998 preceded the merrill lynch report defining the enterprise information portal eip space, and brought to the marketplace a yahoolike hierarchical, navigationenabled. The user interface has also been redesigned as part of a host of other enhancements. As a product manager for online analytical processing software following informix software s acquisition of stanford technology group, mr. Veritas to acquire troubled mzm private equity firm veritas capital fund lp of new york has made its third move in. Plumtree pushes web services connectivity computer weekly.
Oracle buys fatwire, can now offer a complete customer. Plumtrees product suite includes a portal designed for nontechnical business users and related products for collaboration, search, analytics, and content management. The plumtree deal was designed to allow bea customers to build web interfaces for java and microsoft. Bea systems closed its acquisition of plumtree software on october 20, 2005. Plum tree is the result of this experience combined with the latest innovations in software development technologies and methodology. Plumtree software is poised to take the wraps off the latest version of its portal platform featuring expanded web services capabilities and a. Within 30 days, the companies will begin to jointly market a portal solution that. The acquisition will immediately bring advanced portal capabilities such as security, central role management, presentation management and targeted content delivery to vignettes content management suite vignette v7, which the company announced last week. Software acquisition capability maturity model sacmm. Plumtrees former portal product continues as part of oracles product line.
Plumtree software, ibm, and microsoft are leading the way. Firestone if it may be said that a single company originated the enterprise portal space, plumtree software is that company. John kunze svp, global consumer product and technology. The software acquisition capability maturity model sacmm has been developed to provide such a framework.
We want you to get exactly what you want from us and our software, this is why we use agile scrum as our methodology for all we do. This agreement is entered into as of the date that this agreement is fully executed by both company and executive the effective date, by and between plumtree software, inc. Oracle is mapping out two upgrades to the enterprise portal software package acquired when the company bought bea systems. The road to successful its software acquisition volume ii. Bea systems acquired plumtree on october 20, 2005, and oracle subsequently acquired bea. It provides a master schedule for research, development. The procurement described in this soo is an acquisition focused on delivery. The suite consists of tools aimed for line of business personnel for creating business process models aqualogic bpm designer. Plumtree software provides enterprise portal solutions to connect disparate work groups, it systems and business processes. Developer of software products for deploying web applications. Kelman was involved in designing and launching a major release of informix software s online analytical processing product line. Paul ciandrini employment agreement august 6th, 2004. Microsoft and plumtree software form global strategic.
The addition of bea is expected to accelerate innovation by bringing together two companies with a common vision of a modern serviceoriented architecture soa infrastructure and to further increase the value. Its offer is limited by less capability of its tools for creation of composite applications using the ses as a platform. Performing organization name and address mitretek systems 600 maryland ave sw ste 755 washington, dc 20024 10. Plumtree software is a former software company founded in 1996 by product managers and engineers from oracle and informix with funding from sequoia capital. John hogan has been vice president of engineering since march 1998. The air force is deploying perpetual licenses of the plumtree corporate portal in. Plumtree technology partner program master agreement. This new version incorporates change requests that have been received, as well as the results of lessons learned from conducting appraisals and from the use of version 1. See who you know at plumtree software, leverage your professional network, and get hired. As a founding member of the portal market, plumtree remains a perennial favorite in terms of mindshare at least and, despite growing competition, typically ends up on many rfp short lists. As with most portal software plumtree corporate portal supplies. Enterprise infrastructure software provider bea systems and plumtree software have entered into a definitive agreement under which bea will.
The information retrieval software shall meet the desired capabilities defined in table 1. The fuego deal is part of an aggressive acquisition. This list is used to check the capabilities of a crawl provider. My take on the acquisition of plumtree by bea several colleagues, coworkers, customers and other plumtree partners have asked me for my opinion on the buyout of plumtree by bea systems. Software acquisition planning guidelines 3 acquisition strategy. Plumtree suite a peachy deal plumtree software doesnt want to be known for portals any longer. Its corporate portal provides the framework for applications. Plumtree software continues to innovate, offering rich serviceoriented environments to deliver composite applications that give customers the freedom and flexibility to support advanced user needs and business processes. More specifically, the plumtree process server product has been renamed aqualogic interaction process. Bea aqualogic bpm suite, a set of business process management bpm tools.
Plumtree software is a technology leader, providing enterprise solutions to bridge disparate work groups, it systems and business processes with its crossplatform portal. Benchmark data for portal server capacity in a windows deployment337. A business and technical management approach designed to achieve program objectives within the resource constraints imposed. Oracle eyes improvements to enterprise portal package cio. Plumtree this week will introduce a new version of its portal and will outline a strategy designed to port its technologies across a wide.
Oracle buys web experience management vendor fatwire software. Plumtree software has added a wireless server and network search functions to its enterprise portal. The company was a pioneer of extending the portal concept popularized by yahoo. I certainly have thoughts and comments about this event, but moreover i have several open questions that i want to ask plumtree, bea and the community of.
Bea systems acquired plumtree on october 20, 2005, and oracle. Its portfolio features the industrys only crossplatform portal, running on both j2ee and. If it may be said that a single company originated the enterprise portal space, plumtree software is that company. Bea plans to marry its application server and middleware with plumtrees tools for building portals.
It combines workflow and process technology with enterprise application integration functionality. Plumtree software inc securities registration statement. Plumtree software, the strongest of the pure play portal vendors also makes a strong showing, but lags somewhat as a result of its lesser scale. Plumtree sells inwardfacing portal software designed to allow employees of an enterprise to work collaboratively via the web. Plumtree software, engages in the development, marketing, and sale of a suite of software products for deploying web applications.
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