Versata

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name = Versata

type = Private
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foundation = 1989
founder = Naren Bakshi
location_city = Austin, TX
location_country = United States
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key_people = Randall Jacops, President and Chief Executive Officer
industry = Software
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revenue = 40.30 M USD(2007)Fact|date=December 2007
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num_employees = 400Fact|date=December 2007
parent = Trilogy, Inc.
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homepage = http://www.versata.com
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Versata is a business-rules based application development environment running in Java EE. It is a subsidiary of Trilogy, Inc.

History

Versata started in the early 1990s as a software consulting company called Vision Software. Over time it developed and sold software for Microsoft Visual Basic development market. Around 1994, it began development of an integrated development environment for applications. It included a GUI builder and a business rules engine that enabled developers to create a Web application rapidly using MS SQL Server or Oracle in the backend. The product, called Vision Jade, was released around 1997. It was enhanced to support three tier applications and Java thin clients.

Vision Software changed its key product and company name to Versata, went public in March 2000 and, on that day, was worth an astonishing $4 billion --astonishing considering that the company had revenues of about $60 million and was losing a lot of money; but this was during the Dot-com bubble. Despite hard times, Versata has managed to stay alive and maintain its customer base.

In November 2000, Versata expanded into the business workflow area with the acquisition of Verve, Inc..

From early 2001 through mid-2003 Versata's revenues were in quarter over quarter decline until Alan Baratz took over as CEO. Five consecutive quarters of growth followed until early 2005 when revenues once again took a downward plunge.

Mid-2005 the company was notified by NASDAQ that it no longer met NASDAQ's requirements for continued listing, related to maintenance of a minimum amount of shareholder's equity, market value, or net income. Rather than continue to focus on these requirements, the company decided to move to the OTC (also known as the Pink Sheets) in order to remain publicly traded.

On 7 December 2005, Versata announced that Austin based Trilogy, Inc. had made an offer to acquire the company by tender. That deal was consummated in February 2006, taking the company private.

Trilogy then proceeded to merge portions of Trilogy, specifically, Trilogy Technology Group, into Versata and began acquiring further companies, reorganizing dramatically and offshoring most technical positions to its office in Bangalore, India.

Acquisitions

On July 3, 2006, Versata acquired Artemis International Solutions Corporation, a provider of project and product portfolio management tools, including Artemis (software).cite news
url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-03-2006/0004390968
title=Versata Announces Acquisition of Artemis International Solutions Corporation
publisher=PR Newswire
quote=Versata Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Trilogy, Inc., announced today it has acquired Artemis International Solutions Corporation
date=2006-07-03
accessdate=2007-12-27]

Since the acquisition Versata have made many of the Artemis employees redundant. [http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=36617]

In September 2007, Versata acquired Nextance a provider of enterprise contract management solutions.cite news
url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=VATA:US&sid=aeKXOpLO1fsI
title=Versata Acquires Privately Held Nextance
publisher=Bloomberg
quote=Versata Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Trilogy, Inc., announced today it has acquired Nextance
date=2006-07-03
accessdate=2007-12-27]

In November 2007, Versata acquired Gensym. Gensym is a leading provider of business rule engine software for mission-critical solutions that automate decisions in real time.

February 22, 2008 – Privately-held Versata Enterprises, Inc. Announced the acquisition of NUVO Network Management Inc. Nuvo was a Canadian based managed service provider/software provider. [http://archive.ottawabusinessjournal.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=./pubfiles/obj/archive/2008/April/28/OBJ-Technology/23786.xml&start=0&numPer=20&keyword=nuvo&sectionSearch=&begindate=1%2F1%2F1999&enddate=12%2F31%2F2008&authorSearch=&IncludeStories=1&pubsection=&page=&IncludePages=1&Include
]

References

External links

* [http://www.gensym.com/ Gensym Home Page]