Epicentric

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History

The company was founded by Ed Anuff and Oliver Muoto in 1998. The company received Series A funding from Outlook Ventures, New Vista Capital and Innovacom Ventures (investment arm of France Telecom).

Products

  • Epicentric Foundation Server
  • Epicentric Application Builder
  • Epicentric Module Marketplace

Investors

Investors included JP Morgan, Outlook Ventures, New Vista Capital, Motorola [2] and others.

Competitors

Competitors include Plumtree Software (now BEA Systems), IBM, and Oracle Corporation.

Acquisitions

Epicentric acquired Application Park, a web-services tools company, in 2001.[3] In December 2002, Epicentric was acquired by Austin, Texas–based Vignette Corp.

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