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Art Technology Group, Inc.

Type	Public (NASDAQ: ARTG
Founded	Cambridge, Massachusetts (1991)
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Key people	Bob Burke, CEO
Revenue	▲ US$164.64 Million (2008)[1]
Operating income	▲ US$4.43 Million (2008)[1]
Net income	▲ US$3.80 Million (2008)[1]
Total assets	US$188.77 Million (2008)[1]
Total equity	US$110.95 Million (2008)[1]
Employees	442[2]
Website	http://www.atg.com/

Art Technology Group is an IT company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Corporate history, acquisitions

1991: ATG is cofounded by Jeet Singh and Joseph Chung, both graduates of MIT.

1991-1996: ATG delivered consulting services for building Web sites

1997-1998: ATG transitioned to a software company offering several products including an Application Server and an e-commerce platform.

1999: ATG made its initial public offering.

2000-2003: Focused on commerce applications, business tools for content management, merchandising, marketing and analytics; shift to industry standard application servers from IBM, BEA and JBoss.

2004: ATG acquired Primus Knowledge Solutions^[3] in a disputed^[4][5] acquisition that closed on November 1, 2004.

2005: ATG completed the integration of the Primus applications onto the ATG Web marketing and ecommerce software platform

2006: ATG acquired eStara^[6][7], a provider of click to call, chat and call tracking solutions.

2008: ATG acquired privately held CleverSet^[8][9]; the transaction closed on February 6, 2008.

2010: ATG acquired privately held InstantService^[10][11]; the transaction closed on January 12, 2010.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "ARTG - Art Technology Group, Inc.". Google Finance. http://www.google.com/finance?q=artg. Retrieved 2009-03-29. 
2. ^ "Company Profile for Art Technology Group Inc (ARTG)". http://www.zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=ARTG&page=quotesearch. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
3. ^ ATG Picks Up Primus
4. ^ Mitchell-Wright Technology Group, LLC Urges Art Technology Group Shareholders to Vote Against the Merger With Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc.
5. ^ SaveATG.com at Archive.org
6. ^ ATG to acquire eStara in cash-and-stock deal worth up to $48 million
7. ^ ATG Will Acquire eStara
8. ^ ATG buys CleverSet for $10 million
9. ^ CleverSet selling out to ATG for 10 million
10. ^ ATG buys InstantService for $17M
11. ^ Seattle-based InstantService, a provider of live chat services, was acquired by Art Technology Group (NASDAQ: ARTG) of Cambridge

External links

• ATG
• ATG Group on LinkedIn