44-821: OpenText Corporation (styled as opentext ) is a Canadian Information company that develops and sells enterprise information management (EIM) software . OpenText, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario , Canada, is Canada's fourth-largest software company as of 2022, and recognized as one of Canada's top 100 employers 2016 by Mediacorp Canada Inc. OpenText software applications manage content and unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms. OpenText aims its products at addressing information management requirements, including management of large volumes of content, compliance with regulatory requirements, and mobile and online experience management. OpenText employs 22,900 people worldwide, and
88-509: A "Protection Score" of 3.5 out of 6, placing it near the bottom of all 26 products evaluated in this test in terms of protection against malware. Both the "Detection of the latest Android malware in real-time" and "Detection of the latest Android malware discovered in the last 4 weeks" scores were below the "Industry Average" score. WebRoot's web browser extension will flag any web site that WebRoot has not reviewed as suspicious. The browser extension will inject an exclamation mark icon along with
132-507: A Windows 7 64-bit machine. Webroot had the worst results out of 20 products tested by AV-Comparatives in the September 2012 File Detection Test of Malicious Software, both in terms of malware detection rates and false alarms. Webroot detected less than 80 percent of viral samples, much worse than the 94.4 percent rate of the second-lowest detecting product. Webroot inappropriately flagged 210 clean files, raising as many false positives as
176-468: A discrete legal capacity (or "personality"), perpetual succession , and a common seal . Except for some senior positions, companies remain unaffected by the death, insanity, or insolvency of an individual member. The English word, " company ", has its origins in the Old French term compagnie (first recorded in 1150), meaning "society, friendship, intimacy; body of soldiers", which came from
220-526: A legal person so that the company itself has limited liability as members perform or fail to discharge their duties according to the publicly declared incorporation published policy. When a company closes, it may need to be liquidated to avoid further legal obligations. Companies may associate and collectively register themselves as new companies; the resulting entities are often known as corporate groups . A company can be defined as an "artificial person", invisible, intangible, created by or under law, with
264-490: A mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals. Over time, companies have evolved to have the following features: "separate legal personality, limited liability, transferable shares, investor ownership, and a managerial hierarchy". The company, as an entity, was created by the state which granted the privilege of incorporation. Companies take various forms, such as: A company can be created as
308-412: A new portfolio of services for enterprise-class businesses, including integration for Next-Generation Firewalls and SIEMs . In September 2017, Webroot appointed a new president and CEO, former CEO of Lancope Mike Potts. On February 7, 2019 Carbonite, Inc. announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Webroot. On March 26, 2019, Carbonite closed its acquisition of Webroot, with
352-556: A partnership was struck with global distribution firm Tech Data , making Webroot products available to Tech Data's network of 125,000 channel partners in 100 countries around the world. In July 2013, Webroot and RSA Security formed a partnership to enhance both firms' real-time phishing detection. In September 2016 Webroot acquired the assets of CyberFlow Analytics, a company applying data science to network anomaly detection. In February 2019 Webroot announced that it would be acquired by Carbonite. In March 2019, Carbonite confirmed
396-441: A purchase price of $ 618.5 million in cash. In November 2007, Webroot acquired UK-based Email Systems (EMS) and announced itself as a provider in the security software-as-a-service (SaaS) market. In December 2009, Webroot announced a partnership with virtual private network software provider AnchorFree. A version without advertisements of AnchorFree's VPN software with protection via Webroot's antivirus and antispyware software
440-490: A regional office in Leidschendam , The Netherlands which is primarily aimed at distributing Webroot's enterprise security-as-a-service (SaaS) products to businesses. Webroot Mobile Security for Android was launched on April 5, 2011 for smartphones and tablets , with a free basic version and a paid premium version. The app is designed to protect against viruses from apps, threats delivered via web browsing and against
484-515: A software and hardware performance benchmarking company, benchmarked Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection and Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus using 13 performance metrics. In both tests, Webroot products were found to outperform competitors in a variety of metrics, including scan times, CPU usage, and others, earning the highest overall score in both tests. During November 2016's evaluation of mobile security products for Android AV-TEST has given Webroot's SecureAnywhere Mobile product
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#1732764766853528-639: A spyware blocking and removal product called Webroot Spy Sweeper. The company introduced antivirus protection with the launch of Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus in 2006. In October 2007, Webroot AntiVirus with AntiSpyware and Desktop Firewall was released with added firewall protection feature. Webroot entered the enterprise market in 2004 with the launch of Webroot Spy Sweeper Enterprise, which combined Spy Sweeper with technology that enables IT administrators to deploy antispyware protection across an entire network. In October 2008, Webroot launched its first consumer security suite, Webroot Internet Security Essentials, in
572-491: A subsidiary of OpenText in 2017. It makes software for document information processing and data capture from paper and electronic documents and provides related services. Information in the form of extracted content and files are acquired in the Captiva Solution and then delivered for storage or workflow into document management systems such as those from Documentum , OpenText, Microsoft , or IBM . In 2019, Captiva
616-486: A warning into search engine results for all unreviewed sites, making it look like the warning is a product of the search engine being used. On February 22, 2017, in response to a customer complaint on WebRoot's community forum about this behavior, a WebRoot company representative replied, "...a site will automatically show as potentially suspicious if it hasn't garnered a large enough audience for our Team to review it." This has resulted in multiple false positive complaints in
660-684: Is a publicly traded company, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ (OTEX). Timothy Bray , with University of Waterloo professors Frank Tompa and Gaston Gonnet , founded OpenText Corporation in 1991. It grew out of OpenText Systems Inc., founded in 1989. The founders spun the company off from a University of Waterloo project that developed technology to index the Oxford English Dictionary . Key people involved later include Tom Jenkins, who joined
704-586: The Late Latin word companio ("one who eats bread with you"), first attested in the Salic law ( c. AD 500) as a calque of the Germanic expression gahlaibo (literally, "with bread"), related to Old High German galeipo ("companion") and to Gothic gahlaiba ("messmate"). By 1303, the word company referred to trade guilds . The usage of the term company to mean "business association"
748-479: The enterprise content management software market by buying that division of Dell EMC , which included Documentum , for US$ 1.6 billion. OpenText had originally had Documentum and Hummingbird, Ltd. , as its chief competitors in this space, but this acquisition brought the long-time third competitor in Documentum under one corporate roof. Also in 2016, OpenText acquired Recommind after previously engaging with
792-407: The shareholders . In a company limited by guarantee , this will be the guarantors. Some offshore jurisdictions have created special forms of offshore company in a bid to attract business for their jurisdictions. Examples include segregated portfolio companies and restricted purpose companies. However, there are many sub-categories of company types that can be formed in various jurisdictions in
836-700: The CMS or as a standalone product, LiveServer aggregates disparate document resources and serves them as Web pages. Red dots on the authoring interface indicated sections of editable content for each web page, hence the name RedDot for the product. This feature was popular with customers and won awards in 2001 for its usability. By 2006, RedDot was one of the few WCM vendors that continued to develop their own content authoring interface. Most other WCM vendors had moved to open source alternatives, or had licensed an online rich-text editor from commercial vendors such as Ephox or Ektron. In response to customer attempts to work around
880-790: The OpenText Content Suite. Then the technology component formerly known as Livelink ECM - Enterprise Server became known as OpenText Content Server , which is now a key component of OpenText Content Suite Platform. First released in May 2006, Livelink Enterprise Archive (LEA) became Archive Server in 2010. It is a key product in the Extended ECM scenario. With Version 16, the Archive Server was renamed to Archive Center. In July 2017, OpenText launched its artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics platform, OpenText Magellan, at
924-828: The President; however, the company eliminated the position in Q1 2017. OpenText is a supporter of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus , contributing both funds and in-kind services to the school. In July 2020, OpenText has partnered with NINJIO. The collaboration strengthens Webroot Security Awareness Training with interactive, Hollywood-style videos showcasing viral material aimed at encouraging cyber-resilient activities such as phishing emails and inappropriate URLs detected. In 2003, OpenText acquired IXOS Software AG . In 2004, OpenText acquired Artesia . In 2006, OpenText acquired Hummingbird Ltd. for US$ 489 million. In 2008,
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#1732764766853968-659: The United Kingdom, a partnership is not legally a company, but may sometimes be referred to (informally) as a "company". It may be referred to as a "firm" . In the United States , a company is not necessarily a corporation. For example, a company may be a " corporation , partnership , association, joint-stock company , trust , fund , or organized group of persons , whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating agent , for any of
1012-723: The United States. The international release of the security suite followed in early 2009. In August 2009, Webroot appointed a new president and CEO, former CEO of Wily Technology . In May 2010 Webroot announced plans to open its international headquarters in Dublin , Ireland. In July 2010 Webroot Internet Security Complete 2011 was released, including antivirus and antispyware protection, firewall capabilities, online back-up, password management licensed from LastPass , protection against identity theft and credit card monitoring for US customers. In September 2010 Webroot opened
1056-1050: The acquisition of Bricata enabling next-generation Network Detection & Response (NDR) technology to the OpenText Security and Protection Cloud. In 2022, OpenText announced it would acquire British software firm Micro Focus in a deal valued at US$ 6 billion, which finalized in January 2023. OpenText's products include enterprise content management (OpenText Content Suite, OpenText Extended ECM, OpenText Documentum), Business Network, customer experience management (OpenText Customer Experience Platform), digital process automation (OpenText AppWorks), discovery (OpenText Axcelerate eDiscovery and Investigations), security (OpenText EnCase Forensic Security Suite, OpenText Carbonite and Webroot solutions, OpenText NetIQ, OpenText ArcSight, OpenText Voltage, OpenText Fortify), and AI and analytics (OpenText Magellan Product Suite). OpenText announced cloud-native containerized versions of many of
1100-408: The acquisition of Captaris In 1996, the product originally called "Livelink" became OpenText's. Between 2003 and 2005, "Livelink" evolved from being the name of a single product to being a brand applied to the names of several OpenText software products. As a result of this change, "Livelink Server" became known as "Livelink Enterprise Server" (LES) and later "Livelink ECM. In 2012, OpenText introduced
1144-439: The best score in malware blocking tests, malware removal tests, speed of scans, and installation speed. In the 2014 test, PCMag found "Webroot's detection rate of 89 percent and overall malware cleanup score of 6.6 points are both tops among products tested using this same malware collection." Gartner listed Webroot in its Visionary Quadrant in its 2014 assessment of Endpoint Protection Platforms. In 2014, PassMark Software,
1188-545: The company acquired Captaris, Inc. for US$ 131 million. In 2009, the company acquired Vignette Corporation for US$ 321 million in cash and stock. In 2012, the company acquired EasyLink for US$ 232 million. In 2014, OpenText acquired GXS Inc. and integrated it into their OpenText Business Network, which then acquired Inovis. In 2014 they also acquired Cordys for $ 33 million, and Actuate of San Mateo, California. In 2015, OpenText acquired Daegis for US$ 13.5 million. On September 12, 2016, OpenText further expanded its share of
1232-402: The company as COO in 1994. Tom Jenkins later became president and chief executive officer , and has been Executive Chairman since 2013. John Shackleton served as president from 1998 to 2011, and as CEO from 2005 to 2011. Mark Barrenechea has been president and CEO of OpenText since 2012. Mark Barrenechea was named Canadian Business CEO of the year in 2015. From January 2016, Steve Murphy served as
1276-761: The company as a strategic partner. In 2017, OpenText acquired Guidance Software for US$ 240 million, and Covisint for US$ 103 million, which they integrated into their OpenText Business Network. In 2018, OpenText acquired Liaison Technologies for US$ 310 million, which they integrated into their OpenText ALLOY Platform. In 2019, OpenText acquired Catalyst Repository Systems, and then acquired Carbonite Inc. (including Webroot and Mozy , which Carbonite Inc. had earlier acquired) for approximately US$ 1.45 billion. In 2020, OpenText acquired Xmedius for US$ 75 million. In 2021, OpenText announced planned acquisition of Zix Corp for US$ 860 million, and in November, OpenText completed
1320-465: The company's Enterprise World conference. The platform combines open source machine learning with advanced analysis and is able to merge, manage, and analyse both structure data and unstructured, textual content. It offers machine-assisted decision-making, automation, and business optimization in a scalable, flexible solution. OpenText RightFax provides network-based fax functionality to enterprise organizations and has evolved through many versions since it
1364-539: The company's software applications in April 2020. OpenText Documentum is an information management platform, named after the company Documentum that originally developed the software suite. In 2003, EMC acquired Documentum for $ 1.7 billion. In 2016, EMC was acquired by Dell, becoming Dell EMC. Subsequently, all of the Documentum intellectual property was sold to OpenText Corporation. Rebranded product resulting from
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1408-412: The foregoing". Less common types of companies are: When "Ltd" is placed after the company's name, it signifies a limited company, and "PLC" ( public limited company ) indicates that its shares are widely held. In the legal context, the owners of a company are normally referred to as the "members". In a company limited or unlimited by shares (formed or incorporated with a share capital), this will be
1452-656: The limitations of the RedDot editor by installing other editors RedDot developed an integration layer to support CKeditor and Ephox EditLive! as alternative editors. In 2009, RedDot (rebranded the OpenText Web Solutions Group) made the Telerik RadEditor available alongside the existing RedDot editor for CMS 9. After the acquisition of Vignette, Web Solutions was rebranded again to become OpenText Web Site Management. Captiva Software became
1496-464: The other 19 products tested combined. According to AV-comparatives, the "results and misses have been confirmed with several tests and also by the vendor." PC Magazine has awarded Webroot SecureAnywhere 19 times with Editor's Choice and Security Product of the Year, its highest award given to security and software programs. In PC Magazine's test for 2013, Webroot was found by PC Magazine staff to have
1540-436: The purchase. In December 2019 Carbonite was acquired by OpenText . AV-Comparatives gave nine vendors, including Webroot, its highest award in its July 2012 Anti-Phishing Test, in which Webroot took ninth place among 18 products tested for efficacy in blocking phishing websites. In AV-Comparatives's Performance Test for October 2012, Webroot had the best PCMark score, having the lightest impact out of 20 products tested on
1584-423: The reputation of the exchange or particular market of an exchange. Private companies do not have publicly traded shares, and often contain restrictions on transfers of shares. In some jurisdictions, private companies have maximum numbers of shareholders. A parent company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors;
1628-401: The second company being deemed a subsidiary of the parent company. The definition of a parent company differs by jurisdiction, with the definition normally being defined by way of laws dealing with companies in that jurisdiction. Webroot Webroot Inc. is an American privately-held cybersecurity software company that provides Internet security for consumers and businesses. The company
1672-581: The threats created when mobile devices are lost. The SecureAnywhere products launched on October 4, 2011, and the mobile security offerings were expanded to include the iOS mobile operating system. In October 2011 Webroot launched a new generation of their products, using Prevx cloud technology. This included three basic products for Windows (SecureAnywhere AntiVirus, Essentials and Complete 2012) and security for Android and iOS mobile devices. In February 2012 products for businesses were added. In July 2014 Webroot announced its BrightCloud Security Services,
1716-406: The world. Companies are also sometimes distinguished for legal and regulatory purposes between public companies and private companies . Public companies are companies whose shares can be publicly traded, often (although not always) on a stock exchange which imposes listing requirements / Listing Rules as to the issued shares, the trading of shares and future issue of shares to help bolster
1760-646: Was first recorded in 1553, and the abbreviation "co." dates from 1769. According to the Company Law of the People's Republic of China , companies include the limited liability company and joint-stock limited company which founded in the mainland China. In English law and in legal jurisdictions based upon it, a company is a body corporate or corporation company registered under the Companies Acts or under similar legislation. Common forms include: In
1804-493: Was first released in 1992. RedDot, founded in 1993, was a business unit of OpenText Corporation that the company refers to as the Web Solutions Group . The software assists in the management of content, with regulatory compliance and industry specific requirements. Its core product, RedDot CMS is a Windows -based server application that provides Web content management in a multi-user environment. Complementary to
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1848-861: Was founded in Boulder, Colorado , US, and is now headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado , and has US operations in San Mateo and San Diego , and globally in Australia , Austria , Ireland , Japan and the United Kingdom . Webroot was founded on 5 July 1997 when Steven Thomas and his girlfriend Boulderite Kristen Tally launched Webroot's first commercial product, a trace removal agent called Webroot Window Washer. Investors include venture capital firms such as Technology Crossover Ventures , Accel Partners and Mayfield . In 2002, Webroot launched
1892-466: Was produced. In March 2010, Webroot announced the acquisition of Swedish corporate Internet security company, Email Systems Scandinavia (ESS). In July 2010, Webroot acquired San Diego, California-based web content classification and security services provider, BrightCloud, adding its web reputation and content classification technology to existing products. In November 2010, Webroot acquired UK cloud-based anti-malware company, Prevx . In July 2011
1936-469: Was rebranded as OpenText Intelligent Capture. AppEnhancer is a content management system that manages, organizes, and stores information from an application or as an extension to an existing application. The product was acquired during OpenText's purchase of Dell EMC's ECD (Enterprise Content Division) in 2017. Company A company , abbreviated as co. , is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural , juridical or
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