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Art Technology Group

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Former independent internet technology company

Art Technology Group (ATG) was an independent American internet technology company specializing in eCommerce software and on-demand optimization applications until its acquisition by Oracle on January 5, 2011. After the acquisition, ATG continued to be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and operated under its own name as a subsidiary of Oracle. The company was a provider of eCommerce software and related on-demand commerce optimization applications.3 It was founded by Jeet Singh.1 It employed 545 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 1991Founded1

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Art Technology Group (ATG) was an independent American internet technology company specializing in eCommerce software and on-demand optimization applications until its acquisition by Oracle on January 5, 2011.3

What it owns

What Art Technology Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, net$9.9M7 Dec 31, 2009$10.1M7 Dec 31, 2008−1.6%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$57.3M7 Dec 31, 2009$47.4M7 Dec 31, 2008+20.9%
Marketable securities, current$21.8M7 Dec 31, 2009$13.6M7 Dec 31, 2008+60.5%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$65.7M7 Dec 31, 2009$65.7M7 Dec 31, 20080%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$4.1M7 Dec 31, 2009$7.8M7 Dec 31, 2008−47.7%

The story

Founded by Jeet Singh on Dec 1991.1

ATG was cofounded in 1991 by Jeet Singh and Joseph "Joe" Taisup Chung, both graduates of MIT. Between 1991 and 1996, ATG delivered consulting services for building Web sites.

Around 1998, ATG transitioned to a software company offering several products including an Application Server and an e-commerce platform. In 1999, ATG made its initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Between 2000 and 2003, the company focused on commerce applications, business tools for content management, merchandising, marketing and analytics and shifted to industry standard application servers from IBM, BEA and JBoss. In 2004, the company acquired Primus Knowledge Solutions in a disputed acquisition that closed on November 1, 2004. The integration of the Primus applications onto the ATG Web marketing and ecommerce software platform was completed the following year, in 2005.

In 2006, ATG acquired eStara, a provider of click to call, chat and call tracking solutions. In 2008, it acquired privately held CleverSet; the transaction closed on February 6, 2008.

In 2010, ATG acquired privately held InstantService; the transaction closed on January 12, 2010.

Later in 2010, Oracle Corporation reaches an agreement with ATG to start the acquisition process of ATG into Oracle. The announcement of the acquisition agreement was made public on November 2, 2010. The acquisition was completed on January 5, 2011, for an estimated $1 billion, or $6.00 a share.

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Leadership

Who has led Art Technology Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Robert D. Burke2006–2011

President

  1. Robert D. Burke2006–2011

Chief financial officer

  1. Julie Mb Bradley2006–2011
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Board members and other officers (15)

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2011Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Mar 2, 2006New chief executive Robert D. Burke becomes CEO8
  3. Dec 1991Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Art Technology Group is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARART TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC2
  • CIK0001086195
  • Employer ID (EIN)04-31419182
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated2
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)7372 Services-Prepackaged Software2
  • Business addressOne Main Street, Cambridge, MA 021422
  • Phone617-386-10002
  • Shares outstanding158,471,879 as of Nov 3, 201024
  • Public float$478.8M as of Jun 30, 200924
  • On EDGAR sinceMay 12, 19992
  • Filings639 in all: 4 (264), 8-K (101), 10-Q (35), SC 13G/A (28), 3 (17), S-8 (14), S-8 POS (14), 4/A (13)2
    All 48 form types

    SC 13G (13), 10-K (11), 425 (11), DEF 14A (11), DFAN14A (10), DEFA14A (8), ARS (7), CORRESP (6), EFFECT (6), UPLOAD (6), 424B3 (5), S-3 (5), S-3/A (5), SC 13D/A (5), POS AM (4), S-1/A (4), 3/A (3), 5 (3), PRE 14A (3), 10-K/A (2), 424B4 (2), 8-K/A (2), PREC14A (2), S-1 (2), SC 13D (2), 10-Q/A (1), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 424B5 (1), 8-A12G (1), 8-A12G/A (1), DEFC14A (1), DEFM14A (1), PREM14A (1), PRRN14A (1), REGDEX (1), RW (1), S-4 (1), SC TO-C (1), SC TO-I (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Feb 1, 2010
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 8, 2010
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 14, 2010
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Jan 5, 2011

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