type subsidiary successor oracle commerce founded 1991 founder jeet singh joseph chung headquarters cambridge massachusetts united states key people bob burke ceo revenue us 179m fy 2009 1 operating income us 16.8 m fy 2009 1 net income us 16.8 m fy 2009 1 total assets us 214m fy 2009 2 total equity us 136m fy 2009 2 number of employees 442 3 parent oracle corporation website http www.oracle.com us corporate acquisitions atg art technology group atg was an independent internet technology company specializing in ecommerce software and on demand optimization applications until its acquisition by oracle on january 5 2011 . atg continues to be based in cambridge massachusetts and operates under its own name as a subsidiary of oracle . the company is a provider of ecommerce software and related on demand commerce optimization applications . atg s solutions provide merchandising marketing content personalization automated recommendations and live help services . 4 corporate history acquisitions edit 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 5 in a disputed 6 7 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 8 9 a provider of click to call chat and call tracking solutions . 2008 atg acquired privately held cleverset ; 10 11 the transaction closed on february 6 2008 . 2010 atg acquired privately held instantservice ; 12 13 the transaction closed on january 12 2010 . 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 . 14 2011 oracle corporation completes its acquisition of atg on january 5 2011 for an estimated 1 billion or 6.00 a share . 14 references edit a b c art technology group artg annual sec income statement filing via wikinvest . a b art technology group artg annual sec balance sheet filing via wikinvest . company profile for art technology group inc artg . retrieved 2008 10 21 . oracle and atg . oracle corp. retrieved 27 january 2012 . bednarz ann 2004 08 16 . atg picks up primus . networkworld.com . retrieved 2011 08 08 . mitchell wright technology group llc urges art technology group shareholders to vote against the merger with primus knowledge solutions inc . business.cbs5.com . archived from the original on april 6 2009 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . saveatg.com at archive.org . web.archive.org . 2005 02 08 . archived from the original on february 8 2005 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . kurt peters 2006 09 19 . atg to acquire estara in cash and stock deal worth up to 48 million . internetretailer.com . retrieved 2011 08 08 . bailor coreen 2006 09 20 . atg will acquire estara . destinationcrm.com . archived from the original on 24 july 2011 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . atg buys cleverset for 10 million . techcrunch.com . 2008 01 22 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . cleverset selling out to atg for 10 million . blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com . 2008 01 22 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . atg buys instantservice for 17m . techflash.com . 2010 01 12 . archived from the original on 24 july 2011 . retrieved 2011 08 08 . gregory t. huang xconomy 2010 01 11 . seattle based instantservice a provider of live chat services was acquired by art technology group nasdaq artg of cambridge . seattlepi.com . retrieved 2011 08 08 . a b oracle buys atg external links edit atg art technology group website atg group on linkedin staffworx atg recruiters atg retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title art technology group & oldid 738236036 categories software companies based in massachusettscompanies based in cambridge massachusettsoracle acquisitionssoftware companies established in 19911991 establishments in massachusettscompanies formerly listed on nasdaq navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 18 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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