NCompass Labs was a Vancouver-based software company [1] that developed NCompass Resolution, [2] a web content management software package. The company was acquired in 2001 by Microsoft [3] for $36 million. [4]
NCompass Labs was founded by Gerri Sinclair, Kerem Karatal and Kristof Roomp in 1996, who were working at the ExCITE Center, [5] a multimedia research group at Simon Fraser University. [6]
The initial product of the company was a plug-in for hosting ActiveX controls in Netscape Navigator named ScriptActive, [7] which was developed in cooperation with Microsoft. [8] The company also developed a plug-in named DocActive, which hosted Microsoft Office documents in Netscape, which was licensed to Microsoft and shipped as part of the Microsoft Office 97 Document Viewer. [9]
In 1997 the company changed direction releasing a Microsoft Windows-based content managed product named ActiveEnterprise. [5] Later the name of the product was changed to NCompass Resolution. [2]
In 2001 Microsoft purchased the company for approximately $36 million, [10] and re-released NCompass Resolution branded as Microsoft Content Management Server in 2002. [11]
NCompass Labs was a Vancouver-based software company [1] that developed NCompass Resolution, [2] a web content management software package. The company was acquired in 2001 by Microsoft [3] for $36 million. [4]
NCompass Labs was founded by Gerri Sinclair, Kerem Karatal and Kristof Roomp in 1996, who were working at the ExCITE Center, [5] a multimedia research group at Simon Fraser University. [6]
The initial product of the company was a plug-in for hosting ActiveX controls in Netscape Navigator named ScriptActive, [7] which was developed in cooperation with Microsoft. [8] The company also developed a plug-in named DocActive, which hosted Microsoft Office documents in Netscape, which was licensed to Microsoft and shipped as part of the Microsoft Office 97 Document Viewer. [9]
In 1997 the company changed direction releasing a Microsoft Windows-based content managed product named ActiveEnterprise. [5] Later the name of the product was changed to NCompass Resolution. [2]
In 2001 Microsoft purchased the company for approximately $36 million, [10] and re-released NCompass Resolution branded as Microsoft Content Management Server in 2002. [11]