Liferay
{{Short description|American open-source software company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Liferay Inc.
| logo = Liferay_Logo.svg
| type = Private
| industry = Software
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| founded = 2004
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| hq_location_city = Diamond Bar, California
| hq_location_country = United States
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| products = Liferay Portal
Liferay Commerce
Liferay Analytics Cloud
Liferay DXP Cloud
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| website = {{URL|https://www.liferay.com/en/}}
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Liferay, Inc., is an open-source company focused on enterprise portal technology. The company has its headquarters in Diamond Bar, California, United States.
History
Liferay's original product, Liferay Portal, was created in 2000 by chief software architect Brian Chan to provide an enterprise portal service for non-profit organizations.{{cite web
| url=https://www.theregister.com/2005/10/18/pure_play_portal_alive_and_kicking/
| last=Howard
| first=Phil
| title=Liferay after Plumtree: Pure play portals alive and kicking
| publisher=The Register
| date=October 18, 2005}}{{fv|date=October 2021}} In 2004, the company was incorporated under the name Liferay, Inc. and formalized its Germany subsidiary Liferay GmbH. In 2007, the company opened a new Asian headquarters in Dalian, China, and the Spanish subsidiary Liferay SL. In March 2009, the company opened a new office in Bangalore, India. To date Liferay has 22 offices worldwide {{cite web
| url=https://www.liferay.com/locations
| title=About Us / Locations
| date=July 2018}} with over 250 partners {{cite web
| url=https://www.liferay.com/services/partners
| title=Liferay Partners
| date=July 2018}} and 180,000 open source community members.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}
Sun Microsystems and Liferay signed a technology-sharing agreement during May 2008.{{cite web
| url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080507005344/en/Sun-Microsystems-Joins-Liferay-Open-Source-Community
| title=Sun Microsystems Joins Liferay Open Source Community
| date=2008-05-07
| publisher=Businesswire
| access-date=2020-07-04}} Sun Microsystems rebranded the offering GlassFish Web Space Server. ZDNet further describes the relationship in the May 2008 article Sun and Liferay launch web-presentation platform.{{cite web
| url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/sun-and-liferay-launch-web-presentation-platform/
| title=Sun and Liferay launch web-presentation platform
| first=Adrian
| last=Bridgwater
| date=2008-05-08
| publisher=ZDnet
| access-date=2020-07-04}} In 2010 Sun was acquired by Oracle{{cite web
| url=https://www.cnet.com/news/oracle-buys-sun-becomes-hardware-company/
| title=Oracle buys Sun, becomes hardware company
| date=2010-01-27
| first=Stephen
| last=Shankland
| publisher=CNET
| access-date=2020-07-04}} and the GlassFish Web Space Server was not included in their portal roadmap, with all prospects turned over to Liferay, Inc.
In April 2013, Liferay partnered with TIBCO Software to offer a series of Liferay enterprise Connectivity Adapters (eC Adapters) that use TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks with the intention of easing integration of Liferay Portal with multiple systems.{{cite web
| url=https://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/enterprise-portal-liferay-partners-with-tibco-software-for-lower-cost-backend-integration-020698.php
| title=Enterprise Portal Liferay Partners with TIBCO Software for Lower Cost Back-End Integration
| first=Barry
| last=Levine
| date=2013-04-30
| website=www.cmswire.com
| access-date=2020-07-04}}
In May 2016, the company introduced Liferay Digital Experience Platform, an expansion of the original Liferay Portal, to offer additional functionality such as engagement metrics.{{cite web
| url=https://www.liferay.com/press-release?title=liferay-announces-a-platform-for-the-digital-enterprise
| title=Liferay Announces a Platform for the Digital Enterprise
| date=2016-05-03
| website=www.liferay.com
| access-date=2020-07-04}}
In July 2018, Liferay released two new products: a B2B focused digital commerce service called Liferay Commerce, and a cloud analytics software called Liferay Analytics Cloud.{{cite web
| url=https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/liferay-leaps-into-digital-customer-experience-market-seeks-growth-in-canada/406952
| title=Liferay leaps into digital customer experience market, seeks growth in Canada
| first=Brian
| last=Jackson
| date=2018-07-10
| website=IT World Canada
| access-date=2020-07-04}}
In October 2018, Liferay DXP Cloud was released to help enterprise organizations move to the cloud.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-10-09|title=Liferay Introduces Liferay DXP Cloud to Accelerate Digital Innovation|url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/liferay-introduces-liferay-dxp-cloud-to-accelerate-digital-innovation-1027601491|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-03|website=markets.businessinsider.com|publisher=Business Insider|language=en-us}}
In December 2019, collaborative editing of documents was fully introduced in Liferay with the integration of OnlyOffice editors via the integration app.{{Cite web|title=Collaborative Document Editing with Only Office|url=https://liferaypartneritalia.smc.it/collaborative-document-editing-with-only-office|website=Liferay Partner Italia|access-date=2020-07-04}}
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}