What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been – or How “HP Autonomy Interwoven iManage Worksite” Became iManage Again
John Mancini

By: John Mancini on July 24th, 2015

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What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been – or How “HP Autonomy Interwoven iManage Worksite” Became iManage Again

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I thought I’d summarize some of the press I see about the iManage spinout from HP. If you come across other updates, feel free to enter them in the comments. I have to admit from the perspective of an association that relies on independent companies as members; I’m kind of glad to see the acquisition pendulum go in the other direction for a change. We don’t take official positions on these types of things, but it does seem to be a win/win for both HP and iManage.

iManage Leadership Completes Buyout of Business Unit from HP (the official word)

“The iManage leadership team today announced that it had completed a buyout from Hewlett-Packard (HP) for the purchase of the complete iManage business, including its brand, products, and services. iManage co-founder and current General Manager Neil Araujo is the CEO of the management-owned company, now one of the largest independent software companies focused on work product management solutions for professional services firms and their clients. Rafiq Mohammadi, also a co-founder and former CTO of iManage, is returning to the company as Chief Scientist.”

The Rebirth of iManage: A New Company With A Familiar Name Re-enters The ECM Market - FORRESTER

“Another week, another divestiture in the content management and collaboration market. A new - or more accurately, a re-newed - player enters the Enterprise Content Management market this week as iManage and HP make an apparently amicable split. Executives with longstanding roots in the iManage and Interwoven businesses, including Neil Araujo and Dan Carmel, have executed a management buyout to spin a revitalized iManage business out of HP’s Software division.” Read More…

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Adios HP, It's a New Day for iManage - CMS WIRE

“Things couldn’t look any brighter nor the sky any higher for iManage and its co-founder and CEO Neil Araujo. Araujo leads the management team that bought enterprise content management company iManage out from under the weight of HP. HP, we should note, acquired iManage when it purchased Autonomy (2009). And Autonomy inherited iManage via its acquisition of Interwoven (2004).  Talk about getting buried in the infrastructure of a megafirm.  But no more.” Read More…

The Boys Are Back In Town as Team iManage Complete Management Buyout from HP - LEGAL IT INSIDER

“In addition to Worksite (document and email management – being rebranded as iManage Work), the HP products in this transaction include LinkSite (secure file sharing – being rebranded as iManage Share), Universal Search (enterprise search and analytics – being rebranded as iManage Insight), and WorkSite Records Manager (records and information governance – being rebranded as iManage Govern). iManage will also resell relevant HP products, including Teleform and HP Process Automation, and will have continuing access to other relevant technology.” Read More… 

More Autonomy fallout: HP parts ways with iManage – Network World

“While corporate splits are the flavor of the week, there is also a lot of divestment going on as large IT vendors focus on their core business (or at least try to). Today's example sees HP divest itself of its iManage business.” Read More…

A new chapter in the wild, 20-year story of iManage - CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS

“Neil Araujo and Rafiq Mohammadi launched a document-software company, iManage, 20 years ago, after graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago. It's been a crazy ride since then. The company went public during the dot-com boom and was acquired, changing hands until it ended up as part of tech giant Hewlett-Packard. Now iManage is becoming a private company again, spinning off from HP.” Read More…

iManage Goes Independent - SLAW

“Work product management is serious business. Being able to securely store and quickly find information from our world of disjointed communications is critical to providing client service. It will be interesting to see how an independent iManage is received in the market.” Read More…

 

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About John Mancini

John Mancini is the President of Content Results, LLC and the Past President of AIIM. He is a well-known author, speaker, and advisor on information management, digital transformation and intelligent automation. John is a frequent keynote speaker and author of more than 30 eBooks on a variety of topics. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as jmancini77. Recent keynote topics include: The Stairway to Digital Transformation Navigating Disruptive Waters — 4 Things You Need to Know to Build Your Digital Transformation Strategy Getting Ahead of the Digital Transformation Curve Viewing Information Management Through a New Lens Digital Disruption: 6 Strategies to Avoid Being “Blockbustered” Specialties: Keynote speaker and writer on AI, RPA, intelligent Information Management, Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation. Consensus-building with Boards to create strategic focus, action, and accountability. Extensive public speaking and public relations work Conversant and experienced in major technology issues and trends. Expert on inbound and content marketing, particularly in an association environment and on the Hubspot platform. John is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, and holds an M.A. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.