Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Gilbane Group acquired by research firm Outsell

By Mass High Tech staff

Video Gallery

MHT's Jackie Noblett: VC funds run short in 2009

MHT's Galen Moore: Six Mass. tech firms head to world economic forum

MHT's Galen Moore: Honoring innovation in New England

Related News

Report: Bain and Advent may buy Interactive Data [February 22, 2010]

Staples launches 'Geek Squad'-like IT services for B2B [February 16, 2010]

The Mover: Akorri CEO has adapted through 40 years of tech revolutions [February 17, 2010]

Mass. IT firms rebound with plans to hire [February 12, 2010]

Panviva finds partners for IT standards [February 12, 2010]

The Gilbane Group, a Cambridge-based information technology analysis and consulting firm, has been acquired by California and London research and advisory firm Outsell Inc.

The two companies announced the transaction in a press release today. As a result of the acquisition, The Gilbane Group will function as a division of Outsell and will be led by Frank Gilbane who will continue in the role of president, along with Mary Laplante as vice president client services and senior analyst and Bill Trippe as vice president of content strategies and lead analyst. The division will continue to operate in Cambridge.

Outsell officials said the acquisition rounds out its coverage of information providers, users, advertisers, libraries, enterprises and technologies.

Gilbane was founded in 1987 and covers such topics as web content management, enterprise search, social media, publishing, multilingual content, XML and XBRL.