Click Commerce
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business software |
| Founded | Chicago, Illinois(1996) |
| Headquarters | Hillsboro, Oregon 45°32′03″N122°52′46″W/ 45.5342°N 122.8795°W |
Key people | Nick Stier, President Ron Mitchell, VP, Professional Services Gary Raetz, COO, Chief Operating Officer Gary Whitney, VP, Sales and Marketing |
| Products | eResearch Portal, Research Administration |
Number of employees | 63 est. (2010) |
| Parent | Huron Consulting Group |
Click Commerce,Inc. is a research software company based inHillsboro, Oregon,[1]United States. Incorporated in 1996 as Click Interactive, Inc. inChicago,Illinois,the company historically suppliedbusiness application softwareand related services.
History
[edit]Click Commerce was founded byMichael W. Ferro, Jr.,Jim Heising, and Sarah O'Donnell[2]and was incorporated in 1996 as Click Interactive, Incorporated. The company changed its name to Click Commerce, Inc. in 1999 and went public on NASDAQ in June, 2000 under the symbol CKCM. In 2004, Click purchasedOregonbasedWebridge,a privately held software developer that marketedtr compliancerelated software to research universities.[3]Click Commerce retained Webridge's office in Oregon along with part of that company's staff.[3]
In October 2006, the company was acquired by Illinois Tool Works (ITW) and operated as an independent business unit until May 15, 2009, when Marlin Equity Partners acquired three software operating units from ITW.[4]The transaction included the Service Network Solutions ( “SNS” ) and Research and Healthcare Solutions ( “RHS” ) businesses and the rights to the Click Commerce, Inc. name. Additionally, the Contract Service and Management ( “CSM” ) business was also acquired but merged intoEmptoris,an existing Marlin portfolio company based inBurlington, Massachusetts,specializing in supply management and contract management software. Click Commerce’s eCommerce and Channel Management Division was retained by ITW and is doing business as Requisite Technology, Inc.[citation needed]
Marlin Equity Partners subsequently acquired Servigistics, a strategic service management company headquartered inAtlanta, Georgia,and on July 7, 2009 announced its merger with Click Commerce’s Service Network Solutions (SNS) unit. In November 2010, Click Commerce was purchased byHuron Consulting Group,but retained its software development and services site in Oregon.[4][5]
Operations
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The Research and Healthcare Division retained the Click Commerce name, and is headquartered in thePortland metropolitan areaofOregon.Specializing in the business of research, their eResearch Portal includes:
- Institutional Review Boards(IRB)
- Grants and Contracts
- SF424 eSubmission
- Conflict of interest
- Clinical Trials Billing
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees(IACUC)
- Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBC)
- Animal Operations
- Effort Reporting
- Safety Committees
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Overlay Information 1N236BB00800".Geographic Information Systems.Washington County, Oregon.Retrieved28 November2010.
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- ^abEarnshaw, Aliza (March 18, 2004)."Webridge purchased by Chicago company".Portland Business Journal.Retrieved29 November2010.
- ^abSiemers, Erik (March 4, 2011)."Click Commerce is here to stay".Portland Business Journal.Retrieved5 January2013.
- ^"Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of November 5, 2010".iHealthBeat.The Advisory Board Company. November 5, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 10 December 2010.Retrieved29 November2010.