Alterian is a campaign management and real-time marketing
software company
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headquartered in Denver, CO with offices in
Bristol
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,
UK and
Sydney, Australia
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.
Alterian was founded by Mike Talbot, David Eldridge and Tim McCarthy in 1997. Initially based in
Weston-Super-Mare
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, UK, it moved its headquarters to
Bristol
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.
Timeline
Alterian floated on the
techMARK index of the
London Stock Exchange
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in 2000
In May 2006, Alterian acquired
email marketing software vendor Dynamics Direct
In July 2008, Alterian acquired
Mediasurface
Founded in February 1996 by Ben Hayman and Steve Hebditch Mediasurface Limited (previously known as Webdevelopment Ltd) was a UK-based supplier of content management systems and associated services.
Their product, (renamed Morello in 2004) was use ...
, a UK based
Web Content Management software vendor for $35.6 million
In July 2011, Alterian appointed Heath Davies as
CEO, replacing David Eldridge who stepped down from the board in April 2011, along with the other founders Tim McCarthy and Mike Talbot later the same year.
In December 2011, Alterian was acquired by
SDL International
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, a company best known for its language services and technology and its
Web Content Management solution SDL Tridion.
In November 2016, Alterian divested from SDL and was acquired by Alterian Technology Holdings LLC, a privately owned company based in the US.
It is currently led by Bob Hale, CEO.
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.alterian.com, Alterian Official Website
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Software companies of the United Kingdom
Companies established in 1997