Liferay
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Brian Chan |
| Headquarters | Diamond Bar, California , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Liferay Portal, Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP), Liferay Commerce, Liferay Analytics Cloud, Liferay DXP Cloud |
| Website | https://www.liferay.com |
Liferay, Inc. is a company focused on open-source enterprise portal solutions, with its headquarters located in Diamond Bar, California, United States.
History
The core product, Liferay Portal, was created in 2000 by chief software architect Brian Chan to provide enterprise portal capabilities initially aimed at non-profit organizations. The firm was officially incorporated as Liferay, Inc. in 2004 and soon after launched its German branch, Liferay GmbH. Growth continued with the opening of its Asian headquarters in Dalian, China, and a Spanish subsidiary in 2007, followed by the establishment of an office in Bangalore, India, in 2009. At present, Liferay maintains 22 offices globally, collaborates with more than 250 partners, and supports a community exceeding 180,000 contributors to its open-source projects.
In May 2008, Liferay formed a technology partnership with Sun Microsystems, resulting in the product being rebranded as GlassFish Web Space Server. Following Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2010, Oracle discontinued GlassFish Web Space Server from its portal strategy and directed users towards Liferay’s offerings.
In April 2013, a collaboration with TIBCO Software led to the introduction of enterprise Connectivity Adapters (eC Adapters), leveraging TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks to streamline integration between Liferay Portal and diverse backend systems.
The launch of Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) occurred in May 2016, building upon the original portal with advanced features such as enhanced engagement analytics.
July 2018 saw the debut of two new solutions aimed at digital commerce and analytics: Liferay Commerce for B2B digital commerce applications and Liferay Analytics Cloud for cloud-based data analysis.
In October 2018, Liferay released Liferay DXP Cloud to support enterprises in migrating their operations to cloud environments.
By December 2019, Liferay incorporated collaborative document editing capabilities through integration with OnlyOffice editors, improving real-time teamwork features.