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Ingenta plc
Company typePublic
LSEPTO
IndustryPublishing (Technology)
HeadquartersOxford, England
Key people
David Montgomery, Chief Executive Officer
Alan Moug, Chief Financial Officer
Productsadvance, IngentaConnect, pub2web, VISTA and Publishers Communication Group (PCG)
SubsidiariesPublishers Communication Group (PCG)
WebsiteCorporate Website

Ingenta plc is a UK-based international provider of content solutions and services for the publishing industry. Customers include both academic and trade publishers as well as information providers. Ingenta's customer based includes eight out of ten of the world's largest publishers.[citation needed] Ingenta plc is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker ING.

The company provides a broad set of software systems and services for the publishing industry, including systems that support the infrastructure of a publisher (including production, distribution, royalties and editorial) and the digital delivery of publisher products. Their Publishers Communication Group division provides sales and marketing consultancy services for publishers.

The company operates primarily from the UK (Oxford) and the USA (Boston, MA and Somerset, NJ), with local offices in Brazil, India, China and Australia.[citation needed]

History

Ingenta was formed in 2007 following the merger of Ingenta (founded in 1998), VISTA International (founded in 1977), and Publishers Communication Group (founded in 1990). From 2007 until 2016, it was known as Publishing Technology.

Products and services

Ingenta plc provides a number of products and services to the publishing industry including:

  • Ingenta Commercial - A suite of services; Product Manager, Contracts, Rights and Royalties, Order to Cash, Information Commerce
  • Ingenta CMS - A custom hosting platform
  • IngentaConnect - An out-sourced e-publishing package
  • VISTA - A fulfillment processing system
  • Publishers Communication Group (PCG) - A sales and marketing consulting service

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