Workshare

Workshare is a provider of secure enterprise file sharing and collaboration^[1] applications.^[2] Content owners are able to track and compare changes in documents from contributors simultaneously.^[3]

Workshare

Industry	Technology, software as a service (SaaS)
Founder	Barrie Hadfield
Headquarters	London, E1 United Kingdom
Area served	Legal Services, Professional Services, Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
Key people	Barrie Hadfield (CTO), Michael Garrett (CEO)
Products	Workshare Compare, Workshare Secure, Workshare Transact
Services	Document comparison, collaboration, security and deal transaction management
Parent	Litera
Website	www.workshare.com'

History

In 1999, UK technology entrepreneur Barrie Hadfield co-founded Workshare, a provider of client-server document comparison software.^[4] Workshare's applications are used by legal and professional services organizations to track changes in contracts and documents. In 2012, Workshare merged with Skydox,^[5] also founded by Barrie Hadfield, a provider of cloud-enabled document collaboration software for the enterprise sector. Scottish Equity Partners and Business Growth Fund^[6] invested £20m in the deal.^[7]

Workshare also acquired IdeaPlane, an enterprise social network, in 2012.^[8]

Workshare was acquired by its competitor, Litera, in 2019.^[9]

See also

• Collaborative software
• Document collaboration
• Document Management Systems
• Cloud Storage
• Cloud collaboration
• Social business
• Software as a Service