Northern Light Group
Formerly | Northern Light Technology, LLC |
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Company type | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Products | Web search (early) Enterprise search Research portals |
Brands | SinglePoint |
Number of employees | 55+ |
Website | northernlight |
Northern Light Group, LLC is an American technology company that specializes in
Northern Light markets its research portals under the trade name SinglePoint. Typical applications for SinglePoint research portals are in
Northern Light has been selected for more than ten years in a row (as of 2023) as one of the "100 Companies That Matter In Knowledge Management" by KMWorld magazine and as "50 Companies that Matter in AI" in 2023.[2]
History
The company is named after the clipper ship Northern Light, which held the speed record for the San Francisco to Boston voyage for nearly 150 years.[3]
From its founding in 1996 until January 2002, Northern Light operated a
In 2002, Northern Light was acquired by Divine, Inc., an enterprise software company. Divine made 28 acquistions, and Northern Light was the 17th. In 2003, an employee group bought the company from its parent and it is still employee-owned as of 2023 and SinglePoint is its main product line. According to the company's website, as of 2023 Northern Light has 250,000 users of its SinglePoint platform at its corporate clients.
References
- ISSN 0894-9301.
- ^ [1]
- ^ northernlight.com: History
- ^ O'Leary, Mick (1 February 2007). "Northern Light: better the second time around?". Information Today.[dead link]
- ^ Rosenberg, Ronald (30 June 1999). "Godsend -- and a threat Northern Light gets praise from users, criticism from publishers threatened by research-engine service". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2013.