Purpose of these changes
The current article carries maintenance banners flagging promotional, press-release-style prose and the use of jargon and buzzwords. This revision was written to clear those concerns by grounding the article in independent published sources and by replacing insider marketing language with plain, verifiable description. Every change in the table below serves one of two aims: stronger neutrality (WP:NPOV) or stronger verifiability (WP:V).
The clearest shift is in sourcing. The current article cites roughly 15 distinct sources, several of them weak, including an archived New York Times topic-index page and a bare-URL product review. The proposed revision cites approximately 53, an increase of about 38, drawn from trade and business press such as American Banker, Crain's New York Business, Euromoney, Reuters, the Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Both counts are of distinct sources, since several are cited more than once. That more than triples the sourcing base and lets nearly every factual statement rest on independent reporting.
The wording changes follow from the same principle. Promotional and unverified claims have been removed, among them "the world's first virtual data room" and "the largest global deal sourcing network", the second of which already carried a citation-needed tag. Trademarked feature copy and product-brochure passages have been cut. Superlatives have given way to attributed, neutral statements. Nothing in the revision is written to promote the company; each line is meant to read as encyclopedic prose supported by a reliable source.
The table below itemizes every change between the current Intralinks article (X) and the proposed revision (Y), with the reason and supporting source for each change (Z). Rows are numbered for reference and follow the order of the proposed text. Inline citation markup is omitted from the X and Y cells for readability; the full citations are present in the complete draft, and column Z identifies the source supporting each change so it can be verified independently.
| # | Current text (X) | Proposed text (Y) | Reason and citation (Z) |
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| 1 | Intralinks Holdings, Inc., founded in 1996, is an American technology provider of virtual data room and inter-entreprise collaboration software. Its products serve the enterprise collaboration and strategic transaction markets, enabling the exchange, control, and management of information between organizations. | Intralinks is an American financial technology provider. Founded in 1996, it was purchased by SS&C Technologies in 2018. Its products focus on enterprise collaboration and strategic transactions. | Use the common name. The firm now operates as SS&C Intralinks, and "Holdings, Inc." was the former public-company entity (WP:COMMONNAME). Categorize it as financial technology with a wikilink, and fix the typo "inter-entreprise." Add the 2018 SS&C acquisition, the defining recent corporate event. Trim the promotional phrasing about "the exchange, control, and management of information between organizations." Remove the lead's only citation, an archived New York Times "Times Topics" index page that does not verify the statement (WP:V). Ownership is sourced in the body to Peter Wells, "SS&C Technologies to buy data-room facilitator Intralinks for $1.5bn," Financial Times, September 6, 2018. |
| 2 | In 1996, John Muldoon and Mark Adams founded Intralinks. | Intralinks was founded in New York City in 1996. Founders Mark Adams and John Muldoon had previously worked in banking. Arthur Sculley was a major early investor, and was the first chair of the company's board. Adams served as CEO and president. Its official launch was held at J.P. Morgan & Co. in September 1997. | Add the founding city and expand the founding history with sourced detail: the founders' banking background, early investor and first board chair Arthur Sculley, first CEO and president Mark Adams, and the September 1997 launch at J.P. Morgan. Both founders are retained, with the name order normalized. Sources: Ivy Schmerken, "Breaking the sneakernet," Wall Street & Technology, December 1996; "Moving beyond tech market," Crain's New York Business, November 25, 2002; Mark Adams and John Muldoon, "Another side of the story," Inc, February 2005; Michelle Celarier and Peter Lee, "Pluggin' the Internet," Euromoney, October 1998; Kimberly Weisul, "Intralinks inks pact with first five banks for loans via Intranet," Investment Dealers' Digest, September 29, 1997. |
| 3 | Major banks began using its product for loan syndication in 1997. | The company was initially working in the area of loan syndication, operating on a subscription model. It developed web-based secure document exchange services, built on Lotus Notes and hosted by the IBM Global Network. It also supported creation of "financial industry standards for digitally signing contracts". A 2002 profile in Crain's New York Business described it as "the standard by which large banks conduct loan syndication deals". Early major clients included J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, and Chase Manhattan Bank. | Replace the single vague sentence with sourced detail on the early business: the loan-syndication focus and subscription model, the Lotus Notes and IBM Global Network technology, its contribution to digital-signing standards, the 2002 Crain's characterization, and named early clients. Sources: Crain's New York Business, November 25, 2002; Weisul, Investment Dealers' Digest, September 29, 1997; Matthew de Paula, "'Virtual data rooms' speed up deals," Bank Technology News, June 2004; Schmerken, Wall Street & Technology, December 1996; David Carr, "Saving the trees," Internet World, April 1, 2001; Mark Tebbe, "If bankers can use the Internet to make big bucks, why can't you?," InfoWorld, September 29, 1997. |
| 4 | (no equivalent in current text) | Intralinks began to expand rapidly in 1998, jumping from 9 staff to 40. It conducted its first private placement transactions in 1999. Its London office opened that same year. | Add sourced early-growth history with no current equivalent: the 1998 staff expansion from 9 to 40, the first private-placement transactions in 1999, and the 1999 London office opening. Sources: Robert Whalen, "Internet document management system's success leads IntraLinks to expand," Bond Buyer, September 30, 1998; Jakema Lewis, "More private deals for IntraLinks," Private Placement Letter, June 11, 2001; Celarier and Lee, Euromoney, October 1998. |
| 5 | (no equivalent in current text) | In 2000, James Dougherty became CEO, and Intralinks filed an initial public offering (IPO). However, the IPO was withdrawn twice due to market concerns. In 2001 it reported a 350% increase in revenue since 1999, although it also downsized 50% of its staff in that year. Patrick Wack Jr was named CEO the following year. | Add sourced leadership and corporate-finance history that the current article omits: James Dougherty as CEO in 2000, the 2000 IPO filing and its two withdrawals amid market conditions, the 2001 revenue growth alongside a 50% staff reduction, and Patrick Wack Jr as CEO in 2002. Sources: "Intralinks president is promoted to CEO," American Banker, May 18, 2000; Megan Ptacek, "Web software firm IntraLinks and E-Funds file IPO paperwork," American Banker, April 10, 2000; Mark Walsh, "Intralinks batting in a hole with 2 IPO strikes against it," Crain's New York Business, September 11, 2000; Crain's New York Business, November 25, 2002; Harold Davis, "People & Places," Greenwich Time, September 20, 2002. |
| 6 | In 2002, the firm created the world's first virtual data room (VDR), which enabled transacting parties to share information during the due diligence process in a secure environment. | It launched virtual data rooms for mergers and acquisitions in 2002. | Replace the unsourced superlative "the world's first virtual data room," an unverified claim (WP:PEACOCK), with a neutral, sourced statement that the company launched VDRs for mergers and acquisitions in 2002. Source: "More dealmakers leaning on virtual data rooms," Mergers & Acquisitions, March 2005. |
| 7 | In 2004, its customers completed over $5 trillion in syndicated loan transactions using Intralink products. | In 2004, it announced having facilitated $5 trillion in total syndicated loan transactions. It withdrew another IPO in 2005. | Reword to attribute the $5 trillion cumulative syndicated-loan figure to the company's own announcement, and fix the product-name typo "Intralink." Add the 2005 IPO withdrawal. Sources: "IntraLinks' fax-in to increase loan transaction efficiency," Bank Loan Report, September 20, 2004; Amanda Fung, "Tech IPOs look ready to make a comeback," Crain's New York Business, April 16, 2007. |
| 8 | The company was acquired by TA Associates in 2007, before becoming a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2010. | TA Associates acquired a majority stake in the company in 2007 after a recapitalization resulting in $275 million in debt. J. Andrew Damico was named CEO in 2008. | Clarify that TA Associates took a majority stake rather than acquiring the company outright, following a 2007 recapitalization that left about $275 million in debt, and wikilink TA Associates. Add J. Andrew Damico as CEO in 2008. The NYSE listing clause moves to the IPO row below, where it belongs chronologically. Sources: Anthony Noto, "IntraLinks proposes follow-on offering," Mergers & Acquisitions Report, April 4, 2011; "Noted," Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2008. |
| 9 | The company's initial public offering took place on August 6, 2010. Its initial price range was $14–$16, and the stock priced at $13. The company sold 11,000,000 shares and raised $143M. The lead underwriters were Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group. The company had approximately $152M in debt at the time of the IPO and expected to use the vast majority of the returns from the offering to repay its obligations. | The company made an IPO in 2010, resulting in almost $145 million in funding. Shares were anticipated to cost $14 to $16 but were sold at $13 on the New York Stock Exchange. | Consolidate the IPO description while keeping the $14 to $16 range, the $13 pricing, and the NYSE listing. State the proceeds as the cited figure of almost $145 million. Remove the underwriter names and the "$152M debt" sentence as undue weight for the history; the debt position at the 2011 follow-on appears in the next row. Sources: Noto, Mergers & Acquisitions Report, April 4, 2011; Liana Baker and Clare Baldwin, "Intralinks shares flat in NYSE debut," Reuters, August 6, 2010. |
| 10 | In 2011, Ron Hovsepian, previously CEO of Novell, Inc. joined Intralinks as CEO, President and Director. Under his leadership, the company developed Intralinks VIA and Intralinks DealNexus. | A follow-on offering was proposed in April 2011 to reduce debt, which at that time was over $127 million. Also in 2011, Ronald Hovsepian was appointed CEO; he had become one of the ten highest paid tech CEOs by 2016. | Add the April 2011 follow-on offering proposed to reduce debt, then over $127 million. Standardize the name to Ronald Hovsepian, state his 2011 appointment as CEO, and add that he ranked among the ten highest-paid tech CEOs by 2016. Drop the uncited "previously CEO of Novell" and the "CEO, President and Director" detail. The VIA and DealNexus development moves to the product rows below, with corrected dates and sourcing. Sources: Noto, Mergers & Acquisitions Report, April 4, 2011; Tuli Banerjee, "Intralinks names new CEO," SNL Financial Services Daily, December 19, 2011; Julie Bort, "The most overpaid and underpaid CEOs in tech," The State Journal-Register, December 23, 2014. |
| 11 | In 2013, Intralinks acquired PE-Nexus and MergerID. Each of these offered clients a platform to find partners for mergers and acquisitions. Intralinks merged the two firms and renamed the newly created platform DealNexus, the largest global deal sourcing network. (tagged "citation needed") DealNexus' client portfolio offers businesses a network to find partners. Once engaging in a deal, the Intralinks VDR allows parties to conduct due diligence. | In 2013, it acquired deal sourcing platforms PE-Nexus and MergerID. It merged the two platforms to create Intralinks Dealnexus, "a global deal sourcing network", which included a free app for seeking potential mergers and acquisitions. | Source the 2013 PE-Nexus and MergerID acquisitions and the merged Intralinks Dealnexus platform. Replace the unsourced superlative "the largest global deal sourcing network," which carried a "citation needed" tag, with the sourced phrase "a global deal sourcing network," and add the free matching app. Remove the promotional, uncited sentences about the client portfolio and VDR due diligence. Sources: Allison Collins, "Intralinks acquires MergerID and PE-Nexus," Mergers & Acquisitions Report, April 8, 2013; Danielle Fugazy, "Buyer's guide," Mergers and Acquisitions, December 2013; Manuel Baigorri, "An app for finding the perfect M&A match," Bloomberg Businessweek, August 25, 2014. |
| 12 | Released in April 2013, Intralinks VIA enables users to share information outside of the network firewall. VIA encrypts every file shared within the platform and allows users to designate permissions. With the proper permission, users can download documents and collaborate freely together. VIA also includes an UNshare® feature allowing admins to withdraw information at any time, with an encryption that corrupts the files (and any copies) sent or saved. In January 2014, Intralinks announced a new version of its Intralinks VIA product, Intralinks VIA Enterprise, which supports complete content lifecycle management for the extended enterprise. It also has Intralinks Dealspace. | In the same year, it introduced Intralinks VIA, a cloud-based collaboration platform. | Condense the VIA subsection to a single sourced sentence describing it as a 2013 cloud-based collaboration platform. Remove the promotional feature copy, including firewall sharing, per-file encryption, the trademarked "UNshare" feature, "VIA Enterprise," and "Dealspace," which read as marketing material and relied on weak sourcing such as a bare Business2Community URL. Source: Barbara Brynko, "Intralinks: safeguarding documents," Information Today, April 2013. |
| 13 | In 2013 the company launched a website that specifically targets investment bank strategic advisors, legal advisors and corporate advisors. | (removed) | Remove this uncited 2013 sentence about an advisor-targeted website. It carries no source, reads as promotional, and is not reflected in the reorganized History. It can be reinstated if a reliable source is found. |
| 14 | On April 23, 2014, Intralinks acquired docTrackr, a document security company. docTrackr's information rights management (IRM) technology enables users to protect and track PDF, Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents wherever those files are stored or shared. docTrackr combines analytics, audit trails and policy management of all document activities in a plug-in free deployment. | Intralinks acquired docTrackr, a document security company, in 2014 for $10 million. | Condense to a single sourced sentence and add the previously missing $10 million price. Remove the product-feature description (IRM, file-type tracking, "plug-in free deployment"), which was promotional and uncited. Sources: Spencer Ante, "Intralinks Beats Out Box to Acquire DocTrackr," Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2014; Ama Khalid, "Meet the new head of Boston's most elite tech accelerator," WBUR, May 4, 2017. |
| 15 | (no equivalent in current text) | It began using HP Helion for its applications in 2015. In 2016, it acquired the cloud infrastructure business Verilume. | Add sourced infrastructure history with no current equivalent: the 2015 adoption of HP Helion and the 2016 acquisition of cloud-infrastructure firm Verilume. Sources: Phil Alsop, "Intralinks enters into strategic technology and go-to-market partnership with HP," Digitalisation World, February 27, 2015; Dan Kobialka, "Intralinks acquires Boston-based cloud infrastructure provider Verilume," Channel Futures, March 28, 2016. |
| 16 | In 2016, Synchronoss Technologies agreed to acquire Intralinks Holdings, Inc. for $13.00 per share, or $821 million in equity value. | Intralinks was acquired by Synchronoss Technologies in January 2017 for around $821 million. Hovsepian was named CEO of Synchronoss (although he left the company a few months later). At the time, according to New Jersey Business Magazine, "over 4.1 million business users across the world have used its secure, cloud-based platform, and it counts 99% of Fortune 1000 companies among its customers". | Update the timing to the January 2017 close, since the deal was agreed in late 2016, and keep the roughly $821 million value while dropping the per-share figure. Add that Hovsepian became Synchronoss CEO and departed within months, and add the contemporaneous New Jersey Business Magazine usage figures, which supersede the old "2.7 million professionals" claim. Sources: "Siris Capital Group to buy Synchronoss unit for $1 billion," WSJ Pro, October 17, 2017; Ciara Linnane, "Synchronoss Tech to acquire Intralinks in $821 million deal," MarketWatch, December 6, 2016; Eric Strauss, "Synchronoss CEO, CFO out, former CEO and CFO return to the posts," NJBiz, April 27, 2017; "Synchronoss Technologies to acquire Intralinks Holdings accelerating strategic transformation," New Jersey Business Magazine, December 8, 2016. |
| 17 | Intralinks was subsequently sold by Synchronoss to affiliates of Siris Capital Group in 2017. In November 2018, SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) purchased Intralinks for $1 billion in cash and $500 million in SSNC shares. | Later that same year Synchronoss sold Intralinks to Siris Capital Group for $1 billion. Leif O'Leary became CEO, and Intralinks acted "as an independent Siris portfolio company". The following year, SS&C Technologies announced that it had acquired Intralinks for $1.5 billion. | Add the $1 billion value of the 2017 Siris sale and the appointment of CEO Leif O'Leary, with the sourced description of Intralinks operating as an independent Siris portfolio company. State the 2018 SS&C acquisition as a single $1.5 billion figure, equivalent to the old "$1 billion cash plus $500 million in shares," and drop the ticker parenthetical. Sources: Laura Kreutzer, "Siris seeks $3 billion for fourth technology fund," WSJ Pro, December 20, 2017; Andrew Scurria, "Synchronoss disputes bondholders on $1 billion Intralinks sale," WSJ Pro, November 16, 2017; Peter Wells, "SS&C Technologies to buy data-room facilitator Intralinks for $1.5bn," Financial Times, September 6, 2018. |
| 18 | The company has 1,000 employees worldwide and has its global headquarters are in New York City. | The company operates as SS&C Intralinks. As of 2018[update] it had 800 employees and an annual revenue of $325 million. Global Custodian reported that "Its communications platform is one of the most-used by private equity and hedge fund managers, with the largest hosted community of general and limited partners for the alternatives investments industry." | Replace the ungrammatical, dated sentence ("has its global headquarters are in") with current operations: the firm operates as SS&C Intralinks; as of 2018 it had about 800 employees and roughly $325 million in annual revenue. Add the sourced Global Custodian description of its platform's standing among private-equity and hedge-fund managers. Headquarters location is handled in the locations row. Sources: Jonathan Watkins, "SS&C reshuffles Intralinks executive team as former CEO exits," Global Custodian, September 3, 2019; Maddie Saghir, "SS&C acquires Intralinks," Asset Servicing Times, November 23, 2018; O'Ryan Johnson, "SS&C buying spree continues with $1.5 billion deal for Intralinks," CRN, September 6, 2018. |
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Add the SS&C Technologies logo to the Operations section to reflect current ownership and branding. The file is hosted on Wikimedia Commons. |
| 20 | According to the company, more than 2.7 million professionals at 988 of the Fortune 1000 companies use its products. | According to the company, 988 of the Fortune 1000 companies use its products. | Retain the sourced "988 of the Fortune 1000" client figure and remove the unverified "more than 2.7 million professionals" claim. The contemporaneous user count now appears in the Synchronoss-era New Jersey Business Magazine quote above. Source: Ben Kepes, "Intralinks Steps Up To The Plate," Forbes, January 10, 2014. |
| 21 | Intralinks maintains its corporate headquarters on the east side of Manhattan in New York City. Other offices include: Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, São Paulo, London, Bucharest, Milan, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Sydney. | Intralinks has 32 locations worldwide, including in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, China, India, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Romania, Hungary, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Austria, France, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Nigeria, Israel, and Turkiye. It is headquartered in Boston. | Update the headquarters from New York City to Boston and replace the dated city list with the company's current count of 32 worldwide locations, summarized by country. This reflects the post-SS&C footprint. Source: "SS&C Intralinks locations," SS&C Intralinks, accessed March 3, 2026. |
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Add a sourced Awards section, which the current article lacks. Each entry is individually cited in the draft. Sources by publisher: Inc (Inc 500 geographic guide, 2003); Business Intelligence Group, formerly Business Innovation Group (BIG Innovation 2020 and 2021; Fortress Cyber Security 2022, 2023 and 2025; Excellence in Customer Service 2026; Artificial Intelligence Excellence 2026); Private Equity Wire (European Awards 2021); IDC (2025 SaaS CSAT Awards); FinTech Breakthrough (2026 winners). |
| 23 | Sections: "History"; "Recent Developments" with subsections "docTrackr," "Intralinks VIA," "Dealnexus," and "Synchronoss"; and "Headquarters." | Sections: "History" as a single chronological narrative; "Operations"; and "Awards." | Reorganize the article structure. Merge the "Recent Developments" subsections into one chronological History section, fold "Headquarters" into a new "Operations" section, and add an "Awards" section. This improves chronology and readability and retires the "Recent Developments" framing, since the events it covered (2013 to 2018) are no longer recent (MOS:LAYOUT). No content is lost; the affected passages are documented in the rows above. |