hybris is a software company headquartered in Munich, Germany, that sells enterprise multichannel ecommerce

Multichannel ecommerce

Multichannel ecommerce consists of selling products or services through third party retail partners. Multichannel ecommerce can be differentiated from traditional retail distribution partnerships in that the manufacturer usually maintains a single product management system that electronically...

 and product content management (PCM) software. hybris was founded in 1997 by Carsten Thoma, Moritz Zimmermann and Klaas Hermanns and is a privately-held company.

hybris is considered as a leader in the enterprise multichannel commerce and ecommerce market by industry analyst

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 firms Forrester Research

Forrester Research

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, Gartner

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and Ventana Research.

The name hybris derives from Greek literature and describes actions of those who challenged the gods or their laws with ambition and pride.

On August 22, 2011 it was announced that hybris acquired Canadian company iCongo.