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Nuxeo Expands Global Operations in Exclusive Strategic Agreement With Kisiwa
Alliance Brings Open Source ECM to Southern and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa
| Source: Nuxeo
PARIS--(Marketwire - June 29, 2009) - Nuxeo, a provider of open source Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) software solutions, today announced a strategic
partnership and exclusive distribution agreement with Kisiwa, a specialist
in content management solutions, to provide sales, services and support
across Southern and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa.
Starting immediately, Kisiwa operations in these regions become the
official Nuxeo operations in those local markets, significantly increasing
Nuxeo's overall market reach and global distribution footprint.
With headquarters in Paris and a newly opened operation in Boston, Nuxeo
has registered a steady increase in demand for Nuxeo software downloads
(+30%). Kisiwa's strong local distribution network enables Nuxeo to meet
that demand with a 40-person team and technical staff highly experienced
for having served until recently those markets for OpenText, Documentum,
Hummingbird and PC DOCS.
Under the executive management and coordination of Stefano Manna, Kisiwa's
Vice President of International Operations, the new Nuxeo operations will
serve their customers out of Moscow (Nuxeo Russia), Dubai (Nuxeo Middle
East), Rome (Nuxeo Italy) and Madrid (Nuxeo Iberia). This alliance confirms
Nuxeo's commitment to increasing its global coverage and demonstrates that
open source is a serious alternative to traditional and proprietary ECM
offerings all around the world.
"This is a major step forward for Nuxeo's global coverage," said Eric
Barroca, CEO of Nuxeo. "After having successfully launched our operations
in North America, Nuxeo is now able to address the steady demand for open
source coming from those vibrant and rapidly growing markets. Especially in
the context of the current economic environment, we believe this new step
will open great opportunities for Nuxeo as well as strengthen open source
software in those regions."
"Our partners and customers have been looking for open source solutions and
have identified Nuxeo as the best open source ECM. Nuxeo definitively has
the best architecture, is truly open and is easy to integrate,
customize and work with," said Fabrizio Mignini, leading investor in
Kisiwa. "We learned that local support and localization is critical, and
Nuxeo realizes the importance and growth potential in our regions. There's
phenomenal computer science talent in our countries, so we're investing in
the ecosystem here. A host of local technical services, including open
source localized support, consulting and training, will now be offered to
our partners and customers."
About Nuxeo (www.nuxeo.com)
Founded in 2000, Nuxeo is one of a handful of pioneering open source
vendors responsible for the disruptive wave that is dramatically changing
today's software industry. Nuxeo focuses on providing Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) software that specifically addresses the full spectrum of
today's content-driven customers' needs. Nuxeo's flagship product, Nuxeo
Enterprise Platform, is an industrial-grade and highly flexible ECM
platform, distributed as business-friendly open source ECM tool used by
organizations worldwide. The platform is also packaged as turn-key products
that address very specific vertical application areas such as Nuxeo
Document Management (DM), Nuxeo Digital Asset Management (DAM) and NewsWave
(for press agencies). Nuxeo has a vibrant network of integration partners
such as Eurocis, Smile, Logica, Business & Decision, Getronics, Astek and
many others, providing users with a broad range of professional services
including support, consultancy, development, training and certification.
Headquartered in Paris, the company has global offices in North America
(Boston), Western Europe (Paris, Madrid and Rome), Eastern Europe (Moscow)
the Middle East (Dubai).
About Kisiwa (www.kisiwa.eu)
Kisiwa is a company with solid experience, specializing in content
management solutions and best of breed technologies. Kisiwa, a company
sponsored by Fabrizio Mignini, was founded by a team of ECM executives
under the leadership of Giovanni Battista De Cicco, Stefano Manna, Daniel
Señán and others. Kisiwa has tight relationships with key players and
partners, including leading system integrators, value added resellers and
technology partners. Kisiwa, through its operating subsidiaries and
affiliates, has several important customers, including Fortune 500
companies and very large government agencies, across Europe, Russia, Middle
East and Africa.