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Nuxeo Expands Global Operations in Exclusive Strategic Agreement with Kisiwa
Paris, France - June 29th, 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 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.
