"Software Innovation is looking forward to working together with Sowre People," says Halvor Walla, Director of software development in Software Innovation ASA. The Partnership is another step on the way to becoming a European software player. Sowre People choice of ProArc also confirms the product's position as the leader within our field in both technological and functional terms. It is especially gratifying that the collaboration has already resulted in two new agreements with DG Impianti and SPM respectively. This bodes well for the partnership and for future success in this market, says Walla.
Sowre People works with Portal, Business Intelligence and ERP solutions and have more than 250 customers. The company has offices in Milano Italy, Melide Switzerland, Barcelona and Madrid in Spain. For Software Innovation, the partner agreement will complement and strengthen its existing activities in Italy and Switzerland, and can be developed to cover other markets Sowre People is represented in.
Sowre People will sell ProArc to the Oil, Gas, Engineering and Construction market primarily, but also cover administrative Document Management in addition to Technical and Project oriented Document Control and Document management in these segments. Today Sowre People is a large IBM partner.
"Working together with Software Innovation gives us an opportunity to address a large customer segment in Italy and Switzerland," says Libero Fusi, Technical Director in Sowre People. The rich functionality of ProArc will also satisfy the most challenging document and process management needs of customers in the Oil and Gas, Engineering and Costruction segments. It was one of our customers that did the connection between Sowre People and Software Innovation. They wanted a local supplier and Software Innovation needed a partner in our local markets.
Software Innovation will be an important partner for us with its clear understanding of and experience in serving the most demanding segments of Document Management and Document Control. The new SharePoint Supplier Workspace will improve our customer efficiency big time and will be a killer in the marketplace – continues Libero Fusi.
ProArc 6
ProArc 6 from Software Innovation had a marketing release in November 2008 and will be launched in the spring of 2009, and represent a completely new platform for information management. The solution is integrated with Microsoft's SharePoint technology, and can be used directly from Outlook and Office. ProArc is a practical, flexible and modern solution that enables enterprises to ensure complete control over all electronic information.
For further information, please contact:
Halvor Walla, Director of SI Software at Software Innovation ASA – telephone +47 95262120
About Software Innovation:
With its 502 employees, Software Innovation is one of the foremost IT environments in the Nordic countries. We are the leading Nordic company in helping organizations to control, manage and share information and documents. With more than 20 years' experience and expertise in the area, we have a focused commitment to helping our customers to handle the dramatic increase in the volume of information. We offer services and products within the areas of information management, document management, and collaborative work.