Sonic Software Opens Subsidiaries in Five Countries as Explosive Growth Continues.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2003 Businesses Incorporated In France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and United Kingdom as Sonic Continues Rapid Global Expansion Sonic Software today announced the incorporation of subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and United Kingdom, the five largest European markets for enterprise integration. The establishment of Sonic Software's independent sales, marketing, consulting and customer support organization will enable Sonic to better serve its customers as the company continues the dramatic business growth it has experienced in these countries. To date, Sonic products have been distributed in Europe by Sonic's parent company Progress Software, which will remain a distribution partner. Following on three consecutive years of double-digit revenue growth during a worldwide software industry recession, this expansion will enable Sonic to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the emergence of what leading industry analyst firms have identified as an important infrastructure category: the enterprise service bus (ESB (Enterprise Services Bus) A message broker that supports Web services. See message broker, messaging middleware and Web services. ). With today's announcement of the Sonic Business Integration Suite(TM), the only integration suite built on an ESB, Sonic's expanded product family addresses an even wider range of sophisticated enterprise integration challenges. "The time was right for Sonic to form an independent organization in these five key regions across Europe. The enterprise service bus has emerged as an important foundational infrastructure for enabling real-time business, driving the explosive growth we're experiencing," said Dave Peter, managing director, Sonic Software EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. . "With the additional people and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technology from the acquisition of eXcelon, Sonic will redefine Verb 1. redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties" define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of 2. the economics of integration in Europe with the first comprehensive business integration suite built on an ESB." "Led by Dave Peter, our organization in Europe has shown impressive revenue growth and important new enterprise customer wins, including BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida , KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) , Philips and Vodafone," said Greg O'Connor, president of Sonic Software. "Our investment in these regions will empower Sonic to continue to build a significant business across Europe." In separate announcements, Sonic Software today announced intentions to deliver the first comprehensive integration suite built on an ESB, the Sonic Business Integration Suite (see today's release at www.sonicsoftware.com), as well as the availability of the first suite component, Sonic ESB(TM) 5.0 (formerly SonicXQ(TM)) (see today's release at www.sonicsoftware.com). Through its relationship with Progress as its premier distributor in EMEA, Sonic Software has a number of customers already using its Sonic integration technology, including BASF, Citigroup, KPN, Philips, Siemens, Sonera, Swiss Re Swiss Re is the world’s largest reinsurer, now that it has acquired GE Insurance Solutions (Ligi 2006). Founded in 1863, Swiss Re now operates in more than 30 countries. General Electric owns 8.9% of the firm. , and Vodafone. Headquarters and Regional Contact Information EMEA Headquarters & UK Office: Sonic Software (UK) Limited 210 Bath Road Slough Berkshire SL1 3XE United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1753 216300 Fax: +44 (0) 1753 216301 Email: info-emea@sonicsoftware.com FRANCE Sonic Software S.A.R.L. 3 Place de Saverne Les Renardieres B 92901 Paris la Defense France Tel: +33 1 41 16 16 00 Fax: +33 1 41 16 16 01 GERMANY Cologne Office: Sonic Software Deutschland GmbH Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 13 50996 Cologne Germany Tel: +49 221 93 57 970 Fax: +49 221 93 57 978 Munich Office: Sonic Software Deutschland GmbH Furstenrieder Str. 279 81377 Munich Germany Tel: +49 89 74 13 05 0 Fax: +49 89 74 13 05 48 ITALY Sonic Software SRL Via Senigallia 18/2 20161 Milano Italy Tel: +39 02 640006 1 Fax: +39 02 640006 200 THE NETHERLANDS Sonic Software B.V. Rivium Quadrant 163 2909 LC Capelle a/d IJssel The Netherlands Tel: +31 10 235 1111 Fax: +31 10 235 1199 About Sonic Software Corporation Sonic Software provides the first comprehensive business integration suite built on an enterprise service bus (ESB). The Sonic product line delivers a distributed, standards-based, cost-effective, easily managed infrastructure that reliably integrates applications and orchestrates business processes across the extended enterprise. Sonic is the world's fastest growing integration and middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a company and counts global leaders among over 500 customers in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , energy, telecommunications and manufacturing. Sonic is an independent operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PRGS PRGS Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase ), a $300 million software industry leader. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., Sonic Software can be reached on the Web at www.sonicsoftware.com, or by phone at +1-781-999-7000 or 1-866-GET-SONIC. Sonic ESB, Sonic BPM, Sonic Business Integration Studio, SonicXQ and the Sonic Software logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Software Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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