Progress Software Names KM Enterprise Systems as OpenEdge(R) Sole Distributor in Malaysia
Progress Software Corporation
(Business News, 2/5/2008)
Kingslake Group company, KM Enterprise Systems,
SINGAPORE and MALAYSIA, May 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today signs a distribution agreement with KM Enterprise Systems Sdn Bhd (KMES) to distribute the Open Edge(R) suite of products in Malaysia. KMES, part of the Kingslake Group is appointed to distribute Progress OpenEdge(R), a comprehensive platform for the rapid development and deployment of business applications that are standards-based and service-oriented. Another Kingslake Group company, Kingslake Engineering Systems, has been a prominent partner of Progress Software Corporation since 1996. They are currently sole distributors for the corporation's OpenEdge suite of products in Sri Lanka and India. Under this agreement, a dedicated team of sales/pre-sales will market and support customers with OpenEdge(R) suite of products and services which includes OpenEdge Architect, OpenEdge Studio, OpenEdge Application Server, OpenEdge RDBMS, OpenEdge Dataserver, OpenEdge Management, OpenEdge Replication. Commenting on the strategic collaboration, Larry DiLoreto, vice president for Asia, Progress Software says, 'Our longstanding relationship with Kingslake in South Asia and their strong performance in Sri Lanka and India in the last 3 years won KMES the distributorship. They've proven themselves in exceeding revenue commitment in relative short period of time and we're confident KMES will replicate this outstanding performance in Malaysia'. With the synergy of KMES in business applications, Progress Software aims to further penetrate the market and bring OpenEdge suite of products and applications to the next level. It will also be another door of opportunity to provide application partners (APs) of Progress' Asian Business Link program with further exposure within the Asian market. The ABL program serves as a business incubation program for APs, leveraging on an existing base of channel partners. Dr S. Dharmavasan, managing director for KM Enterprise Systems said, 'With the trust and confidence Progress Software have placed in us, we will work very closely with Progress Software and their extensive network of worldwide application partners with world-class OpenEdge applications in order to provide existing and new customers with best-of-breed solutions that provide instant business value'. About Progress Software Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) provides application infrastructure software for development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and total cost of ownership. http://www.progress.com/asia Progress and Progress OpenEdge are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are property of their respective owners. About KM Engineering Systems Sdn Bhd KM Enterprise Systems Sdn Bhd, part of the Kingslake Group of companies with offices in UK, India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, provides a complete range of functionally rich and domain specific business applications built on the Progress OpenEdge platform. http://www.kingslake.com Contacts: Jezmynn Koh Progress Software Tel: +65-6303-5013 jkoh@progress.com
