TRIGO ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS, DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED GLOBAL SUCCESS
Trigo Customers Benefit from Increased Revenues and Decreased Costs; Unilever Confirms Product Information Management is a Strategic Differentiator For Global 1000 Companies
BRISBANE, Calif.-- April 15, 2003 -- Trigo Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of Product Information Management software, today announced that it has acquired five new enterprise customers who will use Trigo Product Center to exchange, manage, analyze and deliver comprehensive, relevant, and unique product information via multiple channels across and beyond the enterprise. New customers Alto, Corporate Express, Hewlett-Packard, Pinault Bois & Materiaux, and Unilever have chosen Trigo Product Center to increase speed to market, grow sales, reduce expenses, and enhance customer service through the improvement of content, quality and processes around their product information. These recent customer acquisitions validate Trigo`s ability to secure large enterprise software license transactions despite today¡¦s challenging economic environment and underscore the importance of product information management as a strategic imperative for Global 1000 organizations.
"The market for Product Information Management applications is growing, driven by demonstrated successes in enabling companies to achieve increased revenues, decreased expenses, higher levels of customer satisfaction and improved collaboration with trading partners," said Andrew White, research director, Gartner Inc. "Product Information Management is an essential prerequisite for retailers and consumer packaged goods firms embarking on multi-enterprise initiatives for item synchronization, collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), and radio frequency identification (RFID) to secure competitive advantage."
Global Companies Validate the Benefits of Trigo Product Center
"Unilever`s decision to implement Trigo Product Center was a direct response to our need to deliver standardized information to our customers, to introduce new products more rapidly, to improve invoice and order accuracy, and to improve overall end-to-end efficiencies," said Nick White, vice president for information architecture, Unilever. "In addition, Trigo Product Center provides a foundation for Unilever`s strategic future initiatives including radio frequency identification (RFID) and collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR)."
"Corporate Express chose to globally standardize on Trigo to improve the content and process of the critical product information that touches every aspect of our business, from new product introductions to syndication with customer touchpoints," said Garry Whatley, chief information officer, Corporate Express Australia. "With both Corporate Express in the United States and in Europe already using Trigo, we know firsthand the top-line and cost-saving benefits Trigo delivers and are anxious to provide those benefits to our Australian business."
"Trigo`s vision and leadership in the Product Information Management category has delivered strategic business value and high return on investment to Global 1000 companies by enabling them to fully leverage their product information as a key corporate asset," said Tom Reilly, chief executive officer, Trigo. "Our success in partnering with global enterprise customers confirms that Trigo Product Center drives reduced operating costs, improves efficiencies in business processes, increases speed to market, and enhances the customer experience."
About Trigo
Trigo Technologies, Inc., is the leading provider of product information management software. Trigo Product Center is the first comprehensive product information management solution that allows companies to exchange, manage, analyze and deliver comprehensive, relevant, and unique product information via multiple channels across and beyond the enterprise. Global retailers, consumer packaged goods firms, manufacturers, distributors, and other large corporations have chosen Trigo to increase speed to market, grow sales, reduce expenses, and enhance customer service through the improvement of content, quality and processes around product information. Trigo`s growing customer base comprises many Global 1000 companies, including Alpha Purchase, Alto, Buhrmann, Corporate Express, Hewlett-Packard, Moore, Pinault Bois & Materiaux, Royal Philips Electronics, Staples, Unilever, and xpedx. Trigo Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco, with European headquarters in Amsterdam. Trigo is backed by leading venture capital firms including Bessemer Venture Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, Mayfield, and Symphony Technology Group. For more information, contact info@trigo.com, visit www.trigo.com, or call +1 650-827-0500.
Trigo is a trademark or registered trademarks of Trigo Technologies, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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