TRIGO EXPANDS LEADERSHIP TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; ADDS NEW ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS INCLUDING PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, BUHRMANN AND ALPHA PURCHASE
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Trigo Establishes Product Information Management as Global Enterprise Initiative with Industry Industry-Leading Customers and Reseller Agreement in Japan
BRISBANE, Calif.—Oct. 29, 2002—Trigo Technologies, Inc., the leader in product information management (PIM) solutions for global manufacturers, distributors and retailers, today announced that it is expanding into key international markets. Joining Trigo’s roster of blue chip enterprise customers are Philips Electronics; Corporate Express Europe, a Buhrmann company, ; and Alpha Purchase, a leading Japanese industrial maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) distributor. In addition, Trigo has forged a reseller agreement with NS Solutions Corporation Corp. to jointly distribute Trigo Product Center in the Japanese market with Alpha Purchase. In conjunction with these developments, Trigo is opening a new sales office in Europe. The This substantial momentum by the pioneer of product information managementPIM (PIM) solutions, demonstrates that this newest enterprise imperative is strategic to the Global 2000.
Analyst Validation
According to the Giga Information Group Inc. report, IT Trends 2003: Product Information Management , report (Giga Information Group Inc., July 2002. ), “Growth in the product information management market will be driven by the need to streamline the process of creating, managing and using product-related data and content; the need for people in various roles throughout a company to access product-related information; and opportunities to merchandise products in new ways, especially in a down economy,” said Erica Rugullies, director, Giga Information Group.
Corporate Express Europe (CEE) Selects Trigo for Multi-Geography Support
“Trigo Product Center was selected to enable CEE to capture, maintain and distribute product information to internal systems across all of CEE’s European geographies, as well as to external third-party systems,” said Rudi de Becker, president, Corporate Express Europe. “CEE looked at many competitive solutions over the past year, and Trigo was the clear leader in both technology and understanding of our business challenges. Trigo Product Center is expected to provide tremendous value in terms of reduced costs, higher efficiencies, and data quality,, as well as enable CEE to provide better customer service.”
Corporate Express Europe is a division of Buhrmann. As an international business services and distribution group, Buhrmann is the world’s major supplier of office products, paper and graphic systems for the business market. By combining modern Internet technology with intelligent logistic processes, Buhrmann is able to distribute these products in a highly efficient way. Internet sales account for a rapidly growing growing proportion of Buhrmann’s total sales.
Alpha Purchase Chooses Trigo for Flexibility, Business Process Support, and International Language Support
“We needed a robust product information management solution that effectively addressed the Japanese market and worked well with our existing e-procurement solution, Oracle EBS and Oracle Exchange,” said Kenji Ikezawa, chief technology officer, Alpha Purchase. “The attribute-level tracking and intuitive workflow helped us implement Trigo Product Center quickly, allowing us to have substantial productivity gains in our processes. In addition, Trigo could support international character sets and hundreds of users, and could scale rapidly for broad supplier support. We’ve been very pleased with our selection of Trigo.”
“While we believe Trigo is the market and thought leader in the product information management category, it is our customers that validate the market and create the demand for these types of solutions,” said Tom Reilly, chief executive officer, Trigo. “Philips Electronics, Buhrmann and Alpha Purchase are leaders in their respective markets and recognize that to be ahead of their competition, product information management is key to their overall strategy. Trigo is proud to be working with these international leaders as they continue to evolve their business models to maximize product information.”
About Trigo
Trigo Technologies, Inc., is the leader in product information management solutions for global manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Trigo Product Center is the first comprehensive software solution that optimizes business performance by delivering relevant, unique product information across the enterprise and beyond, to any individual, system, partner, or customer at any time. Trigo’s growing customer base comprises many Global 1000 2000 companies, including Alpha Purchase, Corporate Express, Moore, Philips Electronics, Staples, and xpedx. Trigo is backed by leading venture capital firms including Mayfield, Bessemer Venture Partners, JAFCO America Ventures, and The Valent Group (a joint venture between Bessemer Venture Partners and Accel Partners). Trigo is located in Brisbane, Calif. For more information, send email to info@trigo.com or call 650-827-0500.
Trigo and Trigo Product Center areis a trademarks or registered trademarkks of Trigo Technologies, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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