Unify Grows Momentum in Latin America
6:30a ET April 7, 2009 (Business Wire)
Unify Corp. (NASDAQ:UNFY), a global provider of application development, database and migration products, today announced it met with more than 200 customers during recent customer road shows in Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Brazil. The customer events demonstrate Unify's growing momentum in Latin America as the company works with partners to penetrate the region with easy to use, cost effective software technology.
In conjunction with its major partners, Unify hosted four developer conferences to showcase Unify's expanding software portfolio including SQLBase 11.5, NXJ 12, Composer for Oracle Forms and Lotus Notes, as well as sneak peeks of upcoming releases of Team Developer 5.2, Report Builder 5.2 and Q. These conferences are designed to bring together Unify's Latin American customers, partners and distributors for product updates and training, technical exploration and collaboration.
Each of the four conferences were sponsored by Unify's key partner in the region:
-- ACSISA: Mexico City, Mexico held March 10
-- BSI: Lima, Peru held March 12
-- SAM Sistemas: Buenos Aires, Argentina held March 17
-- Triad Systems: Sao Paolo, Brazil held March 19
As part of Unify's expanding channel strategy, a reseller distribution agreement was signed with Ethos Software, an ISV located in Colombia. Ethos develops financial solutions utilizing Unify's Team Developer. Currently, Ethos has 140 modules and 2,000 licenses sold throughout Latin America to clients that include: Fincomercio, Comfamiliar, Cooperativa AVP, Banco de Credito and Yamaha.
To support the growing activity and customer base in Brazil, Unify will be opening a new office with its partner Triad Systems. Triad has been a reseller of Unify products since 2007 and opened an NXJ training center in 2008, the first development center of its kind in Latin America. Triad is a solutions integrator with expertise in telecommunications, financial industry, manufacturing and services. Together Unify and Triad will focus on application development and migration opportunities using Unify's NXJ and Composer migration solutions.
According to a recent industry analyst report(1), Brazil is undergoing an industrial expansion with nearly $114 billion in IT spending expected by 2012, while the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to reach $1.2 trillion.
"There is considerable revenue potential in Latin America's emerging markets," said Frank Verardi, vice president of sales for Americas, APAC and Russia. "In these regions where personal connections are crucial to a company's success, we are poised to meet changing business needs, by working through experienced, local partners to further penetrate the Latin America market with our easy to use, cost effective software."
For more information on Unify's Latin American resellers, please visit www.unify.com.
About Unify
Unify is a global provider of application development, database and migration solutions that enable organizations to deliver modern, data-rich and cost effective applications. The company's software and services modernize and maximize the development, deployment and performance of business-critical applications and data, while providing significant and measurable return on investment for customers. Through Unify's market leading technologies, organizations deliver applications that improve efficiencies, increase competitive advantage and reduce costs. Unify is headquartered in Roseville, Calif., with offices in London, Munich, Calgary, Paris, and Sydney. Visit www.unify.com or email info@unify.com.
SOURCE: Unify Corp.
For more information: Company: Unify Corporation Deb Thornton, 916-218-4779 deb@unify.com or Investors: MKR Group, Inc. Todd Kehrli, 323-468-2300 unfy@mkr-group.com
