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Talend Alliance Program Expands Benefits for Systems Integrators and Channel PartnersLOS ALTOS, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced the launch of its redesigned partner program, the Talend Alliance Program. Comprised of a comprehensive set of benefits and services to help systems integrators (SIs) and value-added resellers (VARs) develop and promote solutions in conjunction with Talend, the Talend Alliance Program is designed to make it easier for organizations of all sizes to collaborate with Talend in bringing the benefits of data, application and process integration to their customers around the globe. The new Talend Alliance Program provides comprehensive benefits to partners who address the increasing demand for open source integration technology. It offers new options for training, technical support and certification programs around Talend's enterprise-class solutions and delivery capabilities for their customers. Talend also expanded the program to now include its entire suite of best-of-breed products for data integration, data quality, master data management (MDM), enterprise service bus (ESB) and business process management (BPM), all part of the same holistic integration solution and based on the Talend Unified Platform technology. Furthermore, beyond traditional integration projects, Talend's partners are now able to use Talend's leading-edge technology to address the unique challenges of hybrid cloud integration and Big Data management. "The Talend Alliance Program is dedicated to facilitating a cooperative environment for our partners and facilitating their contribution to Talend's growing and influential presence in the enterprise. Open source software relies on a strong community and Talend's extensive partner networkis an integral part of its ecosystem," said Keith Goldstein, vice president of Channels and Alliances at Talend. "Because our partners are diverse, we are happy to offer them several ways of working with Talend's technology, support and sales teams. The new Talend Alliance Program provides access to advanced tools, while offering dedicated support and training to ensure optimal cooperation between Talend and the partner's team." Partner Service Center Membership of the Talend Alliance Program is divided into four tiers: Diamond, Platinum, Gold and Silver. The Partner Service Center, available to all partners, provides them with a single access point to a wide range of benefits, including on-demand technology and product training, real-time online consulting, go-to-market enablement resources and access to joint marketing initiatives. Taken together, Talend's partners gain access to easy-to-use and easy-to-implement enterprise-class products, as well as all of the support and training that they need to implement successful projects. Leading Companies Support the Talend Alliance Program Designed with their input and feedback, Talend partners are enthusiastic in their support for the Talend Alliance Program. "In an environment where IT is pressured to optimize their investment and to provide more agility to the business, Sogeti feels that Talend's enterprise open source products present a great alternative to the current proprietary solutions that we are currently deploying," said Kurt Nyffeler, Sogeti Practice Vice President, Business Information Management. "Sogeti is training more than 350 MDM consultants on Talend's products and we are particularly interested in leveraging the full capabilities of the Unified Platform for our clients' benefit. Talend's new products and newly enhanced Partner Programs are a great fit with Sogeti's strategy to offer a best-of-breed alternative to proprietary systems." "Talend ESB deploys easily across Oracle (News - Alert) Applications CRM, enabling integration of both internal and external information," said Hoang Tran Dingh, president, Cleora Consulting. "The end result is an extraordinary customer experience. Talend is a great solution for our clients because it is standards-based, allowing for the creation and rapid deployment of Web services, even on complex architectures such as Oracle." "By leveraging the full capabilities of Talend's holistic integration solutions, CSC (News - Alert) can now leverage a comprehensive platform, easy to use and fast to deploy, to build integration that adapt to business requirements," said Bert Lasley, managing director, BI & Content Management, CSC. "Moreover, the implementation of Talend's products also lowers risk and improves overall satisfaction for customers. Talend's newly enhanced partner program and growth strategy aligns perfectly with CSC's excellent services and Talend's cost-effective offering, and is a win-win for our mutual customers." Talend continues to build its partner network and to recruit dynamic and knowledgeable partners. For more information, please visit www.talend.com/partners. About Talend Talend is the recognized market leader in open source integration solutions. The company's holistic integration platform helps organizations minimize costs and maximize the value of data integration, ETL, data quality, master data management, application integration and business process management, while supporting their shift toward the Cloud and Big Data. More than 3,500 paying customers worldwide, including eBay (News - Alert), ING, The Weather Channel, Deutsche Post and Allianz, subscribe to Talend's solutions and services. With over twenty million downloads, Talend's products are the most trusted integration solutions in the world. The company has major offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and a global network of technical and services partners. For more information, please visit http://www.talend.com.
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