CIGNEX partners TIPP Focus Group to provide Enterprise Open Source Solutions in South Africa
CIGNEX has partnered with TIPP Focus Group, a South Africa based IT consultancy & service provider to expand its presence in South Africa. CIGNEX with the stringent financial controls employed by enterprises globally, adoption of tools such as Alfresco, Liferay & Drupal have helped clients reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of their IT solutions by up to 90%.
- (1888PressRelease) November 18, 2010 - CIGNEX Global Holding Corporation, a Santa Clara (US) based global leader in commercial Open Source technologies today announced that it has partnered with TIPP Focus Group, a South Africa based IT consultancy & service provider to expand its presence in South Africa.
"2010 has been a watershed year for commercial Open Source technologies. With the stringent financial controls employed by enterprises globally, adoption of tools such as Alfresco, Liferay & Drupal (over proprietary solutions such as Documentum, Filenet, Interwoven, MS Sharepoint) have helped our clients reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of their IT solutions by up to 90%. South Africa is a very important market for CIGNEX and we are delighted to partner TIPP Focus Group to help enterprises in South Africa achieve the same benefits their US & European counterparts have experienced by migrating to Open Source", said Munwar Shariff, CTO & EVP EMEA for CIGNEX.
"Our clients in South Africa are demanding cost-effective, enterprise-class alternatives to the traditional, and expensive, IT solutions. As a result, the awareness and adoption of commercial Open Source solutions has gone up manifold in 2010. Partnering CIGNEX was very logical for us as CIGNEX, with over 200 Open Source deployments, brings a wealth of global experience for enterprises in South Africa to tap into", commented Mr. Jack Mazwi, Founder & Group Chairman, TIPP Focus Group.
About CIGNEX:
CIGNEX Global Holding Corporation (www.cignex.com) is the global leader in Open Source & SAP Connect solutions for over 10 years. CIGNEX provides Open Source solutions across Web Content Management, Portals & Social Collaboration, e-commerce, Digital Asset Management, Documents & Records Management, Business Process Management, Business Intelligence, ERP & CRM, SOA. In addition to alliances with Redhat and SAP, CIGNEX is a Platinum partner to Alfresco and Liferay, Global partner to Magento & Compiere.
About TIPP Focus Group:
Tipp Focus Group is a proudly South African company, providing business solutions in the areas on Management Consulting, Technology and Solutions, Training and Professional Resourcing. Tipp Focus, incorporated in 2001, has successfully developed a reputation of delivery in both the private and the public sector. TIPP Focus also has presence in other African countries like Uganda, Nigeria amongst others. TIPP Focus Group has deep associations with clients such as SITA, Vodacom, Department of Water and Forestry (DWAF), MTN, South African Revenue Services, Department of Health (DoH), Nelson Mandela bay Municipality, etc.
For further information contact;
CIGNEX Global Holding Corporation TIPP Focus Group
Munwar Shariff Jack Mazwi
munwar ( @ ) cignex dot com jack ( @ ) tippfocus dot co.za
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