CIGNEX, a Platinum partner of Liferay, and Liferay, the leading Open Source portal solution provider, are hosting a workshop on “Lowering Cost of Ownership of Enterprise Portals using Liferay Portal 6” in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, at 1000 hrs at the Hilton London Metropole.
“Liferay and CIGNEX have worked very closely as partners in the US and have delivered tremendous value to our customers there. We have already engaged with key UK companies to build effective business solutions and are looking forward to increasing our presence here. This Workshop with CIGNEX is a step in that direction,” said Bryan Cheung, Liferay, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer.
The objective of the workshop is to demonstrate how companies such as United Business Media, Allianz Insurance, Cisco Systems, Lufthansa Flight Training, and more are lowering the cost of achieving their business goals by using Liferay, a single solution that includes the best of portal, social collaboration and content capabilities.
“Our customers have experienced savings in Total Cost of Ownership of up to 90% by adopting Liferay solutions. With the availability of Liferay Social Office Enterprise Edition beginning this June and the upcoming launch of Liferay Portal 6, we are very excited about the enhanced benefits that Liferay will provide to our customers,” said Munwar Shariff, Chief Technology Officer and Executive VP for EMEA region, CIGNEX.
They will have an opportunity to meet and interact with key senior management of Liferay–Bryan Cheung, CEO, Brian Kim, COO, Joseph Shum, General Manager Liferay GmbH (EU Headquarters) – and CIGNEX – Munwar Shariff, CTO & EVP EMEA.
About CIGNEX (www.cignex.com): CIGNEX Holding Corporation has been the global leader in commercial Open Source solutions for over 10 years providing solutions across Web Content Management, Portals & Social Collaboration, e-commerce, Digital Asset Management, Documents & Records Management, Business Process Management, Business Intelligence, ERP & CRM and SOA. CIGNEX, by deploying commercial Open Source solutions, focuses on addressing key challenges faced by CIOs today (a) integrating Open Source solutions with existing Line of business solutions, (b) managing the contradictory demands of reducing IT spend while rolling out new solutions.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA with offices in Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Texas, New Jersey, United Kingdom, India, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and 325+ employees, CIGNEX has helped in improving client profitability by delivering commercial Open Source solutions to over 150 global customers.
About Liferay (www.liferay.com): Liferay, Inc., has been providing organizations with solutions for portals, content, and collaboration since 2000. Liferay Portal, its flagship product, benefits from a decade of interaction with an active and mature Open Source community that ensures the software meets the needs of real users across industries and organizational roles. In its 11th year with 150 employees in eight offices worldwide, Liferay continues its industry leadership with exceptional user experience and innovative technologies for rapidly deliveringbusiness solutions.
For any further information, please contact:
Munwar Shariff
CTO & EVP – EMEA, CIGNEX
+91 9869 456 550
munwar@cignex.com
