Talend and Connectage Join Forces to Meet Public Sector Demand for Open Source

Open source specialist partners with online business consultant

MAIDENHEAD, UK - August 27, 2009 - Talend, an open source data integration specialist has joined forces with Connectage.com, an online business consultancy, to help drive the adoption of open source data integration solutions in the UK public sector. The partnership will help to improve data management within Government Departments, Local Authorities and Agencies and as a result, will help to boost productivity and efficiency of public sector services.

The UK Government regularly stores huge volumes of data and it is vital that this data is kept accurate and up-to-date. As an online business consultancy, Connectage.com aims to help public sector organisations create innovative services online. By providing Talend's range of sophisticated open source data integration products, Government Departments will be able to integrate and migrate data more effectively so that staff can work with real-time information or share information more effectively using Government Gateway or GCSx. Customer service levels can there be dramatically increased.

Philip Doyle, managing director, Connectage.com commented: “By coupling Talend's software with our great tools and consultancy expertise, we believe that our partnership will offer a fusion of experience and provide an all-round open source data integration solution for the public sector.”

“We have worked closely with Talend and provided its products to a number of our clients in the past and have seen how attractive its offering is to the public sector. Open source is becoming more widely used in Government and we believe that there is a great opportunity for us to jointly provide Talend's open source data integration tools to the UK public sector.”

Talend's open source data integration and data quality solutions are designed to scale to the highest levels of data volumes and process complexity and are optimized to work in demanding enterprise environments.

François Méro, General Manager EMEA at Talend stated: “Over the last few months, Talend has seen the demand for open source data integration tools soar and in particular, in Government Departments. The partnership will enable us to meet this increasing demand by having the facilities and resources necessary to supply Talend's open source data integration solutions to the public sector instantly.”

“Together we can help government bodies solve the on-going issue of having access to poor data, by providing them with the capability to work with real-time, accurate data as well as having full time business and IT support to expand their services online successfully,” concluded François.

About Connectage.com

Connectage.com is a division of Novena Consulting, leader in open source connectivity, Content Management and e-Learning in the UK and Ireland. Connectage.com has particular Government with its Trust Server, the only zero-code solution for implementing Government Gateway and its CitizenDirect content management platform. Connectage has delivered cost0-effective open source solutions to central and local government and the NHS. With offices in London, Manchester, Plymouth and Dublin, Connectage.com supports its customers through a network of leading edge consultants.

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