Talend acquires Sopera

Creating global open source leader

On November 10, 2010, Talend, the recognized market leader in open source data management software, announced that it has acquired Sopera, a leading provider of open source SOA and middleware platforms, creating a global leader in open source middleware solutions that ranks among the top five global pure play open source vendors.

The combination of Talend and Sopera creates a global leader in open source middleware solutions, and uniquely positions it to take advantage of the synergies that exist between data management and application integration projects.

Frequently Asked Questions are presented below.


Q: Who is Talend?

Talend is the recognized market leader in open source data management. After three years of intense research and development investment, and with solid financial backing from leading investment firms, Talend revolutionized the world of data integration when it released the first version of Talend Open Studio in 2006. Talend's data management solution portfolio now includes data integration (operational data integration and ETL for Business Intelligence), data quality, and master data management (MDM).

Unlike proprietary, closed solutions, which can only be afforded by the largest and wealthiest organizations, Talend makes its solutions available to organizations of all sizes, and for all data management needs.

Q: Who is Sopera?

Sopera is a German software company resulting from a spin-off from Deutsche Post. The company develops software and solutions for the SOA/ESB market based on an open source business model and offers subscription based services for Support and Maintenance to its customers. Sopera was named "Cool Vendor in Platform and Integration Middleware 2010" by Gartner. Customers of Sopera include Deutsche Post, Zurich Insurance, Landesbank Berlin, etc.

Q: What is the rationale of this acquisition?

The combination of Talend and Sopera creates a global leader in open source middleware solutions, uniquely positioned to take advantage of the synergies between data management and application integration projects. Thanks to the combined offerings, IT organizations will be able to leverage a global middleware platform to save and rationalize their deployments. The global platform that will be created through the combination of the solutions will also be optimized for Cloud-based deployments and for integrating on-premise data and applications with applications running in the Cloud. Talend's and Sopera's products are indeed already Cloud-ready and the combined platform will provide a new, unique offering fully optimized for the distributed architecture of Cloud computing.

Q: Who is Silver Lake Sumeru? What do they bring to the table?

One of the leading VC firms, Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle-market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Sumeru combines specialized technology sector knowledge, rigorous due diligence processes and a network of industry relationships to create a significant competitive advantage in executing its investment strategy. Beyond the significant investment in Talend, Silver Lake Sumeru reinforces the credibility of Talend and brings an extensive network in the software industry. Finally, their extensive financial resources position them as a key partner for the long growth of Talend.

Q: How much did Talend pay for Sopera?

We do not publicly disclose such information.

Q: What will happen to Sopera's current customers and partners?

Sopera will continue to be an active player in the open source market, continuing to develop its SOA products and delivering on its strategy of providing world class solutions to the Application Integration market. We will continue to make available a community edition of the Sopera SOA products and license such community edition of the SOA products under the terms and conditions of the applicable open source software licenses, e.g. Apache Public License and/or Eclipse Public License. It is also worth noting that Deutsche Post, Sopera's historical and largest customer, is very excited by this deal and is fully supporting it.

Q: How will Talend's go to market model apply to Sopera?

There will be no change in Talend's or Sopera's go to market strategies for the remainder of 2010. As with any acquisition, we will look for synergies in infrastructure, marketing and sales engagement models to best serve our customers, markets, and partners.

Q: Is Sopera going open core?

Yes – Sopera will continue to contribute aggressively to the open source communities with best of breed products, and also offer value added features and services on top of the open source versions.

Q: Will Sopera's involvement in the Eclipse and Apache communities continue?

Sopera will continue to maintain its status as an active member in the SOA-related open-source communities such as the Eclipse Foundation or the Apache Software Foundation or any other open source projects or communities that provide additional value to the overall SOA offering.

Q: What is the new product roadmap? How are the Talend and Sopera products going to interoperate?

The new product roadmap will be announced in December.

Q: Will there be other acquisitions?

We continue to evaluate options for accelerating our product roadmaps or adding complimentary products to insure the company continues to maintain its leadership position in the Data and Application Integration markets. It is our policy not to publicly disclose or comment on such activities.

Q: How can I get more information?

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Talend is a leading open source software vendor that makes powerful data integration and application integration solutions accessible to organizations of all sizes. For data integration, Talend offers an easy-to-use ETL tool that makes the development of data extraction, data transformation, and data loading processes faster and more reliable, as well as flexibly supporting a wide range of data management operations such as database conversion and data synchronization. Talend's open source data quality management solution features a powerful data profiler as well as advanced data cleaning and data enrichment functionality. For enterprise application integration, Talend extends proven Apache open source technologies like Apache CXF and Camel to provide high-performance, modular solutions that enable organizations to derive more business value from their distributed systems and applications.
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