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Liferay Opens German Office to Service European Demand for Web Portal Software
Liferay, provider of an enterprise-class, open source portal and content management system, today announced the opening of a European headquarters in Germany to serve the professional services needs of enterprise customers throughout continental Europe and the United Kingdom. Expanding its services the company responds to the strong adoption rate among European enterprise users.
Liferay's new European office, located at Siemens Strase 6F in Langen, Germany, began operations in October, 2006. The office is a key component of Liferay's plan to aggressively expand its services to enterprise customers outside of North America.
"Liferay is fast becoming a global standard for enterprise-class portal development and content management," said Suresh Shamanna, director of European operations and head of Liferay's European headquarters. "Our company is experiencing a significant upswing in demand for development, services and training around our products, particularly in Germany and the broader European community."
Shamanna added that Liferay Europe has already implemented several significant projects, including its ongoing work at HanseMerkur, Germany's second oldest insurance company. The company also counts major European enterprises such as o2, Vodaphone and some of Europe's largest financial institutions as users of its products. "Liferay has been in use by European enterprises for several years and a strong user community exists here," he noted. "Our new office provides these enterprises with the benefit of local- language professional support and direct access to Liferay's international development and professional services teams."
Liferay Portal, Liferay's flagship open source product, has proven popular in Europe for its maturity, strong support for standards, a liberal MIT license, and robust internationalization features. A service oriented architecture and enterprise integration tools such as Liferay ServiceBuilder have helped Liferay make inroads to Fortune Global 100 companies against competitors such as IBM Websphere Portal, JBoss Portal and BEA WebLogic Portal.
Liferay will be exhibiting at the CeBIT technology trade show, March 15- 21, 2007 in Hannover, Germany. For more information about Liferay Europe, contact the company's European headquarters at +49-06103-928336, or visit http://www.liferay.com. 24.01.2007, Liferay
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