Phurnace Software Expands Distribution into Europe
Deployment Automation Company Signs Channel Partner for European Market
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) March 12, 2009 -- Phurnace Software, Inc., the Java application deployment company, today announced it has signed an agreement with European channel partner, IMPAQ Group, to provide local sales coverage in Northern Europe. IMPAQ Group is one of the largest resellers of IBM WebSphere® products in Europe.
IMPAQ Group is a Swiss-based specialty I.T. services provider with a focus on the financial services vertical, and other select industries. Based in Zurich, the company has more than 450 staff operating throughout the world with subsidiary offices in Germany, Poland, and the UK. IMPAQ Group is a certified business partner of IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft. Its customers include Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post, LVM, Provinzial, Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank, Lufthansa, and Nokia.
"Many of our current customers struggle with difficult application deployment challenges and Phurnace has a unique approach that will solve these without the use of custom scripting," says Anne Langmann, CEO, IMPAQ Group. "The technology is very strong and simple to implement. It was an easy decision to represent Phurnace in Europe."
"We are excited to have a relationship with such a quality organization," said Larry Warnock, president and CEO of Phurnace. "IMPAQ provides Phurnace a path to market with access to some of the largest and most innovative companies in Europe. IMPAQ thinks like we do - long term customer satisfaction is paramount, and providing quick ROI to customers is what gets attention in today's difficult economic environment."
Phurnace Deliver provides comprehensive support for IT staff and developers during complex enterprise Java deployments to decrease errors, streamline deployments and avoid the downtime and outages that come with manual or script-based processes. The current user approach of paging through the console or building cumbersome scripts can be reduced or eliminated with Phurnace, therefore freeing up limited IT resources for more value-added tasks.
About Phurnace Software, Inc.
Phurnace software helps companies drive revenue and dramatically reduce cost by accelerating the deployment of mission critical applications. Leveraging patent-pending technology, Phurnace automates web application deployments - from installation to deployment to upgrades - eliminating manual, error-prone processes and delivering tangible ROI within weeks. Based in Austin, Texas, Phurnace is funded by S3Ventures, DFJ Mercury and other private investors. www.phurnace.com
Phurnace and the Phurnace flame logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Phurnace Software, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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