M-Files Accompanies Prime Minister of Finland to Washington D.C. and Strengthens its Position in the United States
The purpose of the visit is to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Finland and the United States, as well as to advance economic and technological cooperation between the two countries
TAMPERE, Finland, and DALLAS, Nov. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- M-Files Corporation, the intelligent information management company, today announced that M-Files is joining Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä on his visit to Washington D.C. this week. Miika Mäkitalo, CEO of M-Files, sees the visit as a possibility to strengthen M-Files' position in the United States.
During his visit to Washington D.C., the Finnish Prime Minister will meet with US political and economic leaders. Besides M-Files, the business delegation led by the Prime Minister also includes representatives from ABB, Fortum, Nokia and Wärtsilä.
M-Files has systematically built its presence in the United States over the years, starting with the U.S. headquarters in Dallas founded in 2009. Today, M-Files serves thousands of customers in the U.S with the support of hundreds of local M-Files partners. For this achievement, among others, M-Files has recently received the Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic of Finland.
"It is a great honor to accompany the Finnish Prime Minister on his visit to Washington D.C. and to represent the next-generation of Finnish technology there. We already have a strong presence in the United States, and this visit will help us further strengthen our position in the market," says Miika Mäkitalo, CEO at M-Files Corporation.
Gartner recognized M-Files as a Visionary in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms, and Forrester Research named M-Files as one of the leading information management service providers in its industry report in 2017.
M-Files grew revenue by more than 37 percent in 2017 over 2016. The company also achieved a 121 percent increase in cloud revenue in 2017 and sustained a cumulative revenue growth of more than 2,500 percent over the last eight years. M-Files received EUR 27 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support this international growth, partner channel expansion and acceleration of R&D.
About M-Files Corporation
M-Files provides a next-generation intelligent information management platform that improves business performance by helping people find and use information more effectively. Unlike traditional enterprise content management (ECM) systems or content services platforms, M-Files unifies systems, data and content across the organization without disturbing existing systems and processes or requiring data migration. Using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in its unique Intelligent Metadata Layer, M-Files breaks down silos by delivering an in-context experience for accessing and leveraging information that resides in any system and repository, including network folders, SharePoint, file sharing services, ECM systems, CRM, ERP and other business systems and repositories. Thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries use M-Files for managing their business information and processes, including NBC Universal, OMV, Rovio, SAS Institute and thyssenkrupp. For more information, visit http://www.m-files.com.
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