Talend Continues Rapid Expansion Opening UK Office

$12 million in funding fuels the growth of open source data integration specialist, Talend

In line with its global expansion strategy, Talend the first open source data integration specialist, has announced the opening of a new office in the United Kingdom. The new UK office based in Maidenhead will be headed-up by industry veteran, Martin James who has taken the reins as the UK Sales Director.

François Méro, Talend’s Vice President and General Manager for EMEA, said: “As an experienced technology expert we are delighted to have Martin heading up our UK operations. Martin will be focusing on supporting our already thriving community in the UK and Ireland, and will be responsible for driving the adoption of open source data integration in the enterprise market.”

Martin James is a proven executive with experience in establishing or helping grow European operations for a number of world-class organisations including Sonic Software, Data Synapse, eXcelon Corporation, Candle Corporation and Computer Associates. His expertise and leadership will be critical as Talend continues to lead in the field of open source data integration.

“Nothing will slow the progress and increased adoption of open software. What was traditionally viewed as developer and infrastructure tools has quickly infiltrated the enterprise environment,” said Méro.

“Talend provides solutions that are all about business. As UK businesses continue to face the economic meltdown, companies are looking for aggressive ways to optimise their IT investments. Talend open source data integration solutions are a flexible answer to deliver tangible business value at a great price,” said Martin James, Talend’s UK Sales Director.

In the past twelve months alone, Talend’s paying customer base increased by more than 300 percent, steadily taking market share away from proprietary data integration tools such as Informatica PowerCenter or IBM WebSphere DataStage, and confirming the suitability and scalability of its solutions for enterprise projects of large and well-known companies.

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About Talend
Talend is the recognised market leader in open source data integration. More than 400 paying customers around the globe, including Yahoo!, Virgin Mobile, Sony and Swiss Life, use the Talend Integration Suite of products and services to optimise the costs of data integration, ETL and data quality. With over 3.3 million lifetime downloads and 700,000 core product downloads, Talend’s solutions are the most widely used and deployed data integration solutions in the world. The company has major offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and a global network of technical and services partners. For more information, please visit http://www.talend.com.

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