GlobalWise Investments, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., a leading-edge technology company focused on the design, implementation and management of cloud-based Enterprise Content Management (“ECM”) systems in both the public and private sectors, today provided investors with an update on the company’s progress to date and near term intentions to expand into international markets.
For nearly two decades, Intellinetics has focused primarily on domestic United States markets, selling ECM software services through a traditional, direct sales force. This strategy has served Intellinetics well, but the original father-son management team of Matthew and Michael Chretien saw the opportunity to expand the business by hiring international executive William J. “BJ” Santiago. Recruited from Lexmark, Mr. Santiago was brought on to lead the new cloud-based ECM software enterprise and expand the company’s distribution through a one-to-many strategy utilizing Channel Partners who already have a tested and proven model to sell hardware or software related services.
Eight new Channel Partners have been brought on in just the past seven months to continue software sales expansion in the United States, as well as pursue new opportunities internationally. This Channel Partner strategy has shown it is possible to distribute ECM software services in every industry. By utilizing distribution partners who already have an extensive sales force and customer base, GlobalWise is able to focus on being a software company while the Partners emphasize on client sales and on-going support.
Recently, the company announced an agreement with SOIN Integrales (www.soin.co.cr), headquartered in Costa Rica, who dominates the Latin America market selling high-end ERP solutions from companies like Oracle, SAP, and Sybase. Historically, SOIN did not have an ECM (Enterprise Content Management) practice within their software product offerings. However, similar to the US, Latin America is rapidly adopting digital management of document and records for compliance and privacy regulation and historically did not have a cost effective ECM solution.
Today, through the Intellinetics On-demand Solution Store™ templates, SOIN can capitalize on this untapped small to medium sized client base through an exclusive agreement with Intellinetics. Over the past several months, the companies have worked closely together to translate the Intellivue™ software and related product collateral into Spanish and are currently marketing the software services. The initial Intellivue™ solution and product launch has begun in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
Additionally, the Intellinetics agreement with MWAi will begin the company’s first foray into English speaking countries in Europe, with expansion expected to begin in the third quarter of 2012. Since Intellinetics has invested heavily in their template based best practice ECM solutions for a variety of industries, the current software will need very little upgrading aside from potential cultural differences. Perhaps even more exciting for Intellinetics and MWAi is the on-going efforts to convert the Intellivue™ cloud-based ECM software into a double-byte character set (DBCS), a software language typical for Japanese, Korean and Chinese translations. By employing DBCS, the Intellinetics software suite will be ready for clients in the Asia-Pacific Rim later this year.
“GlobalWise is positioning itself for record-breaking growth for the balance of 2012 and 2013,” proclaimed William. J. “BJ” Santiago, CEO of GlobalWise. “We have and will continue to recruit many strategic Partners to help us access more industries and markets. I expect we will have additional announcements in the near future regarding further domestic and international growth.”
“The great news with a cloud-based service delivery model, now available in both English and Spanish and soon for the Asian market, is the multitudes of ways to get our software into the hands of clients,” added Mr. Santiago. “Whether it’s integrating the ECM capabilities into an existing CRM or ERP system, implementation with multi-function printers or sold as a stand-alone solution, our software is dynamic enough to sit alongside almost any other architecture. The cloud delivery model provides a lower cost delivery approach without major capital expenditures that is perfect in the emerging ECM markets that previously did not have a cost effective solution.”
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