Liferay Announces New Office in France
Paris, France (PRWEB) February 04, 2013
Liferay, Inc., provider of the worlds leading enterprise-class open source portal platform, announced today the opening of a new office in France as the most recent expansion of Liferays presence in Europe. Franck Verbeke, who joins Liferay with 25 years of sales and management experience in the enterprise software market, is leading the companys effort to serve customers in Frances thriving market for Liferays portal and collaboration technologies.
The new presence comes in response to proven demand for Liferays products in France, where companies are investing in the open source portal technology to increase online engagement and customer loyalty. Liferays ability to provide a single user experience across multiple channels has also been valuable to customers implementing strategic brand consolidation initiatives.
Mr. Verbeke joins the company at a time of strong growth in France, with many corporations in the CAC 40, its benchmark stock market index, already on Liferays customer list. That includes three of Frances major banks, which are using Liferay across a spectrum of projects that are designed to reduce operating costs and improve customer services online. Liferay is well known in the French IT community as a strong web solution platform, and its popularity is reflected in the companys local partner roster of 11 companies.
The opening of Liferays Paris office is a natural outgrowth of the strong Liferay customer and partner base we already enjoy in France, said Liferay CEO Bryan Cheung. Under Francks leadership, Liferay is well positioned to grow our impact in the region by supporting our customers strategic initiatives. Liferay France is further evidence of our commitment to building a lasting presence in the European market and to invest in long-term customer relationships.
I am excited to lead the expansion of Liferay through a local presence in France, said Franck Verbeke, Liferays General Manager in France. Our success in the financial services and consumer products sectors, which are dealing with major industry changes, demonstrates Liferays value as a flexible platform for responding to complex business challenges. I fully expect Liferay to become a strategic platform throughout the French market in the years to come.
Mr. Verbeke joins Liferay with broad experience starting and expanding operations for software and high-tech companies in France and other parts of Europe. He joined Interleaf in 1995, working in the enterprise sales division for five years before moving to Activcard to start the authentication solutions providers southern Europe operations. He also previously acted as the country manager for WCM content management company Fatwire, growing its France operations over four years, and founded Magicaxess, an authentication and electronic signature solutions provider for which he served as Chief Operating Officer.
Liferays new Paris office is located at 15 rue Taitbout, 75009 Paris. Contact the office at +33 (0)1 73 02 08 07 or sales-fr (at) liferay (dot) com. Liferays France Symposium, planned for June 6, will invite attendees to meet top Liferay executives and network with open source industry leaders and decision makers.
For more information about Liferay, visit http://www.liferay.com.
About Liferay
Liferay, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise open source portal and collaboration software products, servicing Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Clients include Allianz, BASF, Cisco Systems, Lufthansa Flight Training, Soci
