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Worldwide distribution for software solution by Maltese company
by Ivan Brincat
A software solution developed for Lotus Notes by a Maltese
company, Shireburn Software Ltd, will be distributed worldwide
as from next month.
The launch of Integra for Notes, an innovative tool which supplements
the reporting and integration capabilities of Lotus Notes with
Microsoft Word and Excel was announced yesterday by the company’s
managing director John de Giorgio. Lotus Notes is the world’s
leading software for email and
collaboration.
Shireburn yesterday announced a groundbreaking agreement with
Ives Development Inc. of Massachusetts, USA, the world-leading
provider of tools for Lotus Notes developers, with offices in
the United States, Europe and Japan.
Through this agreement, Ives Development Inc. have been entrus-ted
with worldwide promotion and distribution of Integra for Notes
while Shireburn will concentrate on product development and
support.
Shireburn is a wholly-owned Maltese company established in 1983.
The workforce is made up of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team
of professionals at present comprising over 20 people.
It is a leading provider of high quality packaged and customised
software solutions for business. It is the sole distributor
for Lotus software in Malta and was appointed an Advanced Lotus
Business Partner as a result of which the company developed
substantial expertise in the implementation of solutions based
on Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes technology.
Following IBM’s acquisition of Lotus in 1995, Shireburn
have this year been appointed as Advanced Business Partner in
IBM’s PartnerWorld for Software programme.
Mr de Giorgio said the company had clients in various countries
even though their most important market was undoubtedly the
United Kingdom.
He said the agreement reverses the usual trend of Maltese companies
reselling foreign software products. “Furthermore, following
our success in exporting our applications and
services to the European market, resulting in our opening a
London support office in 1999, this agreement with Ives Development
signals a new milestone in Shireburn’s history raising
the company’s profile within the prestigious Lotus/IBM
software community.”
The agreement between Ives Development and Shireburn was signed
last Tuesday.
Initially, the Maltese company had used the internet to demonstrate
Integra for Notes and it was only this week that a team from
the American company travelled to London for presentations there.
The company will be selling Shireburn’s software through
its electro-
nic commerce site teamstudio.com.
It has already shown interest in developing the software for
the Japanese market, something which Shireburn will develop
in the near future.
Ives Development boasts a number of well known global leaders
among its client base including AT & T, GlaxoSmithKline,
3M, Lockhead Martin, IBM, Cap Gemini, McDonald’s, Ernst
& Young and the Canadian and US governments.
Andrea Curewitz, director of Strategic Alliances at Ives Development
said that Integra for Notes will be a key strategic addition
to their ParnerSource portfolio of high quality developer tools
which are distributed worldwide. “We are confident of a
successful partnership and hopeful for the development of other
new products in the future.”
Mr de Giorgio said the development of the product required a
lot of investment both financial and in human resources.
The managing director said that this was an interesting opportunity
for the company and means the company is entering into markets
which before seemed unreachable.
He said the launch of this project showed that Maltese companies
had the ability to compete globally.
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