09/17/2005
IALE joins Denodo Technologies' network of partners

Consulting firm specializing in Competitive Intelligence and Technology Watch, IALE will add Denodo tools to its solutions range

Madrid, September 15, 2005. Denodo Technologies, a company specializing in real-time integration of information, has added to its network of partners IALE Tecnología, a Spanish consulting firm specializing in Competitive Intelligence and Technology Watch, so it will market its solutions in this area.

With this new addition, Denodo boosts the business strategy it launched in recent months, whereby the firm is seeking to extend its distribution channels to a point where most of its income will originate in indirect sales. According to the Denodo sales director, Antonio Matarranz, "we are fully aware that the company's growth requires increasing the weight of indirect sales in our revenue, so we are in the middle of the process of seeking out partners. Our objective is to add the best partners in each of our areas, so this is why we are very happy that IALE has joined our channel to market our solution of Competitive Intelligence and Technology Watch. As a rule, IALE uses the best software solutions to meet the concrete needs of customers."

IALE is a leading European consulting firm in Competitive Intelligence and Technology Watch. The company, founded in 1998, now has offices in Madrid and Barcelona in Spain and Viña del Mar in Chile.

The general manager of IALE, Pere Escorsa, said the following about the agreement: "Denodo offers one of the best solutions for Competitive Intelligence and Technology Watch available on the market, so this agreement is of great importance to us, since it allows us to add their solutions to our product line."

Competitive intelligence, one of the most important applications in EII
Denodo has developed an EII platform (Enterprise Information Integration) for which it has just launched version 3.0 and which is expected to turn the firm into the major market standard in Europe. In fact, it is the most complete platform on the market, for it enables integration of information from dynamic Web sites. Of the numerous applications of EII technology, one of the most important is Competitive Intelligence and Technology Watch, an area that aroused great interest in the market.

"In a totally globalized context in constant change, the appearance of new technologies, regulations or competitors from anywhere in the world can change the scenario and the rules of the game in any industry. Firms have to realize that no one is spared this possibility, so it is ever more crucial to implement systematic monitoring and exploitation of information from the surroundings, and not only as a defensive measure, but as the basis for their competitive advantage," said Matarranz.

Denodo's solution for Competitive Intelligence and Technology Watch enables companies to have completely up-to-date information on the market: legislation, competitors, technologies, trends and so on. Moreover, as the only solution that enables search for and integrating information originating in dynamic Web sites, thereby automating exploitation of Internet information, it delivers to companies a larger amount of information.