Talend : Announces Platinum Partnership with Sogeti USA

Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a global leader in cloud and big data integration software, today announced its platinum partnership with Sogeti USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capgemini Group and leader in Information Technology services. The alliance brings together Talend's innovative data integration technology with Sogeti's deep services expertise and client-centric model. The result is comprehensive and tailored integration solutions that enable customers across a broad range of industries to use enterprise information more effectively throughout their organizations. The new relationship with Sogeti, adds to Talend's long history with Capgemini that spans almost a decade.

This relationship is part of the Talend Systems Integrator Partner Program, which was built to help solve the complex integration challenges that face today's businesses of all sizes. As a platinum partner, Sogeti will work with clients to better leverage and implement Talend's solutions to help improve business performance, act with insight, and better understand and engage with their customers.

'Our partnership with Sogeti allows its consultants to have deep experience with our solutions, which will help customers more quickly recognize a return on their data integration projects,' said Rolf Heimes, senior director, alliances, Talend. 'We are pleased to be deepening our relationship with Capgemni Group and teaming with Sogeti to further enhance our ability to serve more enterprises looking to make the most of their data.'

With more than 45 years of experience, Sogeti offers a comprehensive portfolio of services including Business Intelligence & Analytics, Cloud Services, Digital Transformation, Product Lifecycle Management, Software Development & Integration, and Testing. Sogeti USA was chosen by Talend as a platinum partner based on its proven success and strong expertise in leveraging today's latest technologies, including big data platforms and the cloud services.

'In today's IT landscape, companies are increasingly looking to leverage the latest technologies to establish and maintain a competitive edge,' said Patrick Keyser, vice president at Sogeti USA. 'By combining the strength of Talend's solutions with Sogeti's business management and information processing knowledge, we are able to help our clients customize solutions that will drive innovation and efficiency within their enterprise. We look forward to furthering our relationship with Talend.'

The Talend Systems Integrator Partner Program rewards system integrators who specialize in Talend products, with sales and marketing collateral, technical training and support, and product licenses. Through this new partnership Talend will provide Sogeti with:

• Training courses with the option to take either self-paced, on-demand and/or public training classes;
• Go-to-Market Enablement from sales playbooks that will teach Sogeti consultants how to sell Talend products and give them access to sales and marketing collateral;
• Consulting Services via Live Experts who can provide answers to specific product questions, as well as personalized, one-on-one mentoring;
• Joint Opportunity Development and deep relationships with Channel Representatives to ensure both companies extract maximum benefit from the partnership.

To learn more about Talend's portfolio of cloud and big data integration solutions or how to become a member of the Talend Systems Integrator Partner Network, visit www.talend.com or the Talend Partners SI Partner page.

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