FILENET MANUFACTURING PARTNERSHIP STRENGTHENS MCLAREN'S LEAD IN ENGINEERING DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
20th January 2004 - McLaren Software has today announced a strategic partnership with FileNet Corporation (Nasdaq: FILE), the leading provider of Enterprise Content Management solutions. The agreement forms the first Independent Software Vendor (ISV) program in FileNet's new asset and plant lifecycle management initiative, which was launched this week at daratech Plant2004.
The agreement will provide FileNet customers with access to McLaren's configurable out-of-box engineering document management applications, which are used to accelerate processes associated with engineering documents and drawings while reducing the risk around the use of this valuable and complex information. McLaren Enterprise Engineer applications are quick to deploy and are designed to meet the business requirements of companies in the process manufacturing, utilities and construction sectors.
"We have seen a growing demand for out-of-the-box content management applications within the process manufacturing sector as companies demand faster returns on investment and greater flexibility to manage process change. McLaren has established a strong foothold in this marketplace with McLaren Enterprise Engineer and this latest move to the FileNet platform further validates the strength of its product range," commented Monica Schnitger, Senior VP of Market Analysis, Daratech, Inc.
"Today's announcement is a key milestone for McLaren as it confirms our position as the leading engineering document management application vendor with availability on the three leading industry platforms. We believe that the electronic document management market is now mature, and that moving to a product based approach to deliver industry-focused application is a logical and very well received next step in the evolution of this technology sector. This announcement will enable more companies to drive efficiencies and reduce business risk from our software's capabilities," added Paul Muir, CEO, McLaren Software.
About McLaren
McLaren Software Ltd develops document-based enterprise applications for companies in the process manufacturing, utilities and engineering, design and construction sectors.
McLaren Enterprise Engineer helps organizations manage commercially significant engineering content linked to the business processes and lifecycles associated with it. It helps organizations to maximize the value of the intellectual property tied up in their documents, drawings and business processes while mitigating the commercial risk associated with their use.
McLaren's applications provide customers with the control to manage business processes such as drawing management, concurrent engineering, transmittals and global collaboration in areas such as design, construction, engineering, process manufacturing and asset and plant management.
McLaren applications are available on Documentum, FileNet and InterWoven Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platforms.
McLaren is headquartered at: 3 Atlantic Quay, 20 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8LN, Scotland, U.K., with offices in Washington, DC, Houston and Düsseldorf.
FileNet Corporation helps organizations make better decisions by managing the content and processes that drive their business. FileNet's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions allow customers to build and sustain competitive advantage by managing content throughout their organizations, automating and streamlining their business processes, and providing the full spectrum of connectivity needed to simplify their critical and everyday decision-making. FileNet ECM solutions deliver a comprehensive set of capabilities that integrate with existing information systems to provide cost-effective solutions that solve real-world business problems. Since the Company's founding in 1982, more than 4,000 organizations, including 81 of the Fortune 100, have taken advantage of FileNet solutions for help in managing their mission-critical content and processes. Headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Company markets its innovative ECM solutions in more than 90 countries through its own global sales, professional services and support organizations, as well as via its ValueNet(r) Partner network of resellers, system integrators and application developers.
