Tagetik Opens Up in Australia

SYDNEY and LUCCA, Italy, November 30, 2011 -

Tagetik‘s Performance Management software goes eastwards
reaching Australia with a new exclusive distribution channel

Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Business Intelligence, today announced the opening of a new operation in Australia, establishing its global reach in more than 80% of the industrialized world and confirming its rapid business growth internationally.

The brand-new ‘Tagetik Australia‘ (www.tagetik.com.au) will provide medium to large organisations across all industries with the support and expertise they require to implement, manage and improve their planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, consolidation and corporate performance processes. Heading the new operation and based in Sydney is Geoff Noble, veteran of the corporate performance management industry in Australia with a reputation for solving problems and streamlining complex business processes for customers. As Country Manager, Geoff will report directly to Tagetik’s Chief Operating Officer, Manuel Vellutini, and will be responsible for the development of the Tagetik brand, products and partnerships within the Australian market.

“Australia is a very mature market for corporate performance management software with highly sophisticated needs,” says Geoff Noble, Country Manager at Tagetik Australia. “Customers are ready for a new generation product and we chose Tagetik for its exciting vision, strong unified product and a reputation for high customer satisfaction. We will be bringing Tagetik to Australian customers directly and through partnerships with leading consulting companies and ’boutique’ performance management specialists.”

“Geoff and I have worked together with large organisations including Lion Nathan, Macquarie Bank, Boral, Nufarm, Sony, and Mirvac,” adds Brendan Aspery, Consulting Manager at Tagetik Australia. “Our goal has always been to simplify the complex in budgeting and financial consolidation processes and the Tagetik software embodies that perfectly. The built-in functionality in a single product will help us and our partners bring a whole new level of capability, reliability and governance to Australian customers.”

“At Tagetik, we are consolidating our global scope in the European and North-American markets all while starting to expand market presence eastwards in Asia and Australia,” explains Manuel Vellutini, Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. “Our selected channel distributors are giving us the right scalability to implement the software worldwide, seamlessly supporting customers anywhere they do business. And Tagetik’s brand-new Australian operation will bring a deep, tremendous expertise in Finance and Performance Management allowing us to serve customers with the best solutions, implementations and support services as well as improve our network skills with specialized competences and product enhancements.”

About Tagetik

Tagetik is 100% dedicated to simplifying and streamlining business processes for the Office of Finance to accelerate informed decisions that achieve strategic goals. Our award-winning Tagetik 4.0 Performance Management software is the ideal solution for global companies that seek a clearly superior level of financial expertise in a single unified solution for planning, forecasting, consolidation, close, reporting, profitability management, disclosure, governance, risk, compliance, and analysis.

Tagetik is a rapidly growing global company with operations in more than 20 countries and 500 customers yet provides a “boutique” experience by focusing solely on the needs of finance and doing it better than anyone else. To learn more:  www.tagetik.com

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Tagetik Corporate Press Contacts:
Elisabetta Pierallini
Luca Pieretti
+39(0)583-96811
press@tagetik.com

Australia Press Contact:
Geoff Noble
Country Manager
+61(0)400-508-414
geoffnoble@int.tagetik.com

Tagetik UK Press Contact:
Paul Burtenshaw
+44(0)203-1784526
paulburtenshaw@tagetik.com

Tagetik US Press Contact:
Alessandra Gamba
+1-203-391-7520
alessandragamba@tagetik.com

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