With 23,000 employees in 48 countries and industrial assets on 5 continents, Technip has a complex organization. Reference and Master Data shared by business users and IT systems cover all dimensions of the company, including projects, customers, suppliers, partners, organization, employees, financial hierarchies…

In parallel of a vast ERP deployment program, Technip has decided to select a Master Data Management solution at the group level, in order to apply unified governance on its master data, and a clear decoupling with the Information system.

Technip’ software solution selection was based on two major requirements:

• The solution was mandated to be able to absorb any type of reference / master data across the enterprise.  On evaluation of vendors it was apparent that most MDM software available on the market is very limited to specific data domains such customers or products. Orchestra Networks’ EBX.Platform is the only MDM software to provide true “Model-driven” capabilities that meet the needs of Technip.
   
• The solution must also provide the Technip business users flexible data governance capabilities. While most MDM software are positioned as technical hubs or warehouses, EBX.Platform provides a rich set of governance features for business users: intuitive UI, collaborative workflow, fine –grained security and version control…

“Orchestra Networks is an MDM pure-play for almost 10 years. The great maturity of its solution and the number of large account references has been key in our decision” said Jean-Luc Brunat, Deputy CIO of Technip. “We wanted to get a highly flexible solution that really allows a quick adoption by our business lines. User experience is at the heart of every reference & master data governance program”.

"We are very honored by Technip’ choice. As many of our customers, Technip has built an ambitious MDM roadmap that covers all its master data, but has also started its initiative pragmatically" said Christophe Barriolade, CEO of Orchestra Networks. “The Model-driven approach of EBX.Platform allows the realization of first results in a few months, while building a generic platform for future data governance initiatives.”

Another key feature for Technip software selection was EBX.Platform D3 module. D3 allows the MDM software to be deployed at a large scale, providing a global geographical federation of master data and for exposing master data as real-time services in SOA architecture.  D3 - Distributed Data Delivery, guarantees a high scalability of the MDM and avoids the technical risks of traditional MDM hubs architecture.

About Technip
Technip is a world leader in the fields of project management, engineering and construction for the oil & gas industry, offering a comprehensive portfolio of innovative solutions and technologies.

With 23,000 employees around the world, integrated capabilities and proven expertise in underwater infrastructures (Subsea), offshore facilities (Offshore) and large processing units and plants on land (Onshore), Technip is a key contributor to the development of sustainable solutions for the energy challenges of the 21st century.

Present in 48 countries, Technip has operating centers and industrial assets (manufacturing plants, spoolbases, construction yard) on five continents, and operates its own fleet of specialized vessels for pipeline installation and subsea construction.

www.technip.fr

About Orchestra Networks
Orchestra Networks provides the next generation of Data Governance / MDM software, with a clear focus on governance for all shared data across an organization. The model-driven approach with its dynamic user interface and data services provides the means for business and IT to finally collaborate on MDM. Founded in 2000, Orchestra Networks has presence across Europe and North America. For more info, please visit www.orchestranetworks.com

Based in Boston, USA - John Petrie joins the Management team of Orchestra Networks as Senior Director responsible for sales and business development for the US region. Petrie joins Orchestra Networks from Progress Software a leading Enterprise SOA infrastructure software vendor where his most recent role was as Vice President, Business Development & Marketing.

Based in Montreal, Canada - Francois Giasson joins the management team of Orchestra Networks as Business Development Manager responsible for business development for the Canadian region. Giasson joins Orchestra Networks from a distinguished career delivering business IT projects for numerous large financial institutions in Canada.

"Both John and Francois are well known in their respective regions. Attracting people of their caliber is testimony to our own reputation for delivery of multi domain MDM projects for Global clients." said Paul Billingham, Vice President, North America.

"Orchestra Networks is one of the few pure players in the Master Data Management field with a strong focus on data governance for business users", said Christophe Barriolade, CEO of Orchestra Networks. "Our expanded operations in the North American region will facilitate access to our unique model-driven software for companies in the US and Canada."

Orchestra Networks can be contacted at:

• United States: us@orchestranetworks.com or +1 617 963 0130
• Canada: ca@orchestranetworks.com or +1 514 316 9103

About Orchestra Networks
Orchestra Networks provides the next generation of Data Governance / MDM software, with a clear focus on governance for all shared data across an organization. The model-driven approach with its dynamic user interface and data services provides the means for business and IT to finally collaborate on MDM. Founded in 2000, Orchestra Networks has presence across Europe and North America, For more info, please visit www.orchestranetworks.com

As MDM / Data Governance matures as a critical solution for managing reference and master data across the Enterprise, large organizations are already evolving to the next stage: delivering data in real time to their Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Worldwide Organization.

To meet this increasing need, Orchestra Networks releases a new module of its EBX.Platform software. Called D³ for Distributed Data Delivery, it provides a clear decoupling of Data Governance Time from the Data Consumption Time and delivers high scalability for real-time and distributed access to reference and master data.

Rather than relying on one central hub, which can easily become a single point of failure, Orchestra Networks customers are now able to deploy EBX.Platform in a distributed architecture to meet two key requirements:

» Data as a Service: D³ allows any SOA infrastructure (Enterprise Service Bus) to consume real-time Data Services. EBX instances can be deployed in clusters, providing high availability and elastic scalability.
 
» Geographical Federation: D³ allows to distribute data to worldwide users and applications, by synchronizing a central repository with local instances.

Technically, D³ is based on a transactional synchronization technology, using SOAP on HTTP/HTTPS. Thanks to this support of industry standards, D3 can be deployed on existing infrastructure, without any proprietary protocols or database replication systems.

"Most of our customers have started their project by connecting EBX.Platform to their applications and databases using batch data integration, avoiding any impact in existing systems" said Martial Doré, SVP Product Development at Orchestra Networks. "With new application developments on going, we now see a strong demand for a direct connection to the MDM repository with real-time access to reference and master data".

D³ leverages EBX.Platform Data Services, allowing to dynamically generate Web Services for consuming reference data. Most of Enterprise Service Bus solutions have been successfully tested with EBX Data Services, in live deployments.

Orchestra Networks will present D³ during a Webinar scheduled on March 22, 2010 at 11am EDT (4pm CET). Free registration at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/348231945. Orchestra Networks will also be sponsor at Gartner MDM Summit on April 14 to 16, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV.

About Orchestra Networks
Orchestra Networks provides the next generation of Data Governance / MDM software, with a clear focus on governance for all shared data across an organization. The model-driven approach with its dynamic user interface and data services provides the means for business and IT to finally collaborate on MDM. Founded in 2000, Orchestra Networks has presence across Europe and North America, For more info, please visit www.orchestranetworks.com

 
Paris, February 16, 2010. Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide.

Diversity of its markets, product brands, channels and partners prompted Ubisoft to launch in 2009 a program to improve governance on its reference and master data. To achieve this, Ubisoft has selected EBX.Platform, the only MDM software to be able to absorb the complex relationships and provide its worldwide business users a unified tool for Data Governance.  

"Our MDM program starts with the management of products and development project hierarchies. This is  complex, far beyond a simple product catalog" says Nasser Nailli, Business Intelligence Director at Ubisoft. "Decentralization of our production, publishing and distribution activities requires not only complex data models, but also highly sophisticated collaborative data governance features".

The software evaluations, and choosing EBX.Platform illustrated two major criteria critical to Ubisoft:

»As a generic, model-driven software, EBX.Platform allows Ubisoft to model any type of reference / master data and design hierarchical models with complex relationships

» EBX.Platform Web-based Data Governance UI provides a rich set of Data Governance features for business teams: tables and hierarchies authoring, change and approval work-flow, management of rights and versions, standard integration interfaces

"Ubisoft is a very prestigious reference for Orchestra Networks", says Christophe Barriolade, President & CEO of Orchestra Networks. "Deployment of our EBX.Platform on this first Product MDM project demonstrates once again that our solution can address a initial set of data, and then be reused to cover virtually all reference and master data across the enterprise, in a robust, scalable and secure way".

About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 28 countries and sales in 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. Ubisoft generated sales of €1 058 million for the 2008-09 fiscal year. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com 

About Orchestra Networks
Orchestra Networks provides the next generation of Data Governance / MDM software, with a clear focus on governance for all shared data across an organization. The model-driven approach with its dynamic user interface and data services provides the means for business and IT to finally collaborate on MDM. Founded in 2000, Orchestra Networks has presence across Europe and North America, For more info, please visit www.orchestranetworks.com

With more than 100% growth of its revenues in 2009 and sales in Europe and North America, Orchestra Networks is today positioned as the only pure-player in Data Governance providing companies with a true model-driven MDM software solution.

Agnès Giusto today has been promoted to Vice President of sales for the Europe, Southern region. Agnès, who joined Orchestra Networks in 2007, has made significant contributions to the growing client list of Orchestra Networks within her region. Her ability to build strategic relationships with clients and partners has been a major factor of our success.

Prior to Orchestra Networks, Agnès Giusto held key sales positions at Hyperion, IBM and Comshare.

"Orchestra Networks is now recognized as the most flexible software solution for managing reference and master data across the enterprise," said Agnès Giusto. "I am very delighted to be part of this success story, seeing a impressive level of adoption of our Data Governance solution in multiple verticals"

Paul Billingham today has been promoted to Vice President of sales for the UK and North America. Formerly UK country manager at Orchestra Networks, Paul has developed EBX.Platform sales in the UK, US and Canada with first references in financial services and industry.

Prior to Orchestra Networks, Paul Billingham was Managing Director at Informatica UK.

"Our EBX.Platform is making a real difference to our customers efficiencies, by giving a real control, through Data Governance of the shared data for business critical processes. Large organizations now recognize that it is critical to have an active, enterprise wide governance of all reference data" said Paul Billingham. "As they expand outside of CDI/Hub solutions based on data integration and data quality tools, the need for software dedicated to data governance increases exponentially."

Eric Morèle, one of the first employees of Orchestra Networks, has been promoted to Vice President of Services. Eric's fast growing group of Pre-Sales and Professional Services experts provides support and expertise to Orchestra Networks customers and partners worldwide.

"While we usually see first deployments of our technology in 3 to 4 months, our customers and implementation partners rely on our extensive expertise to get best practices on their project," said Eric Morèle. "My group is fully committed to provide the best expertise and training on data governance and EBX.Platform".

"I would like to congratulate Agnès, Paul and Eric for their long term commitment to Orchestra Networks," said Christophe Barriolade, President & CEO of Orchestra Networks. "With all the acquisitions we've seen on the MDM market recently, Orchestra Networks emerges as the only independant vendor to deliver a neutral, flexible Enterprise Data Governance solution. I am confident that our executive team will support our growth and continue to build a leader in MDM / Data Governance."

About Orchestra Networks
Orchestra Networks provides the next generation of Data Governance / MDM software, with a clear focus on governance for all shared data across an organization. The model-driven approach with its dynamic user interface and data services provides the means for business and IT to finally collaborate on MDM. Founded in 2000, Orchestra Networks as presence across Europe and North America. For more info, please visitwww.orchestranetworks.com

 
» A multi-national bank has successfully deployed 7 projects using EBX and covering product data, physical assets, credit risk, suppliers, IT assets.

» A pharmaceutical company is using EBX.Platform as a cross-domain MDM for its products, parties, and organization data, from R&D to supply chain

» A large mutual insurance company is deploying EBX as an enterprise reference data management tool, connected to its core IT systems

» A global manufacturing company has built an enterprise-wide Data Governance organization for its core reference data, allowing collaboration between business users and data stewards

» A non-profit organization is managing its complex, decentralized organization data

» A international video-game publisher is managing its product catalog, allowing business teams to maintain complex product hierarchies

» A leading Retail company is managing a central hub for its supply chain data, including SKUs, stores and depots

The common element of all these initiatives is the ability to provide business lines with a secure, central solution to apply governance of those critical reference data.

"2009 has been a turning point for the Master Data Management market. Companies now recognize that they need a generic, model-driven tool to apply governance on all their shared data." says Christophe Barriolade, President & CEO of Orchestra Networks. "Traditional approaches that rely on data integration only or vertical packages like PIM or CDI are no longer a viable approach for cross-enterprise data governance".

From simple reference tables to complex master data, your organization deals with a huge number of shared data assets. In an ideal world, all your data should be managed with the same level of governance across your business and IT organization. In reality, Data Management often relies on a proliferation of spreadsheets, databases or packaged applications. It can lead to operational errors, false reporting, regulatory compliance issues and costly maintenance.

EBX.Platform is one of the first Model-driven MDM solution that allow companies to model and manage all their shared data. Based on rich data modeling capabilities, EBX.Platform dynamically generates all data governance features, including a Web-based UI, hierarchy management, workflow, role-based security, sophisticated version control and SOA Data Services.

Business users and IT systems finally share a common unified solution to gain control on their shared data:

» Business users can start small, managing their first data set in days or weeks and grow by extending their models and reusing the same platform.

» IT Systems leverage those data governance capabilities by connecting EBX to the existing middleware infrastructure (ETL, ESB, BPM)

Using EBX, organizations raise the level of governance on all their data initiatives, including Master Data Management, Reference Data Management, Hierarchy Management, Data-centric apps, Data Quality, Data Migration, Business Intelligence or Service Oriented Architecture.

About Orchestra Networks
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Paris, Orchestra Networks is a leading and independent software vendor supplying the first truly model-driven master data management software solution. Its EBX.Platform provides clients with significant data governance capabilities to gain greater control of their master and reference data. Orchestra Networks has been named "Cool Vendor in Master Data Management, 2008" by Gartner. For more information, email info@orchestranetworks.com or visit www.orchestranetworks.com.

Operating nationally, NetSpend has one of the most convenient and accessible retail networks in the country, with approximately 43,000 card purchase locations and 90,000 card reload locations.

NetSpend's proprietary, end-to-end approach is scalable and customizable, delivering cost benefits and revenue building opportunities to partners. The company manages all aspects of the debit card lifecycle, from managing the card design and approval processes with partners and associations, to production, packaging, distribution, and personalization. NetSpend also oversees inventory and security controls, renewals, lost and stolen card management and replacement.

"EBX.Platform is a key part of our strategy to build foundations of capabilities to support our ever growing scale and complexity of customer needs. Like any company leading in its field we need to remain focused on delivering innovation to the business and maintain that position," said James DeVoglaer, senior vice president and CIO, NetSpend Corporation.

"We are very pleased that NetSpend Corporation selected EBX.Platform to meet the varied Master Data needs of its business," said Christophe Barriolade, Co-Founder and CEO of Orchestra Networks. "Our solution has helped many global 500 companies achieve greater clarity and a higher degree of confidence of its data to support corporate initiatives such as Sarbanes Oxley, Basel II and alike."

EBX.Platform is a model driven solution for MDM. It provides out of the box features to enable the business to manage and collaborate on its shared business and technical data. As it is not restricted to any given model the EBX.Platform can manage any structured data regardless of complexity. This approach helps organisations remove the plethora of spreadsheet that business has used to manage these issues to date and remove the silos from the IT applications landscape.

About Netspend Corporation
NetSpend Corporation is one of the premier providers of innovative, accessible prepaid debit cards which empower consumers with the convenience, security and freedom to be self-banked. NetSpend achieves its mission by serving its customers anytime and anywhere, being trustworthy, reliable, and delivering innovative high value products and features. NetSpend's proprietary processing platform allows it to support prepaid card programs end-to-end from customer acquisition and card fulfillment to customer service and risk management. The NetSpend® Prepaid Card Network includes leading consumer brands and companies serving the un-banked and under banked markets, and its strategic relationships include card issuers, EFT networks and payment card associations. For more information, visit www.netspend.com.

About Orchestra Networks
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Paris, Orchestra Networks is a leading and independent software vendor supplying the first truly model-driven master data management software solution. Its EBX.Platform provides clients with significant data governance capabilities to gain greater control of their master and reference data. Orchestra Networks has been named "Cool Vendor in Master Data Management, 2008" by Gartner. For more information, email info@orchestranetworks.com or visit www.orchestranetworks.com.

Note: Orchestra Networks is a registered trademark of Orchestra Networks in France and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners.

"Client assignments to select a MDM solution led to our first introduction to Orchestra Networks and the EBX.Platform for MDM. The software demonstrates amazing flexibility for our clients and helps resolve a multitude of data management issues," comments Keat Wilkins, Co-Founder and President of Sense Corp. "Moreover, we share a common mission to bring exceptional value to our client-partnerships."

Christophe Barriolade, Co-Founder and CEO of Orchestra Networks comments, "We feel we have found a kindred spirit in Sense Corp. Their approach with clients has shown to be paying dividends in a difficult economy. Together we can help those organizations who have recognized the importance of treating data as an asset and maximizing it to drive productivity with a higher degree of sustainable and auditable quality."

The primary focus of the partnership is the implementation of the model driven EBX.Platform for MDM - providing clients with data governance and lifecycle capabilities to better manage and collaborate on business and technical data.

"We are extremely pleased to be working with Sense Corp to ensure successful MDM projects in the North American region," states Paul Billingham, Business Development Director, Orchestra Networks. He adds, "Initial success has already been seen in the Finance sector, but we see many joint opportunities in other sectors including Energy and Manufacturing."

About Orchestra Networks
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Paris, Orchestra Networks is a leading and independent software vendor supplying the first truly model-driven master data management software solution. Its EBX.Platform provides clients with significant data governance capabilities to gain greater control of their master and reference data. Orchestra Networks has been named "Cool Vendor in Master Data Management, 2008" by Gartner. For more information, email info@orchestranetworks.com or visit www.orchestranetworks.com.

About Sense Corp
Founded in 1996, Sense Corp is a new breed of consulting firm delivering business solutions and a perspective that drives greater opportunities for their clients' immediate and long-term success. Sense Corp was created with the belief that the old model of consulting had outlived its usefulness. This old business model includes consulting firms that predetermined the value of a customer based on how much and how fast they could bill the client. Sense Corp, on the other hand, selects customers based on our ability to bring exceptional value to a client-partnership. We begin every consulting relationship with our clients' objectives and goals in mind. Additional information is available at www.sensecorp.com.

Model-driven MDM is the next generation of Master Data Management solution. Rather than providing rigid, pre-defined data models limited to specific business objects, EBX.Platform allows companies to design their own data models, whatever the extent of the complexity of their reference data.

Based on the XML Schema standard, EBX.Platform is recognized as the most flexible Model-driven MDM by absorbing any Enterprise Data Model in order to manage all reference data including products & services, items, Bill of Materials, financial hierarchies, organisation charts, third-parties, employees, channels, assets and codes.

By releasing its version 4.6, Orchestra Networks pushes the model-driven approach to the next stage: allowing business analysts and data stewards to collaborate on the design, change and management of their data models within the EBX data governance tool. The new module, named the Data Model Assistant, provides a Web-based graphical user interface for designing rich data models. Features include objects and attributes definition, rich typing, documentation, localization and also the declaration of validation rules and complex links between objects.

Fully based on EBX.Platform MDM engine, Data Model Assistant benefits from existing data management and role-based security, allowing real collaboration around both data and metadata. It is also able to generate or reverse engineer data models in the standard XML Schema format, a standard supported by the EBX.Platform.

"As MDM matures in large organisations, we see a very strong involvement of business teams in data governance initiatives. By providing one unified data governance tool with data modeling capabilities, Orchestra Networks' MDM software addresses the real data owners in all lines of business" says Christophe Barriolade, CEO of Orchestra Networks.

In addition to the Data Model Assistant, EBX.Platform 4.6 brings major improvements of its data governance tool:

• Advanced visual hierarchy management
• Data import / export for business users
• Graphical user interface for building complex queries and filters
• User defined attributes

EBX.Platform 4.6 is available for download at http://download.orchestranetworks.com.

About Orchestra Networks
Founded in 2000, Orchestra Networks is a leading and independent software vendor supplying the first truly model-driven master data management software solution. Its EBX.Platform provides clients with the capability to take control of their master and reference data providing significant data governance capabilities. The company has worldwide coverage including a strong presence in Europe and North America. Orchestra Networks has been named "Cool Vendor in Master Data Management, 2008" by Gartner. For more information, email info@orchestranetworks.com or visit www.orchestranetworks.com.

Note: Orchestra Networks is a registered trademark of Orchestra Networks in France and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners.

This agreement aims to provide businesses with complete Data Governance and Master Data Management solutions. It falls in line with Business & Decision's recently created "Enterprise Integration Management" (EIM) practice.

The fifteen countries included in this integration agreement are: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, the USA, Canada, the UK, Russia, Italy, Spain, Israel, Germany, Ireland and Romania.

"Business & Decision is one of the first integrators to have developed an Information Management-specific expertise area. Hence, an exclusive partnership with them seemed only natural." comments Christophe Barriolade, CEO Orchestra Networks. "Moreover, thanks to B&D's international presence, this partnership will help us to extend our global coverage."

"Due to customer requirements and the growth potential of this market segment, the development of our Master Data Management skills is of primary importance to the Group." adds Patrick Bensabat, CEO Business & Decision.

This alliance includes a distributor agreement, enabling Business & Decision North America to market and support the Orchestra Networks EBX.Platform in the United States and Canada.

"We are extremely pleased to be expanding into the North American market with Business & Decision, a widely recognized player in the data management and integration field." states Paul Billingham, Business Development Director, Orchestra Networks.

Robin Kearon, North America CEO of B&D comments: "The potential for MDM is significant and highly complementary to our existing specialist skills inBI, ERP and CRM. As a result, we are taking the next logical step and extending our portfolio to include Master Data Management."

About Orchestra Networks
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Paris, Orchestra Networks is a leading and independent software vendor supplying the first truly model-driven master data management software solution. Its EBX.Platform provides clients with the capability to take control of their master and reference data providing significant data governance capabilities. Orchestra Networks has been named "Cool Vendor in Master Data Management, 2008" by Gartner. For more information, email info@orchestranetworks.com or visit www.orchestranetworks.com.

About Business & Decision
Business & Decision is an international Consulting and Systems Integration (CSI) company. It is a leader in Business Intelligence (BI), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and also a major player in e-Business and Enterprise Information Management (EIM) contributing to the success of customer projects by driving maximum business performance. The company has a reputation for functional and technological expertise and has forged partnerships with all of the key technology vendors. Located in 20 countries, Business & Decision currently employs more than 2800 people worldwide. Additional information is available at www.businessdecision.com.

Note: Orchestra Networks is a registered trademark of Orchestra Networks in France and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners.