Clariant Selects Stellent Content Management CMS

Clariant Selects Stellent Universal Content Management for Enterprise-Wide Rollout

 

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2006-- Stellent System Will Help Clariant Efficiently Manage Business-Critical Content, Meet Strict Compliance Regulations and Reduce Costs by Eliminating Departmental Technology Solutions   

 

Stellent GmbH, the Munich-based subsidiary of Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEL), a global provider of content management solutions, announced today Clariant, a global leader in the field of specialty chemicals, is implementing Stellent(R) Universal Content Management(TM) to support its enterprise-wide content management initiatives.

 

Clariant's goals for these initiatives are to efficiently manage business-critical content, meet strict compliance regulations and standards, and reduce costs by eliminating local, departmental solutions. Clariant selected Stellent Universal Content Management because of its comprehensive functionality and service-oriented architecture based on open standards.

 

"It was vitally important to select as the foundation of our 'myDMS' platform a content management solution that could be deployed quickly and efficiently, and was simple enough to be used by all members of our staff without extensive training," said Michael Beckmann, head of non-SAP application development at Clariant. "Stellent Universal Content Management enables the company to meet this goal as it allows business users -- rather than only IT staff -- to create and maintain information using standard desktop tools, and supports the re-use of content and documents across multiple line-of-business applications.

 

"Stellent's approach to content management best meets our requirements. The technology already has a proven track record of success in various Clariant projects. The experiences gained with the implementation of the first projects -- which included migrating a legacy document management system for regulatory and quality affairs to the Stellent platform -- provide the basis for a global standardization in the areas of knowledge management, document management, content management, electronic records management and archiving."

 

"Clariant made a strategic decision to implement an enterprise content management (ECM) platform and has now set the stage for this project with its selection of Stellent Universal Content Management," said David Macey, executive vice president of international sales for Stellent. "A Stellent-powered, enterprise-wide document structure and taxonomy, enhanced with a global security model, now serves as the foundation for the implementation of additional business processes and applications at Clariant. Stellent's ECM architecture also allows for fault-tolerant, high-availability configurations enabling Clariant to operate the Stellent system from its own data center, which is another significant success factor for the deployment. We're exceptionally pleased with Clariant's confidence in our products and will work hard to help ensure further successful implementations in the future, so Clariant can reap the substantial return-on-investment they desire as quickly as possible."

 

About Stellent, Inc.
Stellent GmbH is the Munich-based subsidiary of Stellent, Inc. (www.stellent.com), a global provider of content management software solutions that drive rapid success for customers by enabling fast implementations and generating quick, broad user adoption. With Stellent Universal Content Management, customers can easily deploy multiple line-of-business applications -- such as public Web sites, secure intranets and extranets, compliance processes, and marketing brand management -- and also scale the technology to support multi-site management and enterprise-wide content management needs.

 

More than 4,500 customers worldwide -- including Procter & Gamble, Merrill Lynch, Los Angeles County, The Home Depot, British Red Cross, ING, Vodafone, Georgia Pacific, Bayer Corp., Coca-Cola FEMSA and Genzyme Corp. -- have selected Stellent solutions to power their content-centric business applications. Stellent is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn. and maintains offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

 

About Clariant
Based in Muttenz near Basel, Switzerland, Clariant is a global leader in the field of specialty chemicals. Strong business relationships, commitment to outstanding service and wide-ranging application know-how make Clariant a preferred partner for its customers. Clariant, which is represented on five continents with over 100 group companies, employs about 23,000 people. In 2005, Clariant generated sales of approximately CHF 8.2 billion.

 

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