CIGNEX Technologies, Inc., a developer of open source applications with a proven track record of successful client engagements, technical expertise in all major open source application platforms, and deep relationships within the open source community, proclaimed their merger.
The new merged entity will be called the CIGNEX Holding Corporation (CIGNEX). The chief executive officer and co-founder of AGS Technology Group, Jeff Colvin, will be taking over as the chief executive officer of CIGNEX.
For more than 10 years, CIGNEX has been at the vanguard of open source consulting. They've provided solutions throughout Portals, Web Content Management, eCommerce, Documents & Record Management, Digital Asset Management, SOA and Business Process Management.
Aside from partnerships with JBOSS and RedHat, CIGNEX is also a Platinum Alfresco partner and Liferay's only Platinum level partner in the entire world, also a silver partner of Intalio and a gold partner of Pentaho.
The company is also a global partner of Compiere, Open Source ERP & CRM solutions and Magento Commerce, an Open Source eCommerce platform. CIGNEX is positioned uniquely to develop optimized, gainful Enterprise solutions for business and government agencies.
Jeff Colvin commented that CIGNEX continues to lead in the quickly growing commercial Open Source solutions space. The merger will support CIGNEX further to scale and provide a stronger service offering to their clients around ERO, Open Source and innovation to help enhance client profitability. He added that we are seeing a paradigm shift around enterprise grade commercially backed Open Source products with CIGNEX at the forefront.
AGS Technology Group offers more than 20 years of ERP consulting experience, offering continuous integration, migration, implementation, optimization, support services and maintenance in the US and abroad.
According to Dave Malhotra, the co-founder of AGS and the new COO of CIGNEX, AGS, as a SAP (News - Alert) authorized partner has competency in SAP e-sourcing, basis and ABAP support, spend analytics, functionality consulting and a vigorous SAP upgrade practice.
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