Clarizen and Pentos Partner to Introduce New Lotus Notes Plug-In for Leading Online Project Management Solution

SAN MATEO, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Clarizen has partnered with leading German integrator, Pentos AG, to develop a seamless integration between Lotus Notes and Clarizen through a plug-in that can be installed into Notes. The plug-in is being launched this week at the LotusSphere conference with Pentos, and can be installed and activated easily by any existing Lotus Notes and Clarizen customers.

The Pentos plug-in for Clarizen gives you the ability to combine the strengths of the Notes client with Clarizen's robust project management solution. The plug-in has an intuitive interface which facilitates direct access to projects and tasks from the Notes client. For improved usability, the plug-in includes the ability to drag-and-drop e-mails and attachments to Clarizen.

"The Pentos Lotus Notes plug-in for Clarizen brings a new level of productivity to the market further supporting Clarizen's determination to provide a solid mission critical project and work management solution to the Enterprise," said Shai Etzion, VP of Business Development at Clarizen. "The new plug-in, in addition to our existing MS Outlook plugin, provides yet another tool that enterprises need to run in a real-time environment."

The Pentos Clarizen plug-In provides direct access from within Notes to Clarizen projects, milestones, tasks and users. Predefined and ad-hoc filtering of data displayed gives users an easy view into their projects and their real-time status. The full integration also allows users to initiate new tasks directly from within Lotus Notes with a single sign-on.

"We at Pentos see the opportunity of working with Clarizen and offering the Clarizen Lotus Notes plug-in to our customers as a strategic opportunity to give our existing customers more value into their business operations," said Nikolaus Krasser, C0-CEO of Pentos. "The plug-in is a perfect example of a seamless integration of a valuable SaaS (News - Alert) offering with an on premise communication tool."

About Clarizen

Founded in 2005, Clarizen is a privately held, venture-backed company based in Hod Hasharon, Israel, with US headquarters in San Mateo, CA (News - Alert). The company is backed by leading venture capital firms Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, and Carmel Ventures and has raised in excess of $24 million in total investment. Some of Clarizen's customers include UPS, Autodesk, Anritsu (News - Alert), ESRI, Lenovo, and NBC Universal. For more information, visit http://www.clarizen.com.

About Pentos AG:

Munich-based Pentos AG is a globally active IT service provider. From IBM to Microsoft (News - Alert) environments, the company combines qualified IT consulting with the skills and competence of an innovative application and product developer. In addition to Web 2.0 technologies along with infrastructure and migration solutions, the company places its focus on cloud computing, OpenSource software and VoIP integration. With an eye to offering its customers a superior range of products, Pentos AG works closely with leading international partners like BinaryTree Inc., Transend Corp., Instant Technologies (News - Alert) Inc., SuccessFactors Inc., Clarizen Inc. and Gedys Intraware GmbH. Pentos AG, a certified partner of both IBM Premium Business and Microsoft, attained DIN ISO 9001:2000 certification of its services in 2008.