AGIL AgileThought Inc

Agile and Kalypso Announce Alliance Companies Team to Deliver World-Class Management Consulting With Leading PLM Solutions SAN JOSE, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ:AGIL), a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, today announced that professional services firm, Kalypso Partners, LLC has joined their alliance program as a Premier Partner. Kalypso has a comprehensive service offering designed to address all aspects of product innovation, development, introduction, commercialization and lifecycle management. Agile PLM solutions help companies accelerate revenue, reduce costs, improve quality, ensure compliance, and drive innovation throughout the product lifecycle. Working together, Agile and Kalypso have enabled companies to develop products faster, build brand equity, and increase product introduction success rates within strict margin, quality and regulatory compliance constraints. "Agile is the de-facto PLM standard in the high tech and medical device industries, and we see a lot of crossover potential between those industries and CPG, particularly when it comes to managing regulatory compliance," said George Young, a partner at Kalypso. "This strategic alliance is a win-win for everyone. We look forward to continuing our work with Agile at several customer sites, and to bringing our solutions and services to other customers in CPG and other industries." Agile and Kalypso recently partnered on a CPG go-to-market strategy for PLM. To compete, CPG companies must accelerate products to market for narrow windows of opportunity, while leveraging outsourced manufacturing in markets that demand regulatory compliance. With the added complexity of market consolidation among companies and diversification of brands, effective product portfolio management can be the difference between dominating a market and becoming irrelevant. Kalypso's consultants are armed with a proprietary toolset that includes a strategic value assessment, prioritization diagnostic, capabilities framework, process models, software capabilities database and an implementation methodology. The Kalypso services combining with Agile PLM solutions include: Agile Product Collaboration, which provides enterprise visibility, management and collaboration of new and changing product record information; and Agile Product Portfolio Management, which enables organizations to optimize their product development investments, providing tightly synchronized program and product information, maximized resource utilization, and cross-program, multi-enterprise visibility and decision support across the product lifecycle. These solutions have already proven to be successful, with several customers already live and in production. "We are certainly seeing CPG emerging as a growth market for PLM, so aligning ourselves with Kalypso, a high quality services firm with years of experience, is an important component to our future success," said Jay Fulcher, Agile president and COO. "We appreciate the time and energy Kalypso has invested in Agile -- their consultants have deep knowledge and experience implementing Agile solutions. We expect great things from our partnership with Kalypso, and we look forward to working with them in the future." To learn more about the Agile Alliance Program go to http://www.agile.com/partners for further information and details. About Kalypso Partners, LLC Kalypso is a professional services firm focused on helping clients deliver on the promise of innovation. The people of Kalypso are leading business professionals who combine a depth of experience in select industries with unparalleled expertise in product and process innovation. The firm has a comprehensive service offering designed to address all aspects of product innovation, development, introduction, commercialization, and lifecycle management. A flexible engagement model delivers tailored services to meet specific client needs across a broad range of capabilities including Management Consulting, PLM Technology, Commercialization, and Innovation Advisory Services. More information is available at kalypso.com. About Agile Software Corporation Agile Software Corporation helps companies drive profits, accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle. With a broad suite of enterprise class PLM solutions, time-to-value focused implementations, and a unique Guaranteed Business Results(SM) program, Agile helps companies get the most from their products. Alcatel, Boeing, Dell Inc., Flextronics International, Hitachi, Leapfrog, Lockheed Martin, Magna Steyr, Siemens, QUALCOMM and ZF are among the over 10,000 customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer products, electronics, high tech, industrial products, and life sciences industries that have licensed Agile solutions. For more information, call 408-284-4000 or visit http://www.agile.com/. NOTE: Agile and Agile Software are registered trademarks and Agile Product Collaboration, Agile Product Cost Management, Agile Product Service & Improvement, Agile Product Portfolio Management, Agile Engineering Collaboration, Agile Product Governance and Compliance, AgileMD and the Agile logo are trademarks of Agile Software Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Guaranteed Business Results is a service mark of Agile Software Corporation. All other brand or product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective holders. DATASOURCE: Agile Software Corporation CONTACT: Terri Pruett of Agile Software Corporation, +1-408-284-4048, or Web site: http://www.agile.com/

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