Appian and VASS Extend Strategic Alliance across the UK and Latin America
March 26 2018 - 7:30AM
Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) and VASS today announced an extension of the
two companies’ strategic alliance. VASS consultants are now
available to implement low-code business process management (BPM)
solutions on the Appian platform across the UK and Latin America.
VASS has accumulated extensive Appian implementation expertise as
an Appian partner in Spain for the past 10 years.
Founded in 1999, VASS is an IT consulting firm with 1,200
employees, and presence in multiple countries in Europe and
America. Appian and VASS formed a strategic alliance in 2008 in
VASS’ home country of Spain. A decade of effective collaboration
establishes a solid foundation for expanding the partnership to the
UK and to Latin America.
This announcement is backed by executive commitments to grow in
new markets and acquire new customers through these additional
initiatives:
- Increase in the number of Appian trained and certified
specialists at VASS by 67% by the end of 2018
- Jointly go-to-market to meet increased demand to create
enterprise applications, faster, to meet business needs
- Grow the business in Latin America by helping organisations
achieve Digital Transformation through the Appian platform and
services delivered by VASS
“We have a long history with VASS, and a successful track-record
of servicing clients together,” said Marc Wilson, Senior Vice
President of Industry Markets at Appian. “Taking our partnership to
new markets will benefit many more organisations that are
struggling to achieve digital transformation.”
About Appian
Appian provides a leading low-code software development platform
that enables organizations to rapidly develop powerful and unique
applications. The applications created on Appian’s platform help
companies drive digital transformation and competitive
differentiation. For more information, visit www.appian.com.
About VASS
VASS is an IT consulting company with 100% private capital with
offices in Spain, England, the United States, Mexico, Colombia,
Peru, Chile and Brazil with capacity to provide services globally.
With a staff of more than 1,300 people, it bases its strategy on
technological innovation and collaboration with the main market
leaders to help transform the business of its customers. Thanks to
this business model, VASS is a company that grows at double digits
per year. As a sign of its commitment to society, the company
allocates 2% of the profit and its workers 1% of their time to
solidarity actions.
This press release includes forward-looking statements. All
statements contained in this press release other than statements of
historical facts, including, without limitation, the results
obtained by customers using the Appian low-code software
development platform, increase in demand for enterprise
applications, growth of Appian’s business internationally, and
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risks that Appian’s recent growth may not be indicative of future
growth, risks related to market adoption of our low-code platform,
risks associated with international operations, and risks
associated with our strategic relationships with third parties, and
the risks and uncertainties set forth in the “Risk Factors” section
of Appian’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange
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very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge
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For more information:
Nicole Greggs
Director of Media Relations, Appian
+1 703.260.7868
Nicole.Greggs@appian.com
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