EMC sets up local distribution company

EMC Information Systems (Thailand) has set up a new company called Metro Systems as a local business partner to distribute its enterprise content management suite of software solutions to the market.

EMC Information Systems' country manager Thada Savetsila said the move was a first step in a partnership between EMC and Metro Systems that would drive EMC's Documentum solutions through various channels. EMC is confident that customers will benefit from the partnership, he said.

Within EMC Documentum is a suite of software that provides a combination of contents and documents related to the organisational process. It offers a key strategic component for an organisation's infrastructure, with its ability to capture, manage, preserve and deliver contents amid a rapidly changing business environment.

Metro Systems' vice president Yongyut Srivantaneeyakul said his firm had set up an enterprise content management team to provide solutions focused on medium- to large-sized enterprises such as banks, finance and insurance companies.

"Metro Systems offers benefits to customers such as reduced costs and increased profitability, data integrity and integrated data," Yongyut said.

He said the firm had implemented Documentum, integrated with Sharepoint, for Bangkok Insurance, and it expected to provide enterprise content management to between eight and 10 customers before the end of this year.

EMC has also appointed three ECM partners: CDGM, Fuji Xerox and NESS.