Interwoven Expands Customer Base Among Professional Services Firms in Asia-Pacific Region
Leading Law Firms Throughout Asia-Pacific Embrace Interwoven Solutions to Support Growth, Global Competitiveness, and Regulatory Compliance
SAN JOSE, Calif., - July 14, 2008 - Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV), a global leader in content management solutions, today announced that it is gaining strong momentum in building out its Asia-Pacific presence to capitalize on the growing opportunity among professional services firms in the region. As robust economic conditions in Asia-Pacific drive growth in the legal industry, progressive law firms in the region are turning to Interwoven's best-of-breed solutions for professional services firms to support their own growth, enhance efficiency, improve global competitiveness, and address regulatory compliance.
Interwoven has recently secured several strategic customers in the region, including India-based J Sagar Associates; leading Singaporean law firms Allen & Gledhill LLP, Colin Ng & Partners LLP, KhattarWong, Rajah & Tann LLP, Rodyk & Davidson LLP and WongPartnership LLP; and two of the largest firms in Malaysia, Shearn Delamore and Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
Interwoven's success in Asia-Pacific reflects the increasing strategic importance of solutions that enable law firms to keep pace with the region's rapid economic expansion. A booming market for legal services has created an urgent need for solutions to support scalable firm growth, efficient operations both within and across borders, and competitiveness with other transnational firms. Well-established sales, marketing, and support resources in the region, combined with its strong global reputation, have helped Interwoven move quickly to capture this fast-growing opportunity. With more than 1,300 law firm customers worldwide, Interwoven's solutions are already in use by 71 percent of the AmLaw 100; 71 percent of the Global 100; and 84 percent of the Legal Insider 250.
Said Chris Junker, vice president and general manager, professional services industry solutions at Interwoven, "As law firms throughout Asia-Pacific mobilize to support the region's growing economies and businesses, Interwoven solutions for professional services make it possible for them to increase efficiency, maximize the value of their information assets and expertise, and collaborate effectively across the distributed organization. We're pleased to play a leadership role in helping these organizations achieve the highest global standard for legal technology."
J Sagar Associates Leverages Firm Knowledge Across India with Interwoven
One of the top firms in India, J Sagar Associates has chosen Interwoven WorkSite document management to drive an IT modernization program that will enable its complete collective knowledge resources to centralize in a single repository, where it can be accessed and leveraged efficiently by lawyers in any location. Professionals in the firm's offices in Gurgaon, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad will be able to file complete matter content, including emails, within a unified environment where it can easily be searched, retrieved, and shared by colleagues. The ability to leverage past work product and best practices for new matters, as well as complete capabilities for collaboration over distance will help the firm deliver optimal service in any location.
"To optimize our work processes and help our lawyers work effectively wherever they are we need a system that can help us retain and manage knowledge and leverage best practices in everything we do," said Jyoti Sagar, the firm's Founding Partner. "Interwoven WorkSite will play a valuable role in enhancing our efficiency in client servicing across India"
WongPartnership LLP Supports Rapid Growth with an Expanded Interwoven Solution\
WongPartnership LLP, one of Singapore's largest law firms, was one of the first organizations in the country to adopt Interwoven WorkSite. The firm is currently building on its initial investment to provide additional benefits to its rapidly growing organization.
With offices in Singapore, China and the Middle East, and growing practices in the region, WongPartnership LLP relies on WorkSite's highly scalable architecture, including servers for caching and clustering, to enable the firm's professionals to share documents and collaborate seamlessly across multiple locations. In addition to WorkSite, WongPartnership's comprehensive Interwoven solution also encompasses modules for email management and remote access, and is an integral part of the firm's impressive IT infrastructure.
Said Kevin Koh, director of technology at WongPartnership, "Interwoven WorkSite has already helped us maintain our status as a top-ranked practice and market leader. With the addition of email management and remote access to our Interwoven solution, we will enable our staff and clients to further benefit from the full value of our information resources and professional expertise everywhere we do business. We are already planning ahead to provide our lawyers more convenience by leveraging Interwoven's WorkSite Mobility solution where they can access the document management system through their Blackberry devices."
Singaporean Document Management Pioneer Rodyk & Davidson LLP Switches to Interwoven
Rodyk & Davidson LLP is the oldest and one of the largest legal firms in Singapore, and was one of the first firms in the country to adopt an electronic document management system. Last fall, Interwoven's superior product roadmap, intuitive matter-centric model, extensive local support, and commitment to the legal sector led the firm to convert to WorkSite. The Interwoven solution has been integrated with a broad spectrum of systems already in use to create a complete, technologically advanced infrastructure to support the firm's ongoing expansion into China and the region. Rodyk's more than 300 lawyers and support staff can securely access a centralized repository of knowledge from any location, including while traveling, to share information, re-use content, collaborate on matters, and ensure continuity of service.
Said Gilbert Leong, IT resource partner at Rodyk & Davidson, "Our firm has a long tradition of investment in the best available technologies. The growing number of law firms worldwide using Interwoven WorkSite, as well as the growing community of users in our own region, provides a strong endorsement of Interwoven's continued leadership, investment, and innovation in legal IT. As we expand rapidly throughout the region, we will rely on Interwoven innovations in areas from mobility to enterprise search to advanced email filing to put our knowledge to work for the benefit of our clients."
Leading Asian Law Firm KhattarWong to Benefit from Interwoven
KhattarWong is one of Singapore's largest law firms with regional offices in China and Vietnam. The firm also has regional practice groups which work closely with associate firms and clients in countries such as China, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Middle East, Japan, Brunei and Indonesia. To drive further regional growth and competitiveness, the firm saw the advantage of adding Interwoven Worksite to its IT infrastructure. Interwoven WorkSite provided the advanced tools for document and email management and collaboration the firm needed to leverage knowledge resources more effectively across its distributed organization, in a rapidly deployable, highly intuitive solution that minimized disruption to ongoing work. As a result, KhattarWong lawyers in any location will be able to access and collaborate around unified electronic matter files in which complete matter content, including emails and scanned images as well as electronic documents, can be searched and retrieved easily.
"Interwoven has achieved an excellent reputation with leading law firms, and the company's extensive local resources and support have been proven through many successful deployments," said Tan Chong Huat, Managing Partner at KhattarWong. "The clarity and ease of use of Interwoven's matter-centric model, combined with the solution's comprehensive features, will give our lawyers a high level of control, flexibility, and efficiency in the use of our firm's collective knowledge."
About Interwoven
Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV) is a global leader in content management solutions. Interwoven's software and services enable organizations to maximize online business performance and organize, find, and govern business content. Interwoven solutions unlock the value of content by delivering the right content to the right person in the right context at the right time. Over 4,700 of the world's leading companies, professional services firms, and governments have chosen Interwoven, including Airbus, Amnesty International USA, Avaya, BT, Cisco, Citi, Delta Air Lines, DLA Piper, FedEx, Grant Thornton, Hilton Hotels, HKMP LLP, Hong Kong Trade and Development Council, HSBC, LexisNexis, MasterCard, Microsoft, Samsung, Shell, Sky Italia, Qantas Airways, Tesco, Virgin Mobile, and White & Case. A community of over 25,000 developers and over 300 partners enrich and extend Interwoven's offerings. To learn more about Interwoven, please visit
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