Anaplan expands footprint in Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE & SAN FRANCISCO – March 21, 2013 – Anaplan, the fastest-growing provider of cloud-based modeling and planning solutions for finance and operations, today announced its launch in Asia Pacific with the acquisition of Cloud EPM, Anaplan’s leading Asian reseller. With this news, Anaplan is also appointing Samir Neji, CEO of Cloud EPM, to run Asia Pacific Operations and opening a regional headquarters in Singapore.
\n“Our customers in Asia Pacific are echoing what we have heard in the United States and Europe—these companies are hungry for an alternative to the status quo of enterprise planning and modeling. We are redefining this market on a global scale,” said Anaplan CEO Fred Laluyaux.
\nWith offices in North America, UK, France, Sweden, and now Singapore, Anaplan continues its rapid international expansion to meet growing market demand for its award-winning enterprise planning and modeling platform. Anaplan chose to headquarter Asia Pacific operations in Singapore because it is a major global hub that offers exceptional talent, unparalleled business and technology infrastructure, and an ideal location. Samir Neji, a seasoned veteran in enterprise performance management, will lead operations in this strategic regional market.
\n“I have known Samir for years, and I am thrilled that he has agreed to lead our Asia Pacific operations,” said Laluyaux. “His leadership, integrity, deep domain experience, and focus on customer success fit extremely well with Anaplan’s core values and culture.”
\n“Our team is really excited and proud to bring Anaplan’s game-changing platform to the region, “said Samir Neji. “Asian companies are feeling the pain of their old and tired planning software: missed deadlines, failed promises, complex coding. Going back to Excel should not be the answer. By contrast, building models on the cloud-based Anaplan platform is incredibly easy and fast. From proof-of-concept to go-live, we are talking weeks with Anaplan instead of months with traditional on-premise solutions.”
\nDemonstrating its further commitment to the Asia Pacific region, Anaplan is discussing with Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) potential plans to build data centers in Singapore. Doing so would support IDA’s goals to accelerate adoption of cloud-based technologies and economic leadership in Asia and enable Anaplan to better service its growing worldwide customer base.
\nAsia Pacific firms like Air Asia Expedia, Amcor, Super Retail Group, and 2Degrees joined an impressive list of Anaplan global customers including McAfee, Pandora, Kimberly-Clark Eastern Europe, and HealthTrust. In the last twelve months, Anaplan has seen demand for its innovative cloud software increase rapidly. In 2012, the company grew its global customer base by 500 percent and revenues by 800 percent. This month, the company closed a Series C venture capital funding round of $30 million led by Meritech Capital Partners.
\nAbout Anaplan
\nAnaplan is a cloud-based, in-memory modeling and planning platform for finance, sales, and operations that enables business users to intuitively and dynamically test and operationalize their plans, manage complex multi-dimensional models, collaborate across functions and regions, and share insights and content via the built-in community.
Anaplan and its partners have introduced a series of packages for finance, marketing, operations, human resources, as well as a complete sales performance management application suite, which includes quota, territory and commissions management, real-time quote, and price optimization.
\nAnaplan is funded by Meritech Capital Partners, Granite Ventures, and Shasta Ventures. Anaplan was granted the Gartner Cool Vendor Award and the Ventana Research Technology Operational Innovation Award for Sales Management in 2012.
\nTo learn more, visit anaplan.com. Join us on twitter: @anaplan
\n"}}" id="text-877fb8280c" class="cmp-text">Cloud-based modeling and planning leader establishes regional office in Singapore
SINGAPORE & SAN FRANCISCO – March 21, 2013– Anaplan, the fastest-growing provider of cloud-based modeling and planning solutions for finance and operations, today announced its launch in Asia Pacific with the acquisition of Cloud EPM, Anaplan’s leading Asian reseller. With this news, Anaplan is also appointing Samir Neji, CEO of Cloud EPM, to run Asia Pacific Operations and opening a regional headquarters in Singapore.
“Our customers in Asia Pacific are echoing what we have heard in the United States and Europe—these companies are hungry for an alternative to the status quo of enterprise planning and modeling. We are redefining this market on a global scale,” said Anaplan CEO Fred Laluyaux.
With offices in North America, UK, France, Sweden, and now Singapore, Anaplan continues its rapid international expansion to meet growing market demand for its award-winning enterprise planning and modeling platform. Anaplan chose to headquarter Asia Pacific operations in Singapore because it is a major global hub that offers exceptional talent, unparalleled business and technology infrastructure, and an ideal location. Samir Neji, a seasoned veteran in enterprise performance management, will lead operations in this strategic regional market.
“I have known Samir for years, and I am thrilled that he has agreed to lead our Asia Pacific operations,” said Laluyaux. “His leadership, integrity, deep domain experience, and focus on customer success fit extremely well with Anaplan’s core values and culture.”
“Our team is really excited and proud to bring Anaplan’s game-changing platform to the region, “said Samir Neji. “Asian companies are feeling the pain of their old and tired planning software: missed deadlines, failed promises, complex coding. Going back to Excel should not be the answer. By contrast, building models on the cloud-based Anaplan platform is incredibly easy and fast. From proof-of-concept to go-live, we are talking weeks with Anaplan instead of months with traditional on-premise solutions.”
Demonstrating its further commitment to the Asia Pacific region, Anaplan is discussing with Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) potential plans to build data centers in Singapore. Doing so would support IDA’s goals to accelerate adoption of cloud-based technologies and economic leadership in Asia and enable Anaplan to better service its growing worldwide customer base.
亚太公司像Air Asia Expedia，Amcor，Super Retail Group和2degrees等亚太公司加入了令人印象深刻的Anaplan全球客户名单，包括McAfee，Pandora，Kimberly-Clark Eastern Corver和HealthTrust。在过去的十二个月中，Anaplan对其创新云软件的需求迅速增加。2012年，该公司将其全球客户群增长了500％，收入增长了800％。本月，该公司关闭了由Meritech Capital Partners领导的3,000万美元的C系列风险投资融资。
关于Anaplan
Anaplan是一个基于云的，内存的建模和计划平台，用于金融，销售和运营，使业务用户能够直观，动态地测试和操作他们的计划，管理复杂的多维模型，跨职能和区域进行协作，并共享通过内置社区的见解和内容。
Anaplan and its partners have introduced a series of packages for finance, marketing, operations, human resources, as well as a complete sales performance management application suite, which includes quota, territory and commissions management, real-time quote, and price optimization.
Anaplan由Meritech Capital Partners，Granite Ventures和Shasta Ventures资助。Anaplan于2012年获得了Gartner Cool Cool Award和Ventana研究技术运营创新奖。
To learn more, visitanaplan.com。在Twitter上加入我们： @anaplan