Pemex is Among Eight New Novadigm Customers Secured Through Partners In Latin America Successes of Novadigm Partners Hewlett-Packard and DTS Grow Latin American Market for Novadigm's Radia Product Family MAHWAH, N.J., May 14, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Novadigm(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: NVDM) a leading provider of adaptive management solutions for software and content in enterprise and Internet environments, today announced that its Latin American marketing channel has recently produced eight new enterprise customers, including Mexico's national petroleum company, Petroleos Mexicanos. Four additional customers in Mexico and three in Colombia also selected Radia(R) as a result of joint sales successes by Hewlett-Packard and DTS Latin America Ltda., Novadigm's partners in Latin America. Development of alliances and partnerships to extend Novadigm's geographical reach is a leading priority for Novadigm President and Chief Operating Officer Gerald Labie. "The development of strong alliances and partnerships is the most effective strategy for penetrating important geographic markets such as Latin America," said Labie. "Partners complement our direct sales organization and efficiently extend our reach by leveraging their local-market expertise and existing customer relationships." Hewlett-Packard is a Novadigm worldwide alliance partner and has selected Radia products as the standard for software management within the hp OpenView suite of enterprise management solutions. Novadigm's long-standing Latin American channel partner DTS teams with HP in developing the Radia customer base through the expansion of existing client relationships and the securing of new customers with substantial potential for subsequent growth. "DTS is very pleased to be Novadigm's partner throughout Latin America and to be working with HP to bring the benefits of Radia to these important customers," said Fernando Parra, president of DTS. Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, is Mexico's largest industrial enterprise and the world's fifth-largest oil company. Pemex, which produces and refines petroleum for domestic consumption and export sales, selected Novadigm's Radia product family to provide automated, Web-based software management services for internal users. Other new customers in Latin America include: -- Industrias Penoles, a leading non-ferrous mining enterprise in Mexico; -- Sabritas & Gamesa, the Mexican operation of Pepsico's Frito-Lay division; -- ICA, one of Mexico's largest engineering and construction companies; -- ABA Seguros a property and casualty insurer serving the Mexico market; -- Fundacion Social, a private Colombian company with a social purpose of eradicating poverty; -- Coomeva, a Colombian national health care and financial services enterprise; -- and Compunet, an information technology services provider, based in Colombia. About DTS DTS Latin America Ltda. (www.dtslatin.com) is the leading value-added distributor of application development technology tools and enterprise software solutions for corporate, financial and government users in all Latin American countries. DTS provides sales, marketing and support for its vendor partners and consultation, installation, training and implementation services for customers. DTS has its international headquarters in Miami. Its South American headquarters in Sao Paulo, other Brazilian offices in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Recife, other major facilities in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Bogota (Colombia), Caracas (Venezuela), Lima (Peru), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile), and resellers in major business centers in Latin and South America and the Caribbean. About Novadigm Novadigm is a leading provider of software and content management solutions for enterprise and Internet computing environments that enable organizations to reduce software management costs, speed time-to-market, expand marketing channels and open new sources of revenue. Novadigm's suite of integrated products, based on the company's e-wrap(TM) technology, work seamlessly together as the only end-to-end solution that can efficiently, reliably and scalably deploy and manage the full range of today's software and content, personalized for a wide range of computing devices, across virtually any network. Novadigm customers -- Global 1000 business enterprises, software vendors and service providers around the world -- report software management savings of 80 percent or more, time-to-market improvements of 70 percent or more, and reliability typically greater than 99 percent. For more information on Novadigm, please visit www.novadigm.com or call 1-800-626-6682. NOTE: Novadigm, Enterprise Desktop Manager, Radia and e-wrap are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Novadigm, Inc. All other product, trademark, company or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or anticipated results. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to Novadigm as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Novadigm's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see the Risk Factors described in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2001. Tell Us What You Think -- Click Here tbutton.prnewswire.com SOURCE Novadigm, Inc. |