Belfast Software Development Centre Established

RNS Number : 5751M

WANdisco Plc

19 September 2012

 



19 September 2012

WANdisco plc

("WANdisco" or the "Company")

Belfast Software Development Centre Established

WANdisco doubles software engineering capacity with additional UK base

Sheffield, UK - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a leading provider of global collaboration software to the software development industry, announces that it has established a new software development centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The centre - the Company's second site in the UK - was opened yesterday by Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, and has been supported by a £360,000 commitment from inward investment agency, Invest Northern Ireland.

WANdisco will hire up to 36 staff at the site, effectively doubling the Company's existing software engineering capacity, and playing a key role in supporting WANdisco's stated growth strategy. 

Announcing the centre's opening David Richards, WANdisco Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said:

"We are aiming to achieve substantial growth within the next three years and the Belfast centre will play a critical role in supporting that growth.  When we came to market we made a number of specific commitments, one of which was to invest in developing products that could help us move in to exciting new markets and geographies.  The establishment of our new centre in Belfast is a clear example of our continued delivery on these promises."

About WANdisco

WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a leading provider of Apache Subversion-based software and services for the enterprise. The company's products include: uberSVN - the new open ALM platform for Subversion, Subversion MultiSite, Subversion Access Control and Subversion Clustering. Fortune Global 1000 companies such as AT&T, Intel, Honda, Nokia, Juniper Networks and Motorola rely on WANdisco's Subversion solutions for enterprise-class performance, scalability and 24-by-7 availability. A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) study of WANdisco's Subversion MultiSite revealed a 167% return on investment with a nine-month payback period. Subversion is recognized by Forrester as the sole leader in the Standalone Software Configuration Management (SCM) category. For more information, please visit us at: http://www.wandisco.com.

For further information please contact:

WANdisco plc:
David Richards, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	via FTI Consulting
Nick Parker, Chief Financial Officer
FTI Consulting:	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Sophie McMillan / Jon Snowball
Panmure Gordon & Co.	[phone]
Fred Walsh / Giles Stewart (Corporate Finance)
Adam Pollock, Charles Leigh-Pemberton (Corporate Broking)

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