Infocom and KNIME sign exclusive distributor agreement for KNIME.com enterprise products in Japan

TOKYO, JAPAN and ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – March 10, 2010 – KNIME.com (www.KNIME.com), the company behind KNIME, the comprehensive open-source data integration and analytics platform, announced today that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Japan with Infocom Corporation. Under the agreement, Infocom will provide support for KNIME in addition to the exclusive support and distribution of the KNIME enterprise products. These products include KNIME Server, KNIME Cluster Execution, and KNIME Report Server.
The KNIME platform provides a modular and flexible environment to visually create data flows and integrate, transform and analyze large and heterogeneous data sets. In the life science market, KNIME has gained a strong reputation as a reliable and scalable integration backbone for third-party tools such as the KNIME JChem Extensions, developed by Infocom.

“We see a strong demand in the Japanese market for KNIME enterprise products and we are glad to provide direct support for our Japanese customers together with training classes through our certified training program,” stated Shojiro Morishita, General Manager and responsible for KNIME at Infocom. “It is very important for our customers to be taken care of by a local contact in Japan and we look forward to adding support for the KNIME enterprise products as well.”

“KNIME is already a proven and widely-used integration platform for a broad range of chemo and bioinformatics tools, but is also used in other industries that have a strong need for data integration and analytics tools,” said Prof. Michael Berthold, CEO of KNIME.com. "In addition to existing partnerships in Europe and the US, we are proud to have found a professional and highly skilled distributor in Infocom, dedicated to serving the Japanese market."

About Infocom
Infocom Corporation offers a variety of IT services and solutions. The Chem & Bio Informatics Department provides solutions for companies in the drug discovery space covering Bioinformatics, Proteomics, DrugDesign, ADMET and drug development. The department provides services for clients in different areas ranging from research to pre-clinical and clinical stage. Infocom has already established long-term business relations with several vendors in the Bio- and Cheminformatics space. Please see www. infocom.co.jp for more information.
Contact:
Shojiro Morishita
Infocom Corporation
2-34-17, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo, 150-0001, Japan
info-science (at) infocom.co.jp
http://www.infocom.co.jp

About KNIME.com
KNIME.com GmbH provides professional enterprise solutions and services around the open-source platform KNIME.
KNIME is the only open-source analytics tool that has been developed from day one using rigorous professional software engineering processes in conjunction with cutting-edge data analytics expertise from a university group. KNIME.com GmbH, located in Zurich, Switzerland, with distributors and partners in Europe, USA, and now also Japan, offers consulting and training for the KNIME platform in addition to an increasing range of enterprise products (Report and Enterprise Server and KNIME Cluster Execution) and the free KNIME Report Designer. Visit www.KNIME.com for more information.

Contact:
Frank Schaffer
KNIME.com GmbH
Technoparkstr. 1
8005 Zurich, Switzerland
Frank.Schaffer (at) knime.com
http://www.knime.com