Caldera eyes Brazil, signs partnership deal with Conectiva

BANGALORE:Caldera International, Inc. has signed a partnership with Conectiva, Inc., expanding Caldera’s presence in Brazil. Based in Curitiba, Brazil, Conectiva is the leading provider of Linux solutions and services to the Latin American market.

Under terms of the agreement, Conectiva’s sales force and reseller channels will sell Caldera’s products and services. Specifically, Caldera will provide the Volution product and services family of messaging and systems management solutions, as well as the company’s Open UNIX and OpenServer UNIX solutions into Brazil, with future possibilities of extending the relationship to the rest of the Latin American market. In addition, Conectiva and Caldera will partner to provide customer support, training and professional services for the companies’ mutual customers.

According to IDC, Linux server software experienced 24 percent growth in Brazil last year, compared to 21 percent growth for Microsoft Windows server software.

"Expanding our relationship with Conectiva was a natural extension of the UnitedLinux initiative," said Caldera president and CEO Darl McBride. "With 70 percent of the Linux market share in Latin America, Conectiva is in a better position to more economically and efficiently service the business customers in this important market. This also facilitates business with customers and partners who need to seamlessly deploy business solutions throughout the Americas by facilitating a united product, service and support model."

"This contract is extremely important for both companies," said, Conectiva director Sandro Nunes Henrique. "Working together, we will provide customers with greater products and services than our two companies could have provided separately. This way, IT executives will benefit with more confidence in their technology and the companies providing that technology. We are making it easier for decision making with regards to their systems in Brazil."