Reflecting on the First Half of 2010

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Half way into 2010, it’s time to pause for a minute (but not more than a minute!) and look back at these past six months.* We have put out a press release summarizing the high points of this year so far.

What does the press release say?

• Q2 was our twelfth consecutive quarter of growth - even Q1 was stronger than Q4, confirming a very strong momentum.
• We launched version 4, the first unified data management platform bringing together data integration, data quality and master data management within a single solution.
• We grew our customer base by 50% to over 1,500 customers, up from 1,000 at the beginning of the year.
• Total downloads reached 10 million, with over 450,000 users of our open source products.
• We added several prestigious awards to our already long list such as Network World open source company to watch, AlwaysOn Global 250, the Red Herring Top 100 Europe, The VAR Guy’s Open Source 50 and InfoWorld’s Bossie Award.

What doesn’t the press release say, but still is worth mentionning?

• It does not list customer names.* Listing customer names is always a big hassle, because we need to obtain approval on a case by case basis and get everyone to review the release.* So we went the easy way.* But we have recently announced some good customer references, and all you need to do is take a look at our rolling logos ticker on our site to understand who the other ones are.
• It does not mention geographical expansion. That’s because we officially opened two new offices in early July, so that was not technically in Q2.* And we want to save some news for September, when everyone comes back all suntanned and full of energy.* But if you want a hint on where we are expanding, I suggest taking a look at my Twitter feed - I usually don’t make random business trips just to easy sushi or pizza (OK, now I have blown it… and yes, this is so cliché).
• It does not say that we have completely redesigned our web site, making it better looking and more “pro”, but also easier to navigate with a new “adoption process” overlay.* Check it out. And - kudos to our web team, primarily Wassim and Daphné, for pulling this off.

Stay tuned for more news from Talend!* And enjoy your summer.

Yves




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