AvePoint and IPI Partner to Enhance Governance of Microsoft SharePoint Deployments Throughout

The new partnership between AvePoint and IPI extends the reach of SharePoint governance, compliance, and management solutions throughout Germany

Munich, Germany — January 16, 2013 — AvePoint, leader in governance, compliance, and management solutions for social enterprise collaboration platforms, today announced a partnership with IPI, an intranet agency with a focus on corporate communications and business solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint headquartered in Lichtenau, Germany. As a value-added reseller of AvePoint technologies, IPI and AvePoint will work together for continued integration of their SharePoint products and services to help German organizations successfully deploy, manage, and govern their SharePoint environments.

“SharePoint offers organizations the opportunity to increase productivity and communicate better with its robust features for social collaboration,” said Jan Tietze, Chief Operating Officer of AvePoint Deutschland GmbH. “Partnering with IPI and its renowned intranet services will enable AvePoint to deliver its proven solutions for governance, compliance, and management to more customers throughout Germany, thereby helping even more organizations align SharePoint to the business and maximize the overall value of the platform.”

AvePoint’s award winning DocAve Software Platform and its global, live 24/7 support helps more than 10,000 organizations in 63 countries realize SharePoint success. With robust protection, management, optimization, integration, reporting, and migration capabilities for SharePoint, DocAve is the enterprise-class management platform for SharePoint governance. Since 2002, IPI is the pioneer and market leader for SharePoint technologies and solutions, concentrating on customer specific services related to intranet, extranet, internet, collaboration, communities and Enterprise 2.0, knowledge and innovation management, and Enterprise Content Management. IPI customers benefit from more efficient business processes and optimized information and knowledge transfer between their employees.

“IPI stands for innovative solutions, strategic vision, and expert knowledge,” said Holger Dümpelmann, CEO at IPI. “Just like IPI, AvePoint has embodied these qualities with its products and support for more than a decade, and this new partnership enables us to help our customers enhance, support, and protect their SharePoint deployments with AvePoint’s best-in-breed software solutions, including the DocAve Software Platform and DocAve Governance Automation.”

About AvePoint

AvePoint is a global technology company and proven software leader. Since its founding in 2001, AvePoint has become the world's largest provider of enterprise-class governance, compliance, and management solutions for social enterprise collaboration platforms. AvePoint helps more than 10,000 customers – including many Fortune 500 companies and government agencies – meet their specific business objectives utilizing the SharePoint platform. AvePoint, Inc. is headquartered and maintains its principal operational center in Jersey City, NJ, with wholly owned operational centers in the USA, Canada, , , United Kingdom, , Germany, , , , , and . AvePoint is a Depth Managed Microsoft Gold Certified Portals and Collaboration Partner and Gold Certified ISV Partner as well as a US Government GSA provider via strategic partnerships.

About IPI

IPI is an intranet agency with a focus on company communication and business solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint. IPI stands for innovative products, strategic vision, and expert knowledge. IPI customers receive practical solutions and all-round support. The company’s approximately 50 employees operate at the interface between the departments and IT. As the pioneer and market leader for SharePoint technologies and solutions since 2002, IPI has concentrated on customer specific services to do with: intranet, extranet, internet, collaboration, communities and Enterprise 2.0, knowledge and innovation management, and Enterprise Content Management. IPI is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner in the fields of Portals and Collaboration and Content Management.

AvePoint Media Contact

Lisa Breinlinger – Marketing Manager AvePoint Deutschland GmbH Tel: +49 89 2190989-02 Email: [email protected]

IPI Media Contact

Stefanie Eckart – Communication & Marketing Manager IPI Tel: +49 (9827) 92787-0 Email: [email protected]

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