Guidewire Software Announces Addition of Sempla to its PartnerConnect Program

Sempla joins Guidewire PartnerConnect™ and will provide support to Guidewire customers throughout Italy

MILAN Italy and FOSTER CITY Calif. , October 02, 2013

Sempla, an IT solutions provider from Italy, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), a provider of software products to general insurers, announced today that Sempla has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect™ as an Affiliate member. PartnerConnect is Guidewire’s global program for strategic System Integrators (SI) and consulting alliance partners.

Sempla’s wealth of implementation experience, technical skills, product competences and application of agile methods have empowered the solutions provider to support insurance companies facing a variety of unprecedented globalization challenges. Now that Sempla is part of the GFT Group – a European leader in the design and implementation of IT solutions for the financial services industry – it is ideally poised to leverage the full strength of a broader organization, and thus serve the insurance market more effectively.

“Our experience collaborating with customers and adapting to the needs of the market makes us an ideal partner to support insurers implementing Guidewire systems in the Italian insurance market,” states Umberto Zanchi, director of insurance at Sempla. “By combining Guidewire’s technology leadership with our consultancy expertise, we expect to deliver superior innovation and enhance the implementation success of our mutual customers. We look forward to leveraging our in-depth business know-how, technical support and service expertise as we join forces with Guidewire on core system replacement projects.”

“Sempla has nearly three decades of experience in system integration and information technology, so it was a natural addition to our PartnerConnect program,” says Chris Elsmore, vice president of Global Alliances and Business Development at Guidewire Software. “We’re excited to welcome them as a PartnerConnect Affiliate member, and we look forward to building on the work we have started together to strengthen our service capabilities and provide new options for our Italian customers.”