Enterprise Risk, Compliance, and Quality Management Solutions

Oct. 21, 2010 (Business Wire) — Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management (ERCQM) software solutions, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with Portford Solutions Group, Inc., a California-based systems integration software provider. In conjunction with Portford Solutions’ value-added reseller services, Pilgrim will deliver its products to an expanded base of enterprises in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage and other regulated manufacturing industries sectors.

Pilgrim’s integrated risk, compliance and quality management software solution helps organizations remain compliant, minimize risk, reduce costs, and operate more effectively. Pilgrim was selected as a partner by Portford from among numerous ERCQM providers for its depth and breadth of integrated solutions and responsiveness throughout the selection process.
By combining its proven solution with Portford’s track record of success as a business-focused software systems integrator, Pilgrim will be able to serve additional markets with its globally recognized automation platform. Portford, in turn, will extend its capabilities as a full-service enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) services provider by leveraging Pilgrim’s solution suite.

“Following a detailed assessment of competitive solutions, we selected Pilgrim and are delighted with our decision,” said Bruce Bolton, Co-founder and Partner of Portford Solutions. “We firmly believe in partnering with other best-in-class technology providers to help solve the manufacturing industry’s information technology challenges. By teaming together as strategically aligned solutions providers, Pilgrim and Portford will be able to effectively reach those enterprises that can readily benefit from ERCQM solutions to attain their quality, compliance, and operational goals.”

Together, Pilgrim and Portford Solutions will provide automated, compliance-driven enterprise software solutions to Life Sciences industries, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, health care providers, food and beverage manufacturers and other industrial manufacturing enterprises.

“Pilgrim shares Portford’s vision when it comes to meeting critical industry needs, so partnering with Portford made absolute sense,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim Software’s Chief Operating Officer. “We look forward to building a very productive relationship between our two firms which will give our mutual customers the ability to develop sound solutions to increase automation, support, compliance, and productivity.”

About Portford Solutions
Portford Solutions is a world-class consulting and technical services provider to Life Sciences enterprises. Portford Solutions provides a complete, end-to-end Compliance and Quality Management service set to its customers, including strategic consulting, enterprise and SaaS solutions, validation consulting, and document management. Portford Solutions has offices located in Ontario, CA and Irvine, CA. Website: http://www.portfordsolutions.com/.

About Pilgrim Software, Inc.
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Through its integrated platform, Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, address potential risks, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. Pilgrim has been named North American Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management Company of the Year – Best Practices by Frost & Sullivan, and winner of its 2010 North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management Market for the Life Sciences Industry. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s website at http://www.pilgrimsoftware.com/.