KnowledgeTree and Sybase SBS Software announced that they have signed a master distributor agreement to strengthen the relationship between the companies for actively promoting open source document management software solutions in Spain and Portugal. The agreement calls for Sybase SBS Software to jointly develop a network of new reseller partners, and to help expand sales of KnowledgeTree products on the Iberian Peninsula.

"We believe KnowledgeTree has great potential in the Spanish and Portuguese markets. Our customers appreciate the document management software's ease of use and its LAMP-based architecture. The fact that KnowledgeTree has already been translated into Portuguese, Castilian and Catalan by the open source community is indicative of the demand for the product on the Iberian Peninsula," said Rui Ribeiro, Professional Services Manager, Sybase SBS. "KnowledgeTree complements and strengthens our existing offering of open source products from Red Hat and SCALIX and we believe our experience with delivering these open source technologies in Spain and Portugal will see a successful commercial rollout of the product in these markets."

"Sybase SBS Software have a committed team with extensive experience in marketing and selling open source products in the Spanish and Portuguese markets. We're excited to be working with them and look forward to a successful rollout of commercial editions of KnowledgeTree in languages spoken in Spain and Portugal," said Daniel Chalef, KnowledgeTree COO.

Alongside market-development activities, Sybase SBS Software will be porting KnowledgeTree to utilize the Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise database engine. Sybase SBS Software will also be managing the quality of commercial translations of KnowledgeTree into the Castilian, Catalan and Portuguese languages.

KnowledgeTree has significant community traction with over 30,000 registered community members, over 450,000 open source software downloads to date, and 67 community-run projects. KnowledgeTree is used by small and big business alike - users include Fortune 500 companies, community organizations, local and state governments, and educational, medical and scientific organizations around the world.

KnowledgeTree recently joined 260 other enterprise-grade open source applications on the Optaros Enterprise Open Source Directory. The selection of KnowledgeTree, one of 140,000 open source applications available, re-enforces its position as the leading open source provider of document management solutions to teams and small to medium-sized organizations.