EPDM performance in an international setup

Our company is experiencing growing pains with our current PDM system - PDM Workgroup.  We are in the process of evaluating other products - one of which being Enterprise PDM. I'm wondering if anyone is currently using EPDM in an international setup (i.e. US - Europe etc..) and if so how it is working? Are there noticable performance hits or other barriers we should be concerned about?

Our key interests being that EPDM can handle a international setup effectively and that it will provide a secure form of communication between sites.

Adam

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