HACKENSACK, New Jersey, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ness Technologies, Inc. , a global provider of information technology (IT) services and solutions, today announced that the company is working with IBM to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) with re-platforming services, enabling them to migrate existing applications to open standards-based IBM platforms and to stay current with IBM platform changes.

Ness Technologies will serve as an extended delivery arm of IBM and go-to partner for execution of re-platforming projects. Ness will also market its re-platforming services jointly with IBM and the two companies will cooperate in this area.

Ness Technologies has recently established its IBM Re-Platforming Center of Competence (IRCC) which leverages its substantial porting, migration and testing expertise and experience, as well as its offshore facilities, to help ISVs reduce migration costs and accelerate time-to-market.

The new IRCC is part of Ness's Managed Labs division. Through its Managed Labs division, Ness currently houses more than 20 ISV extended labs in India that have in-depth experience in product R&D and re-platforming services.

As part of the new re-platforming services, Ness can help ISVs transform their solutions to service oriented architecture (SOA), migrate databases to IBM DB2 Information Management software, and port, test and certify on the IBM open-standards technology stack.

"Ness and IBM are working together to meet the demands of ISVs that see the value of open standards-based software and hardware technology," said Mark Hanny, Vice President, ISV & Developer Relations, IBM. "We're pleased to see companies like Ness building an environment that can help ISVs rapidly port to IBM and open standards-based solutions."

"The new agreement marks another milestone in the relationship between the two companies," said Shashank Samant, President of Ness Managed Strategic Services. "Ness Technologies works with IBM around the world to offer a broad array of scalable solutions built on IBM software and hardware platforms. In addition, Ness has supplier agreements with IBM for services, software and hardware."

About Ness Technologies

Ness Technologies is a global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions designed to help clients improve competitiveness and efficiency. Specializing in outsourcing and offshore, systems integration and application development, software and consulting, and quality assurance and training, Ness serves a blue-chip client base of over 500 public- and private-sector customers. With over 6,600 employees, Ness maintains operations in 15 countries across North America, Europe and Asia, and more than 100 alliances and partnerships around the world. For more information about Ness Technologies, visit http://www.ness.com/.

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Software offers the widest range of applications, middleware and operating systems for all types of computing platforms, allowing customers to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. The fastest way to get more information about IBM software is through the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com/

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Forward Looking Statement

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Media contact: David Kanaan USA: 1-888-244-4919 Intl: +972-3-540-8188 Email: media.int@ness.com Investor contact: Drew Wright USA: +1-888-267-8160 Email: investor@ness.com

CONTACT: Media contact: David Kanaan, USA: 1-888-244-4919, Intl:
+972-3-540-8188, Email: media.int@ness.com, Investor contact: Drew Wright,
USA: +1-888-267-8160, Email: investor@ness.com