Ness Technologies Collaborates With Microsoft to Reinvent Media Contract Management at IBC 2009

MAIDENHEAD, England, September 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NessTechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC), a global provider of informationtechnology services and solutions, today announced that it will launch a newversion of its media contract management solution, Ness Content Office(TM)(NCO), at the IBC 2009 exhibition, to be held on 11-15 September 2009 inAmsterdam, the Netherlands.

Ness Content Office enables broadcasters, production companies and allmedia organisations to automate contracts, rights and royalty paymentmanagement for content assets at the most granular level. The new NCO versionis a 100 percent web-based solution that provides optimum, secureexploitation of an organisation's entire content catalogue across alltraditional and new media platforms.

Ness Content Office is the most viable solution in the marketplace forsupporting end-to-end processing of contracts and payments management. It hasbeen deployed at major organisations such as ITV plc and FremantleMedia.

Ness is now working with Microsoft Corp. to offer an enhanced enterpriseversion of NCO as well as software as a service (SaaS) solution based onMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This new offering now enablesadvanced business intelligence and reporting capabilities. In addition, itallows for state-of-the-art automated contract workflow and collaborativeediting features that will revolutionise the business value of media contractmanagement.

"This new version of Ness Content Office based on Office SharePointServer 2007 demonstrates our ability to deliver the most advanced mediacontract management system to all our customers," said
Peter Sutton, ManagingDirector of Ness UK and head of Ness' media practice in Europe. "Ourenterprise and SaaS solution capability is a truly unique offering in themarketplace."

Moreover,
Gabriele Di Piazza, managing director for the Media &Entertainment Business in the Communications Sector at Microsoft Corp., said,"The integration of Ness Content Office and Microsoft Office SharePointServer 2007 offers customers critical contract management functionality tofacilitate the maximum exploitation of content. It also confirms Microsoft'scommitment to providing market-leading solutions across all areas of thedigital supply chain."

Visit the Microsoft exhibit at the Topaz Lounge at the RAI ConventionCentre, Amsterdam, between 11 and 15 September to view Ness Content Officeand talk to Ness' product experts.

About Ness Technologies

Ness Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTC) is a global provider of IT and businessservices and solutions with specialized expertise in software productengineering; system integration, application development and consulting; andsoftware distribution. Ness delivers its portfolio of solutions and servicesusing a global delivery model combining offshore, near-shore and local teams.With about 7,800 employees, Ness maintains operations in 18 countries, andpartners with numerous software and hardware vendors worldwide. For moreinformation about Ness Technologies, visit http://www.ness.com.

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SOURCE Ness Technologies Inc