Ness Technologies Inc (NSTC)

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Shashank Samant Named President of Ness Managed Strategic Services
Tuesday September 13, 5:45 am ET


HACKENSACK, New Jersey, September 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC - News), a global provider of IT solutions and services has announced the appointment of Shashank Samant as President of Ness Managed Strategic Services effective August 9, 2005. The appointment reflects Ness Technologies' growth strategy.

In his new role, Shashank will be responsible for two of the company's core groups, The Life Sciences and Specialty Solutions Group (LSS) - which provides custom application development and systems integration services to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and Ness Managed Labs - which provides offshore development services to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).

Shashank Samant joined the company in 2000 and founded the Managed Labs Business unit which currently assists ISVs in the development of next generation products in India.

"Shashank's outstanding leadership skills and immense knowledge has helped Ness Technologies position itself in the league of world class offshore companies," said Raviv Zoller, President and CEO of Ness Technologies. "In his new role, Shashank will help the company expand its business opportunities in North America."

"I am honored with this extended scope of challenge and look forward to steering the talented and dedicated staff in each of the US groups," said Shashank Samant.

About Ness Technologies

Ness Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTC - News) 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 5,000 employees, Ness maintains operations in 15 countries across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and more than 100 alliances and partnerships around the world. For more information about Ness, visit www.ness.com

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