Optima Technologies IT Staffing Business Continues Steady Growth in Second Decade

Optima reported its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Software Development Services Inc., has achieved a 20% increase in revenues with an exciting number of new and expanded contracts for IT consulting services.

Atlanta, GA -- Optima Technologies, Inc. reported its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Software Development Services Inc., has achieved a 20% increase in revenues with an exciting number of new and expanded contracts for IT consulting services. Optimas Global recently expanded their client base to include Honeywell, Publix, Roundys Inc. and Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Since its launch in 1988, Global has combined its resources with a worldwide network of alliances to provide its clients with access to thousands of IT professionals in a broad range of technical competencies. Global is able to supply its clients with superb talent at extremely competitive rates because of its low overhead. This also allows for well-compensated consultants, which leads to higher levels of motivation and lower turnover.

Frank C. Beaman, President of Global and Executive Vice President at Optima stated, We are proud of our continued growth and our clients resulting achievements. Our ability to provide high-quality talent at very competitive rates has ensured this record of success for nearly fourteen years, and we are confident, many more to come. What remains most important is the satisfaction of our clients and our employees, while maintaining consistent profitability."

Globals parent, Optima Technologies, Inc. (http://www.optima-tech.com), has established its leadership by providing business software solutions to a wide range of clients. In addition to staff augmentation services, Optima employs Optimation, its advanced component-based application framework, to develop highly configurable systems more quickly using fewer resources than with traditional technologies. Using Optimation, Optima has created ExSellence, a feature-rich customer relationship management system named by ISM* as one of the Top 15 CRM solutions in the world; Opti-InSight, a business intelligence and decision support system; and a number of industry-specific solutions in the manufacturing, professional staffing, healthcare, information technology and financial markets. Optima is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with additional offices in Phoenix, AZ; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN and Ridgefield, CT.

*Optima was selected among the 2002 Top 15 CRM software applications by ISM, Inc., a leading CRM consulting firm. Since 1998, Optima has been consistently ranked among the Top 30.

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