Strategic Alliance Helps Cut Costs of IT Projects and Services

The 3 year Strategic Alliance between Eastern Business Software, Inc. of Media, PA, and AppLabs India Ltd. is designed to benefit corporations looking to SIGNIFICANTLY reduce the cost of Information Technology projects and services, including Business Process Outsourcing.

August 23, 2002

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Christopher L. Farias
Eastern Business Software, Inc.
55 State Road, Media, PA 19063, U.S.A
Tel: 610-565-7481
Email: ChrisFarias@EBSoftware.com

Strategic Alliance Helps Cut Costs of IT Projects and Services

MEDIA, Pennsylvania, USA -- August 15, 2002
Eastern Business Software of Media, PA (EBS) announces the establishment of a Strategic Alliance with AppLabs India Ltd. This is an extremely important and exciting milestone in the growth of EBS", said Chris Farias, President. We have been working with AppLabs for many years, but this Strategic Alliance significantly enhances our ability to provide our customers and prospects with the very best in IT services at very competitive rates", said Farias. The Alliance effectively makes EBS a 125-person company with gross revenues of the order of $5 million and a customer base that spans the US, Europe, India, and the Far East. The Alliance is eminently positioned help businesses cut costs in these difficult economic times.

Commenting on the Alliance, Arjun Rao, CEO of AppLabs India, said We were looking for a company that represented a high level of technical competence, experience, and business integrity to complement the values we have at AppLabs. EBS represents all that and much more. Chris and I are committed to making the Alliance one of the premier providers of services in Philadelphia and the East Coast."

The Alliance provides Business Process Outsourcing as well as IT management, programming, testing, and quality assurance services for new projects and maintenance of existing systems. All major SQL databases are supported as well as programming languages and environments like Visual Basic, .NET, Java, HTML, ASP, J++, C++, IIS, Apache, Linux, NT 4, NT Server 2000, Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/XP Professional, COBOL, SqlWindows, and Centura. Customer satisfaction is a priority, as is quality and timeliness in delivery.

About Eastern Business Software

EBS ( www.EBSoftware.com ), in business since 1992, provides custom, high value business solutions to the Health Care and Manufacturing marketplace. Customers include companies like Smith Kline Beecham, now Glaxo Smith Kline, The Clarks Companies, North America (Clarks of England, Bostonian and Hanover mens shoes), Stahl Specialty Company, and The Medical College of Georgia. EBS Enterprise Pharmacy Solution generates over 1,000,000 prescriptions a year for about 40,000 patients in Georgia, and has been in place for over 6 years. Manufacturing solutions include Shop Floor Time Reporting systems that integrate with HR and Accounting systems, as well as solutions for Sales and Marketing such as WebOrder for Manufacturing.

About AppLabs India

AppLabs India ( www.AppLabsIndia.com ) was established in 1997 and provides a wide range of consulting, development and systems integration services to many customers in the Financial, Mining, Photo Processing, Entertainment and Multimedia industries. Mobile applications are of particular interest. Major customers include Maxis, Malaysias largest telecomm provider, California based Snapfish, that was the first complete Internet based photo service that offers film developing, printing, online storing and sharing, and Citibank Egypt.