INTIQUA and Vergil Announce Strategic Partnership to Offer Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Based Integration Solutions

INTIQUA International, a leading broad-based technology services integrator and Vergil Technology a leader in providing comprehensive integration solutions today announced a reseller and systems integrator partnership for North America.

San Francisco 28th January, 2003 -- INTIQUA International, a leading broad-based technology services integrator and Vergil Technology a leader in providing comprehensive integration solutions today announced a reseller and systems integrator partnership for North America.

INTIQUA will market, resell, and implement Vergils complete suite of products and also provide consultancy and customization services to deliver comprehensive, scalable, and robust solutions for customers. Vergil's suite of products comprise a combination of out-of-the-box adapters to legacy/ packaged applications, business process management tools, accelerated development toolkits, and a Web Services Orchestration Suite.

Vergil is focused on providing IP led solutions through a portfolio of pre-packaged components, which are part of a web services solutions stack that Vergil develops and owns through its focus on the software integration market segment. The Web Services Orchestration Suite is the companys newest offering and is designed to help customers leverage their IT investments in an environment where most organizations have various EIS and legacy systems that hold their business logic and data. As these enterprises continue to adopt new business models, the integration of new solutions with existing assets has become increasingly arduous. With the evolving standards based approach and a service oriented architecture, Vergil has developed its suite of products to allow enterprises to be agile through rapid deployment of new business processes with very little or no development time and cost.

Partnering with a technology leader like Vergil is in alignment with our strategic focus on delivering technologically advanced solutions to meet the unique requirements of our clients. With the growing demand for a more flexible but tightly integrated IT environment, coupled with INTIQUAs vast experience in the integration/EAI market, we are certain that this partnership will strengthen our position in providing sophisticated solutions" said Dilip Keshu, CEO, INTIQUA International.

Vergil is an early and active participant in the emerging industry wide trend called the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and has built a range of tools, products, components and accelerated application development toolkits to help "next generation enterprises" to realize the SOA paradigm. With its expertise and focus on integration and web services, Vergil is proud to partner with INTIQUA. The companys knowledge and experience in implementing web services based solutions for its customers makes them a valuable partner" said N. Shekar, COO, Vergil Technology (P) Limited.

About INTIQUA International

INTIQUA International is global broad-based technology services integrator that helps companies implement intelligent solutions that solve business and operational issues. The company's suite of services aim to meet the unique requirements of companies, from business consulting, developing custom solutions (Software Engineering), implementing packaged solutions (Application Implementation), to outsourcing and managing applications (Service Level Agreements). It customers include Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO),

INTIQUA has formed strategic alliances with industry leaders including BEA Systems, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, and webMethods for pre-packaged solutions and technologies.

INTIQUA has 8 offices worldwide (including 3 software development facilities) and over 230 employees. For additional information, visit us at www.intiqua.com

About Vergil Technology (P) Limited

Vergil Technology (P) Limited operations are focused on the development of standard based solutions for the Software Integration segment using the SOA paradigm. The company has deep skills around this area and works to create a solution framework using the Web Services and J2EE standards. The companys management team comprises professionals with extensive experience in the IT industry in India and internationally, with leading organizations such as Fujitsu-ICL, Sun Microsystems, Thomson Group, and Morgan Stanley. Vergil has offices in Chennai and the United States. For more information, visit the Vergil website at http://www.vergiltech.com

For further information, please contact:

Ekta Sivasriamphai
INTIQUA International Pte Ltd   
Tel:+65-6557 0007            
Fax:+65-6557 0008
Email :ekta.s@intiqua.com

N. Shekar
Vergil Technology (P) Limited.
Tel: +91-44-4314482/4483
Fax: +91-44-4314481
Email: nshekar@vergiltech.com