INTIQUA and Vergil Plan to Invest in Offshore Development Center in Chennai

San Francisco May 21, 2003 INTIQUA International, a leading broad-based technology services integrator and Vergil Technology a leader in providing comprehensive integration solutions today announced that they planned to establish an offshore development center in Chennai.

San Francisco May 21, 2003

INTIQUA International, a leading broad-based technology services integrator and Vergil Technology a leader in providing comprehensive integration solutions today announced that they planned to establish an offshore development center in Chennai. INTIQUA and Vergil share a common investor, eVentures (a joint venture between Softbank and Newscorps ePartners) and have been close business associates for a while.

INTIQUA resells Vergil's suite of products and also provides 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 development and is well regarded for its skills in leading edge technologies from Sun, Microsoft and IBM, EAI platforms and application Servers while INTIQUA is focused on providing a broad range of solutions that include software engineering (development on site and offshore), packaged application integration, application maintenance and extended services such as call center and BPO services. INTIQUAs offshore development capabilities have been proven in several leading Fortune 500 firms. INTIQUA will move some of the integration and IP-oriented development offshore work it does for clients to this center in Chennai so that it can, with Vergil, create a Web Services and Integration Competency Center.

"Vergil brings to the table deep competencies in the web services and integration area. INTIQUA has solid, real life experience in complex extra and intra enterprise integrations having worked in this realm for several Fortune 500 firms. The combination of methods, technology and knowledge will greatly benefit our clients," said Dilip Keshu, CEO, INTIQUA International.

"We have moved to a larger center with INTIQUA. We are happy to work with a sister firm who has been a good partner to us in developing an offshore development and competency center. Partnerships such as these help leverage the best of each company and the complementary offering and value will be clearly differentiated," said N. Shekar, CEO, 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).
INTIQUA has formed strategic alliances with industry leaders including BEA Systems, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, and webMethods for pre-packaged solutions and technologies. INTIQUA operates all over the world and serves an impressive list of clients, big, medium and small. For additional information, visit us at http://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 company's 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