Egypt & UK in Strategic Partnership to Deliver Comprehensive IT Solutions, Cairo, Egypt/London, England – 21 st June 2002 --- Allied Soft in Cairo and NBS of London , nnounced the signing of a strategic partnership which will exploit the strengths of both businesses to deliver high quality, cost effective business solutions to Europe and the Middle East.

The agreement between both companies covers many areas of mutual interest. It enables Allied Soft to tap into a more mature IT market, offering highly skilled developers across many IT disciplines, as well as providing certified training courses for European delegates. NBS will distribute Contabra ™, their Content Management System throughout the Middle East, utilising the Allied Soft team to implement, train and support the product. NBS will also take advantage of the larger pool of qualified developers to offer European customers timely and cost efficient solutions, without compromising quality.

Offshore development is a well recognised concept, within the European business community, said Kay Kennedy, Managing Director of NBS. “However we are not, and never have been, prepared to offer concessions on quality, design or service. Delivering successful solutions not only requires superior development skills , but good communication, wise management and dedication. Season this with a “can-do” mind-set and guardianship of the customer dream , and you have a successful recipe. We are delighted to have found those ingredients within this alliance,” she added.

Mohamed Reda, Chairman of Allied Soft, has been putting some of his best Internet architects through intensive training for the Contabra™ Web Content Management. “Web Content Management is a fast growing technology, enabling organisations to delegate their website updates to non-technical users. The team at Allied are capable of advising, implementing and training users on Contabra, as well as offering full support for users across the region.” he said. “We are very excited about this exceptional partnership. Both successful companies within their respective regions, this collaboration and unity of skills will offer customers tangible business benefit, he said.

As Web Designers for The Egyptian British Chamber of Commerce www.theebcc.com and The Middle East Association
www.the-mea.co.uk as in addition to running workshops every year at the annual conference for ‘Women in Business in The Arab World' (www.womeninbusiness.org.uk), has allowed NBS to have an appreciation of the region.

For the European marketplace , NBS have been delivering successful IT solutions for six years. With a development team crossing many disciplines, NBS develop a variety of solutions which address the business need. These include stand alone databases, Customer Profiling, Supply Chain Management, Web Design as well as their own Web Content Management System, Contabra™.