Asera chooses Aztec to provide engineering services

NEW DELHI: Aztec Software and Technology Services Ltd. has announced that it has

reached an agreement with Asera Inc., of Belmont, California, to expand its

engineering services to include development and support of solution applications

that utilize and extend Asera's eBusiness offerings. As part of the agreement,

Asera's Bangalore based employees will relocate to be co-resident with Aztec at

Aztec's Koramangala development center in order to create a closer working

relationship between the two companies.

"We are ecstatic that Asera has picked us for this important work",

said Chris Brown, Aztec's president and CEO. "We are particularly looking

forward to contributing to the close industry focus that Asera solutions have

taken on, and the expansion of our skills in these areas," said Mr. Brown.

"We see growing market recognition of Asera's technology and we are pleased

to support Asera during this high-growth period," he added.

"Aztec has been one of Asera's key engineering partners over the past

three years and this is a logical next step that strengthens the

partnership", said David Murphy, President and CEO of Asera. "Aztec's

knowledge of our software makes them an ideal partner for expanded work on our

solution-offerings."

"Work on Asera's commerce solutions is set to begin immediately, and

over the next two weeks Asera employees based in Bangalore will begin relocating

to Aztec's facilities," commented Mr. Brown.