NSTC Ness Technologies, Inc. (MM)

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, January 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ness Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTC), a global provider of IT services and solutions, today announced that it has sold its ownership interest in dbMotion Ltd. for $6 million to other shareholders of dbMotion. dbMotion was spun-off from Ness Technologies in 2004. dbMotion is a provider of healthcare information integration software that facilitates interoperability and Health Information Exchange (HIE) for health information networks and integrated healthcare delivery systems. The technology was originally developed by Ness Technologies. In February 2006, the dbMotion(TM) Solution was recognized as a "Best in Class" winner in the Interoperability/RHIO category of the 2006 Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) annual awards. Recently, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and dbMotion announced an $84 million initiative to create one of the largest models of true interoperability in healthcare. dbMotion will receive at least $35 million of this amount, including an investment by UPMC. dbMotion's unique technology will provide a flexible platform for UPMC's clinicians to securely access integrated patient information across its 19 hospitals and 400 outpatient sites and doctors' offices, without replacing existing systems. "We had a good opportunity to realize value from our investment in dbMotion and decided to sell our ownership interest in the company," said Raviv Zoller, President and CEO of Ness Technologies. "This is the second time in recent months that we surfaced value from the sale of IP, and the divestment represents another step in Ness Technologies' strategy to focus on its core business of IT services. We are proud of the progress made by this Ness-originated enterprise and we will continue to cooperate with dbMotion wherever our services are required. We wish the management team, employees and shareholders of dbMotion every success in the future." About dbMotion dbMotion is a premier provider of healthcare information integration software that facilitates interoperability and Health Information Exchange (HIE) for health information networks and integrated healthcare delivery systems. The dbMotion(TM) Solution gives caregivers and information systems secure access to an integrated patient record composed from the patient's medical data maintained at facilities that are otherwise unconnected or have no common technology through which to share data. The proven solution has been implemented in demanding environments for the past six years - serving millions of patients and integrating billions of individual records of clinical information. For more information on dbMotion visit http://www.dbmotion.com/ About Ness Technologies Ness Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTC) is a global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions designed to help clients improve competitiveness and efficiency. Ness specializes in outsourcing and offshore, systems integration and application development, software and consulting, and quality assurance and training. With 7,500 employees, Ness maintains operations in 16 countries, and partners with over 100 software and hardware vendors worldwide. For more information about Ness Technologies, visit http://www.ness.com/. Forward Looking Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements often are preceded by words such as "believes," "expects," "may," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "assumes," "will" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, as of the date of this press release, and involve certain risks and uncertainties. Ness' actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward looking statements as a result of various factors. Some of the factors that could cause future results to materially differ from the recent results or those projected in forward-looking statements include the "Risk Factors" described in Ness' Annual Report of Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2006. Media contact: David Kanaan USA: +1-888-244-4919 Intl: +972-3-540-8188 Email: Investor contact: Drew Wright USA: +1-888-267-8160 Email: DATASOURCE: Ness Technologies Inc CONTACT: Media contact: David Kanaan, USA: +1-888-244-4919, Intl: +972-3-540-8188, Email: . Investor contact: Drew Wright, USA: +1-888-267-8160, Email:

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