Dubai, UAE, 23^rd July 2003

Comtrust announced today the latest sign-up for its rapidly expanding Comtrust Solutions Partner (CSP) programme. Jordanian ESKADENIA Software Solutions, a dedicated software development company will market and provision Comtrust’s portfolio of e-business solutions in Jordan and through its satellite offices in the UK, Lebanon and the UAE.
According to the two companies, the new relationship will strengthen Comtrust's market penetration and enrich ESKADENIA's range of products and services.

"The success of our CSP programme can be directly attributed to the class of partners it attracts. ESKADENIA joins a growing family of regional best-of-breed e-business solution providers. It now has access to cutting-edge technologies, specialist industry insight across a range of sectors, an e-business knowledge base second to none with locally focused know-how," said Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, General Manager, Comtrust.

Comtrust's complete e-business range comprising an array of solutions within the spheres of e-Hosting, e-Payment, e-Security and e-Retailing will be now available through ESKADENIA, enhancing the company's own portfolio of software solutions.

"Joining the CSP programme delivers immediate benefits to our customers through our ability to augment our own offering with Comtrust's. The value added is significant since we are now able to offer regionally based world-class hosting solutions, e-Payment services and authentication solutions in hand with our ESKADENIA Internet solutions, products, services and offerings" said Mr. Nael Salah, Managing Director of ESKADENIA.

"It also gives us the opportunity to offer our range of software in an ASP model, reducing customers' total cost of ownership, removing the headache of application management but still delivering all the functionality and reliability the market has come to expect form ESKADENIA." Added Salah.

The Amman-headquartered company designs, develops and deploys a number of software solutions, geared towards the public and enterprise sectors, including specialist industry applications for telecommunications, ERP and insurance. The company has developed its own billing and Internet-focused applications, and offers a variety of wireless applications. The company played an integral part in the e-enabling of several Jordanian public sectors as the Amman Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

The addition of ESKADENIA sees the number of companies participating in the CSP programme at 11, covering the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Pakistan. According to Comtrust, the CSP programme plays an integral role in the company's regional expansion plans. It has been designed to bring together the region's leading providers of e-business solutions into a collaborative effort to drive regional e-commerce.