Alliance with NetStore Plc

Mondas PLC 1 September 2000 Mondas PLC ('Mondas' or 'the Company') The following announcement will be made at the Company's Annual General Meeting today: Announcement of Alliance with NetStore plc. Mondas PLC, a leading e-Business software house, specialising in the securities and banking markets and Internet software, is delighted to announce it has signed an alliance agreement with NetStore plc ('NetStore'). NetStore plc, Europe's leading Application Service Provider, hosts and manages software applications for customers on a fixed price, per user, per month basis via the Internet. This agreement enables Mondas and NetStore to offer complete e-business solutions alongside NetStore's ASP services. Under this partnership agreement, opportunities for the additional 'in-house' infrastructure solutions required by NetStore customers will be passed to Mondas. The agreement will also enable Mondas, as a Reseller of NetStore ASP services, to offer these services for organisation-wide Microsoft Exchange email solutions and secure backup, storage and retrieval of mission critical information. The projected growth of the European ASP markets gives both NetStore and Mondas an opportunity to deliver a complete solution offering real and quantifiable business benefits to their customers. Tim Simon, Chief Executive of Mondas PLC commented: 'There is no doubt about the growth potential of the ASP market, and this joint initiative with NetStore ensures that we will be able to exploit this opportunity fully. We believe that this agreement will be the start of a very productive relationship.' Gary Smith, Chief Executive Officer of NetStore plc added: 'NetStore is delighted to add Mondas to its expanding reseller base. The financial services market represents a significant growth area for the ASP delivery model. We are looking forward to developing this opportunity through our partnership with Mondas.' Enquiries: Mondas PLC Tel: 01932 334600 www.mondas.com Tim Simon College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020 Matthew Smallwood Email:matthew.smallwood@collegehill.com Chelsea Allen Email:chelsea.allen@collegehill.com NetStore plc Tel: 01344 444300 www.netstore.net Sean O'Reilly, VP Marketing Email: sean.oreilly@netstore.net Hilary Goodband, PR Executive Email: hilary.Goodband@netstore.net About Mondas PLC: Mondas' e-Business technologies enable Securities and Investment houses to deploy new front and back office applications, to facilitate straight through processing. Full details can be found on the Mondas website at www.mondas.com. About NetStore plc. NetStore is Europe's biggest Application Service Provider ('ASP'). NetStore hosts and manages business applications via the Internet providing businesses and individuals with the flexibility to access the software and support services they require on a predictable pay-per-seat, per month basis. This saves on the up-front costs of investing in technology or in the IT support required to maintain it, enabling clients to focus on their core business. NetStore deliver fully scalable, reliable and secure services including Microsoft Exchange, On-line Backup and Recovery and PCRefresh(TM) to an expanding customer base. The services provided include all application software, licencing, upgrades and can, if required, include education and consulting. To date, 16,000 business users have chosen NetStore to host and manage their software as a better alternative to running their application in- house. Anheuser-Busch, Avon, Business Objects, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Logica, NatWest Bank, NTL and BT are amongst those benefiting from the immediate and quantifiable business benefits delivered by NetStore's ASP services.
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