Ness Technologies Wins $75 Million Contract with Barclays Capital

Ness Technologies, Inc., a global provider of information technology solutions and services, has won a $75 million contract with Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, to establish an Israel Development and Engineering Center (IDEC), which will provide technology development and engineering services.

"We are pleased to partner with Barclays Capital on this significant initiative to establish a software development and engineering center in Israel," said Sachi Gerlitz, president and CEO of Ness Technologies (News - Alert), in a statement.

Gerlitz said that during the course of the engagement, the company will contribute its knowledge and expertise in building and managing software development labs.

“We will employ our unique software development methodology, taking good advantage of Israel's pool of high quality engineering talent," he said.

Ness Technologies is a global provider of IT and business services and solutions with specialized expertise in software product engineering; and system integration, application development, consulting and software distribution.

TMCnet in November reported that Leumi Card, Israel's second-largest credit company, awarded a three year outsourcing contract to Ness Technologies for help in operating its outbound call center.

Officials with Ness said that the company will operate Leumi Card's help desk center, located at Leumi Card's headquarters in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, serving approximately 1,800 of Leumi Card's employees.

Company officials said that Ness will also provide field services to support Leumi Card's IT systems. Ness will operate according to a service level agreement (SLA).

As part of the contract, Ness will implement SysAid (News - Alert) Technologies' SysAid help desk and asset management platform, together with Consist Systems LTD, and will replace the existing system. Consist Systems represents SysAid Technologies in Israel.



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Edited by Jennifer Russell