HP recognizes Marand’s outstanding contributions

HP CMS Business Partner of the Year Awards 2008

Vienna, Austria, 9th December 2008 – HP today announced the winners of its eleventh annual Communications & Media Solutions (CMS) Business Partner of the Year Awards. The award honours partners in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to HP in the Communications & Media industry.

Marand is awarded the Partner of the Year Award for outstanding innovation in the area of 3G Video Applications. Marand applications have helped HP CMS win new 3G VAS projects in 2008 and created the foundation to expand these installations with further VAS services in 2009 and beyond.

This year’s awards were presented at the HP Communications World Conference in Vienna on 9th–11th December, a flagship event detailing HP’s strategy in this area for the year ahead. HP Communications World is the premier event for IT professionals in the Communications, Media, and Entertainment industries.

Tomaž Gornik, VP at Marand: "We are very proud of attaining the HP Business Partners of the Year Awards. Winning the award for the third time in a row shows that Marand is bringing to the HP software business, not just in the technological areas and innovation but also in the ability to open up new markets and win new customers. The third award proves our long term commitments as HP's partner."

About Marand

Marand is a customer-centric company providing flexible, standard-based solutions for service providers worldwide, while establishing a global network of partnerships with leading international system integrators and technical consultants, as well as providers of complimentary hardware and software products. Based on the success of its project teams, long-term engineering agreements have been formed with several international companies. The software engineering and system integration capabilities of Marand are based on ISO 9000-3 standards.

About HP

HP, the world’s largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology experience for consumers and businesses. HP completed its acquisition of EDS on Aug. 26, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/