Joins Sun iForce Partner Program

Pune, India, 18 Mar 2005

e-Zest has become Sun iForce Partner

e-Zest Solutions Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 certified international software services & IT consulting from Pune, India announced today that it has joined Sun Microsystems’ iForce(sm) Partner Program. As an iForce partner, e-Zest will have partner level access to latest news, whitepapers, and software tools to support its clients’ development on latest technology platforms from Sun. e.g. Sun's unique RFID middleware platform, the Java System RFID software, Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Java Enterprise System etc.

This relationship further extends e-Zest's visibility and market reach, as well as strengthens the company's Java Competency Center’s expertise. e-Zest's Sun Java Competency Center is responsible for executing J2EE projects, developing Java reusable components that can be used across projects , providing Java technology consulting to clients (Internal and external), and improving e-Zest's Java core expertise.

e-Zest leverages Java (J2EE / Sun One, J2SE, Struts, Java Web Services, J2ME) technology framework to deliver business value to customers. Sun Java Competency team utilizes e-Zest extensive project experience and the knowledge of Java technology levers like Java Web Services, Java Distributed applications and J2ME on small devices to deliver inordinate business value for customers. e-Zest does this by proactively investing in understanding and assimilating the business benefits that each Java technology lever can offer. Partnership with SUN will take this expertise to new heights.

Sun's iForce Program brings together Sun and its best of breed partners worldwide to deliver proven solutions that reduce cost and time to market. The iForce Program addresses business objectives by helping to reduce risk and speed time to implementation of solutions that help lower total cost of ownership and increase the productivity of assets.

The iForce Program consists of partners who deliver a rich array of products, programs, services and solutions ultimately delivering targeted, customer-driven vertical and horizontal solutions which help improve business processes such as decision support systems, supply chain management, product design and development, e-mail and communications.

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