NASA.L Regulatory News (NASA)

4 Sep 2008 10:15



Nasstar Plc

Contract Win: Allied Healthcare International Inc

Nasstar plc ("Nasstar", AIM: NASA), which delivers desktop computing over the internet, is pleased to report that it has today entered into a 4 year contract to provide its Hosted Desktop service to Allied Healthcare International Inc ("Allied" Nasdaq: AHCI; AIM: AHI), a leading provider of flexible healthcare staffing services in the United Kingdom.

Under the terms of the contract Nasstar's Hosted Desktop internet service will be rolled out to 800 staff in over 100 branches with the flexibility for further users and branches to be added during the contract term. Hosted Desktop enables each user to access all their applications and data through a web browser providing an alternative to traditional 'on-premise' computing. The applications being delivered include Microsoft Office Professional, Hosted Exchange email and Coldharbour software. 

The contract is for a period of 4 years and the actual value of the contract will depend on exact usage based on an agreed per user per month fee. 

This contract win does not lead to any change to the Company's market forecasts for the year ending 30 September 2008.

Charles Black, Nasstar's Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are delighted to have been appointed by Allied to deliver our innovative Hosted Desktop service across all their branches. This contract really underlines the benefits and scalability of our approach which transforms IT from a locally installed boxed product to an internet cloud computing model. It is a great endorsement for us for a large corporation like Allied to adopt our service and shows what other large organisations should be doing." 

Sandy Young, Allied's Chief Executive Officer said: "We are  very pleased to be adopting Nasstar's service, it's a different approach from the way we have bought IT in the past, delivers great benefits and saves us money. With over 100 office locations around the UK maintaining the computers in each office is costly and inefficient. By outsourcing the core desktop computing service to Nasstar, Allied's IT team can focus on delivering projects that really add value to our business Nasstar's  model of internet delivery and usage billing provide the flexibility for our geographically diverse operations and ensure we have a scalable service that caters for our growth plans."

ENDS

Contact informationNasstar plcCharles Black, Chief Executive Officer 020 7148 5000Ambrian Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)Tim Goodman 020 7634 4705

About Nasstar plcNasstar (http://www.nasstar.com) provides computing over the internet, enabling subscribers to do all of their computing in the internet cloud, with access to their desktop, files, applications and email over the internet rather than on-premise. Cloud computing is a highly scalable service that provides benefits including anywhere access to computing and provides an alternative to traditional locally installed on-premise computing.

Nasstar was founded in 1998 by Charles Black. Nasstar plc was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market in December 2005 (AIM: NASA).

About Allied Healthcare International IncAllied Healthcare International Inc. (Nasdaq: AHCI; AIM: AHI) (http://www.alliedhealthcare.com) is a leading provider of flexible healthcare staffing services in the United Kingdom. Allied operates a community-based network of approximately one hundred branches with the capacity to provide carers (known as home health aides in the U.S.), nurses, and specialized medical personnel to locations covering approximately 90% of the U.K. population. Allied meets the needs of private patients, community care, nursing homes, and hospitals.