SQS Software Quality Systems AG Regulatory News (SQS)

21 Feb 2006 17:18

SQS Software Quality Systems AG21 February 2006 For immediate release 21 February 2006 SQS Software Quality Systems AG SQS AG Concludes Partnership with Weekly IT Journal COMPUTERWOCHE Cologne/London, 21 February 2006: SQS Software Quality Systems AG and the Germanweekly IT journal COMPUTERWOCHE published by IDG Business Verlag are setting upan alliance. An agreement signed on 26 January 2006 provides for a mediaalliance in connection with the independent industry Software & Systems QualityConferences held annually by SQS. SQS and publisher IDG Verlag have agreed on the mutual usage of the print andonline channels of COMPUTERWOCHE for the 11th annual industry conference to beheld from 10 to 12 May 2006 in the Congress Center Stadthalle in Dusseldorf. Themove comes as a joined attempt to further enhance the profile of thisinternational conference on software quality. The objective is to increaseattendance versus the figures for 2005, when 720 people participated in theevent. Among the COMPUTERWOCHE promotional activities will be a micro site onthe www.computerwoche.de homepage on the subject of "Software Without Bugs",which will allow users to interact with sponsors and conference exhibitors. SQS, the European leader in software quality management and testing, is on itsway to making the Software & Systems Quality Conferences Europe's largest eventin this field. Rudolf van Megen, CEO of SQS AG, commented on the move: "IDG isthe leading provider of IT and telecommunications media both in Germany andinternationally. Using its channels will allow us to approach and target ourmessage to prospective conference attendees." - End - For further information please contact: Further information: Pressekontakt+Abbildungen:SQS Software Quality Systems AG PR-Partner KolnLiliana Preuss Roger HomrichStollwerckstrasse 11 Neumarkt 35-37D - 51149 Cologne D- 50667 ColognePhone +49 (0)2203 91 54 - 0 Phone +49 (0)221 92 15 04 10Fax +49 (0)2203 91 54 - 15 Fax +49 (0)221 92 15 04 29E-Mail: liliana.preuss@sqs.de E-Mail: homrich@pr-partner-koeln.deInternet: http://www.sqs.de Internet: http://www.pr-partner-koeln.de IDG Business Verlag GmbH PubliKom KommunikationsberatungMichael Beilfuss Iris KampfVerlagsleitung COMPUTERWOCHELyonel-Feininger-Strasse 26 Borselstrasse 7D- 80807 Munich 22765 HamburgPhone +49 (0)89 36089-488 Phone +49 (0)40 399272-18Internet: http://www.computerwoche.de Internet: http://www.publikom.com Print resolution images are available for the media to view and download from www.vismedia.co.uk Notes to Editors SQS Software Quality Systems AG SQS is the largest independent European provider of software testing and qualitymanagement services. SQS consultants design and oversee quality managementprocesses during software and systems development, and test the resultingproducts for errors and omissions. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, SQS now has operations across Europe withoffices in seven countries and has over 450 employees. SQS has a strong presencein Germany (Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Hamburg) with subsidiariesin the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria. SQS also has a minor stake inan operation in Portugal and a partnership operation in Spain. With over 3,000 completed projects under its belt, SQS has a strong customerbase including half of the DAX 30 companies and 30% of the STOXX-50. Theyinclude names like Dresdner Bank, Lloyds TSB, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone,Daimler Chrysler, and Alcatel spread across the full range of industries. SQS is the first German company to have a primary listing on AIM, completing itsIPO on 20 September 2005 raising £10.8m before expenses at an issue price of190p. SQS is included in the Software and Computer Services sector (9530) withinthe Computer Services subsector (9533) and has a RIC code of SQS.L. SQScompleted a secondary listing on the Deutsche Boerse in Frankfurt on 1stDecember 2005. For further information, please visit www.sqs-uk.com. COMPUTERWOCHE Since 1974, the weekly IT journal COMPUTERWOCHE published by IDG Business Verlaghas provided timely and detailed reporting on all issues concerning corporateinformation and communications technology, including the latest trends,up-and-coming technologies, innovative products and new markets. IT managers andprofessionals contribute technical and strategic information that allowsbusinesses and their customers to obtain an optimum IT configuration.COMPUTERWOCHE is the information medium for the information technology market,featuring informed, in-depth and outspoken journalism. COMPUTERWOCHE reachesover 324,000 readers according to AWA 2005. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange