July 7, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC), a provider of information technology solutions and services, said that its outsourcing contract with Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection has been extended for an additional three years, in a deal valued at about 10 million Israeli shekels, or around $2.6 million.

Under the deal, Ness Technologies will operate and maintain the ministry's IT systems around the clock, including infrastructure systems and application development.

Ness will assume overall responsibility for the ministry's IT systems according to a service level agreement. Ness Technologies' Unified Reference and Delivery Center, a help desk center serving outsourcing customers, will serve as the ministry's help desk for around 600 users.

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

Ness’ global delivery model combining offshore, near-shore and local teams. The firm has about 7,800 employees, with operations in North America, Europe, Israel and India, and customers in over 20 countries.

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