iSoftStone Announces the Establishment of a Center of Excellence, in Partnership with AsiaSoft for Jaspersoft - a leading Open Source Business Intelligence Software Provider

BEIJING, Aug 6 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- iSoftStone Holdings Limited (iSoftStone), a global provider of consulting, IT outsourcing, and business process outsourcing services, announced the establishment of a Center of Excellence (COE) in China for Jaspersoft, in partnership with AsiaSoft, a distributor of software in Greater China. This COE will be established to provide existing and potential customers as well as partners with technical assistance and related knowledge of Jaspersoft products.

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Jaspersoft is the global market leader in Open Source Business Intelligence software. Its Professional Version is used by over 89,000 registered developers in the community and more than 9000 commercial customers in 96 countries. Jaspersoft has localized its Professional Version in Chinese and targets customers and partners in China through its partnership with AsiaSoft. To better attend to the technical needs of existing Jaspersoft customers and partners as well as develop potential market in Greater China area, Jaspersoft has supported the establishment of the COE by iSoftStone and AsiaSoft.

This COE will serve as a platform for both existing and potential customers, and partners, to drive increased acceptance of Jaspersoft products. Important functions will include:

-- Introduction to the vast benefits offered by the Professional Version

of Jaspersoft solutions, especially for parties that have enjoyed the

Community Version.

-- Knowledge of the advanced functionality of the Professional Version

that would reduce cost and improve efficiency for the Business

Intelligence projects and applications that are planned or currently

underway.

-- Regular workshops for customers and partners to allow them to sample

the Professional Version.

-- Assistance in downloading the Professional Version for evaluation and

demonstration on how to implement the Professional Version effectively

and efficiently.

-- Provision of professional services to implement the Professional

Version of Jaspersoft to various applications and projects.

Through the establishment of COE in Partnership with AsiaSoft for Jaspersoft, iSoftStone will further widen its technical expertise and solutions within Business Intelligence area, and better serve its global clients, especially the existing and potential customers in Greater China.

About iSoftStone

iSoftStone Holdings Limited (iSoftStone) is a global provider of business consulting, IT outsourcing, and business process outsourcing services to clients in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, and Greater China. Headquartered in Beijing with offices in key client geographies, iSoftStone provides a comprehensive end-to-end service offering including on-shore client-facing business consulting, and off-shore delivery of IT outsourcing and software product engineering services. iSoftStone focuses on key client industries including financial services, telecommunications, high technology, energy & utilities, and healthcare, etc. For more information, please visit http://www.isoftstone.com .

About Jaspersoft

Jaspersoft's open source business intelligence suite is the world's most widely used BI software, with more than 8 million total downloads worldwide and more than 10,000 commercial customers in 96 countries. The company's Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite provides a web-based, open and modular approach that addresses the next generation business intelligence needs of the enterprise. Jaspersoft's software is rapidly updated by a community of more than 90,000 registered members working on more than 350 projects, which represents the world's largest business intelligence community. More information is available at http://www.jaspersoft.com and http://www.jasperforge.org .

About AsiaSoft

AsiaSoft has developed a software eco-system which includes distribution, engineering, training, and advisory. AsiaSoft's belief of 'Software Powers Infrastructure' guides the Company to engineer, sell and support software solutions that enable enterprises to deploy powerful computing infrastructures. Deploying a partner centric model, AsiaSoft has developed a number of strategic partnerships to offer the best of breed enterprise solutions to users in various industries.

For more information, please visit http://www.asiasoft.hk .