IT services provider Ness Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: NSTC; TASE: NSTC) said today that the Courts Administration has awarded a maintenance and operations contract for Israel's national paperless e-filing system to Ness, IBM Global Services and Taldor Group (TASE: TALD).
Ness is the prime contractor for the NIS 60 million (about $16.7 million) project. Ness's share in the deal is NIS 25 million (about $6.9 million).
The contract covers through the end of 2011.
The "Next Generation Court System," was developed and deployed in phases over the last three years, and the roll-out was successfully completed in mid May 2010. The e-filing system was developed and deployed by Ness Technologies, IBM Global Services (IBM's services arm) and Taldor, with each company contributing added value in different parts of the project. Ness was the prime contractor.
The paperless system covers more than 40 locations and serves over 3,500 internal users in the court system throughout Israel. The centralized system manages court information, case filings and dockets of all of the country's 600 judges and their support staff, and is accessible to law firms, other public organizations and the general public.
Ness Israel president Effi Kotek said, "The electronic filing system handles approximately one million new court filings and approximately 70 million new document pages per year. It is a groundbreaking system that connects thousands of judicial authority personnel and over 52,000 external lawyers and other external users."
Ness has about 7,800 employees, with operations in North America, Europe, Israel and India.
Ness shares closed on Friday at $4.74, giving a market cap of $180.12 million. Ness shares rose 2.6% on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) by the early afternoon.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on October 18, 2010
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