HACKENSACK, New Jersey, October 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ness Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTCNASDAQ:andNASDAQ:TASE:NASDAQ:NSTC), a global provider of information technology services and solutions, today announced the launch of two systems that help fight terror and crime in urban areas, at ISDEF - Israel Defense, the international army and police exhibition, being held October 12-14, 2009, in Tel Aviv, Israel. The first system is ASM - Area Smart Monitoring, and the second is The Sixth Sense - a system that identifies suspicious persons in an urban scene. ASM builds intelligence situation pictures for urban areas. The system is based on a real-time data fusion and sensor management engine that integrates information acquired in real-time with analyzed intelligence information. The system monitors urban areas and helps enhance urban security, creating a real-time urban situation picture that provides critical information to homeland security, law enforcement and public safety agencies. ASM identifies and tracks suspicious activities of individuals or groups, and helps prevent terror and criminal acts, as well as capture suspects after an event has occurred. The system generates alerts when suspected activities are detected. The real-time information is received from various sources, such as cellular location systems, license plate recognition systems, video cameras equipped with automatic content analysis algorithms, GPS location systems and human observers. ASM can work in two modes of operation: collection mode and command and control mode. In collection mode, the system collects, integrates and displays information gathered on a person, a group or a site, enabling the user to create a routine behavior pattern. In command and control mode, ASM integrates in real-time the data received from the real-time sources with the analyzed intelligence data. The Sixth Sense is an automatic system that alerts the end user to abnormal patterns of motion. A scene is surveilled by video cameras. All moving objects (e.g., humans, animals, vehicles) are automatically detected and tracked. Each trajectory is carefully examined in order to determine whether it is normal or not. Two types of alerts are produced by the system. The first is based on user definitions, such as loitering, running, abrupt direction changes, etc. The second is based on system self-learning. It accumulates statistics during the learning stage and applies them to each incoming trajectory during the recognition stage. The Sixth Sense can also be integrated within the ASM as a source of information immediately and directly contributing to the urban situation picture generated by the ASM. Sixth Sense successfully deals with crowded urban areas where human operators can hardly perceive and absorb all the incoming information. In such situations the system draws the operator's attention to specific events in the scene. The system is also used in the areas where human supervision is not available 24 hours a day. "Terror and crime in urban areas are a growing threat to public safety in many countries. ASM and The Sixth Sense enable continuous monitoring and information collection, both in routine and emergency times, in order to spot unusual behavior and identify potential threats," said Michael Zinderman, President, Technologies & Systems Group (TSG), Ness Technologies. "These systems are another milestone in our portfolio of innovative systems serving military, homeland security, law enforcement and emergency agencies." About Ness Technologies Ness Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTC) is a global provider of IT and business services and solutions with specialized expertise in software product engineering; system integration, application development and consulting; and software distribution. Ness delivers its portfolio of solutions and services using a global delivery model combining offshore, near-shore and local teams. With about 7,800 employees, Ness maintains operations in 18 countries, and partners with numerous software and hardware vendors worldwide. For more information about Ness Technologies, visit http://www.ness.com/. Forward Looking Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements often are preceded by words such as "believes," "expects," "may," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "assumes," "will" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, as of the date of this press release, and involve certain risks and uncertainties. Ness' actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward looking statements as a result of various factors. Some of the factors that could cause future results to materially differ from the recent results or those projected in forward-looking statements include the "Risk Factors" described in Ness' Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009. Ness is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise. Media Contact: David Kanaan Intl: +972-54-425-5307 Email: Investor Relations Contact: Drew Wright USA: +1-201-488-3262 Email: DATASOURCE: Ness Technologies Inc CONTACT: Media Contact: David Kanaan, Intl: +972-54- 425-5307, Email: ; Investor Relations Contact: Drew Wright, USA: +1-201-488-3262, Email:

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