2007-03-20

Birdstep receives substantial order for database products

Birdstep Database Division has received a substantial order from a major player in the Healthcare industry. The order includes the latest releases of Birdstep's Embedded and Server portfolio.

Oslo/Stockholm/Seattle/San Francisco/Cambridge – March 20 2007- Birdstep Technology today announced that a major player in the Healthcare industry has signed a three year contract with Birdstep to use Birdstep's RDM Embedded 7.1 and RDM Server 8.0 Databases. The order RDM Server version 8.0 will be launched in the second quarter 2007.

The company will use our products in combination with their award winning product developed for healthcare providers and players, which allows clinicians, administrator and financial professionals to have access to the data they need when they need it.

“This agreement is a good proof-point that our strategy is paying off. We will continue to listen to our customers and deliver business value to our clients moving forward” said Steinar Sande , CEO database division.

“With more than 20 years of success solving real-time data management problems in the Healthcare vertical, Birdstep is pleased to be the choice for the company's next generation systems.”





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About Birdstep (www.birdstep.com)

Birdstep Technology ASA is a public company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) under ticker 'BIRD'. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Birdstep AB in Sweden, Birdstep Technology Inc. in Seattle, Birdstep Technology in San Francisco, US and Birdstep Technology Ltd in Cambridge, UK.

Birdstep Technology is a global software development, marketing and sales company offering seamless connectivity and mobility client software for mobile data users on laptops, pocket PC and Smartphones as well as state-of-the-art embedded database technologies.

Birdstep has an installed base at more than 40 operators globally including T-mobile Group, Vodafone Group, Orange, TIM, Turkcell, TMN, KPN, Sprint, Telenor and TeliaSonera. The company also cooperates with global partners such as Nokia, SonyEricsson, Cisco, Intel, Ericsson, Nortel Networks, HP and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.

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