QPR participating to an official export promotion trip to UAE
03 Mayo 2010

QPR Software Plc is participating to the Finnish export promotion trip to United Arab Emirates and Qatar, headed by the Minister of Communications of Finland in 3−7 May, 2010. QPR has more than 30 customers in the Gulf Region, including the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Emirates Identity Authority, Dubai Aluminium and Gulf Agency. During the trip the Company looks for new customers who are interested improving and managing their performance and processes.

QPR Software has executed business in the Persian Gulf region for nine years, with an emphasis on the United Arab Emirates (UAE). QPR operates in the region through local reseller, IYCON.

“The Finnish Business Delegation visiting the UAE together with the Finnish Communications Minister is going to be a very significant promotion event, and I have great expectations towards it. We already have solid reference customers in the United Arab Emirates, and the reputation of QPR in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is very strong. At this point we would especially like to increase our business activity by introducing QPR’s international best practice, together with local UAE examples at the highest level of the government”, says QPR´s Chief Executive Officer Jari Jaakkola.

“We launched an Arabic version of our software three years ago, and after that our position in the region has strengthened considerably. Together with our reseller, we can help local organizations with their own language to use best practices in improving processes and performance. Thanks to this approach local and central government units and major companies from South Africa to European Union countries and Russian Federation have chosen our software”, says sales manager Laurent Sari from QPR Software Sales International team, and responsible for QPR’s Middle East sales activities.

The focus of the Finnish export promotion visit to the UAE and Qatar is on the Information and Communication Technologies, Internet–based Environments and the Education.

About QPR Software Plc

QPR Software Plc is an international, highly regarded partner for enterprises and public sector in process development and business performance improvement. QPR’s mission is to help people and organizations to take control of their business processes and achieve their goals. QPR software has been implemented in more than 1,500 organizations across the globe and is provided in more than 20 languages. QPR was founded in 1991, has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and subsidiary OOO QPR Software in Moscow, Russia. QPR Software Plc co-operates with an extensive network of talented partners in over 50 countries worldwide. In 2009 QPR software was delivered to 70 countries. QPR Software's share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. (ticker: QPR1V).

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For more information in QPR Software, please contact:
Laurent Sari Sales Manager, Software Sales International
Tel. +358 50 4128 873 l
laurent.sari(at)qpr.com