Brno, Czech Republic - January 23, 2001

Compaq EMEA today announced that it has awarded Moravia IT with the title "Compaq Best Localization Partner 2000 in Europe, Middle East and Africa." Moravia IT, a multi-language provider of software and Web site localization services, has recently changed its name from Moravia Translations to better reflect its focus on information technologies and to indicate that the variety of services provided is wider than the original name suggested.

The award was officially presented by Compaq's EMEA Localization and Certification Director Frans Bruinsma during his visit at Moravia's headquarters in Brno, Czech Republic. On the occasion of his visit and meeting with the dedicated Compaq team at Moravia, Frans said: "The competition was a very close race in all criteria, and all of Compaq's localization partners have shown excellent performance. At this point I would like to thank you and your teams on behalf of Compaq EMEA for your excellent contribution to our business in 2000."

The localization team at Compaq is known for its well-elaborated system of technical and linguistic quality assurance and for the strict criteria it applies, which are the basis for the annual awards. Moravia has been scoring consistently high on the projects completed in 2000 in the whole range of assessed criteria.

Moravia currently provides its localization services to Compaq into 11 European languages, serving the needs of the Portables, Warranties, and Desktops and Workstations groups within Compaq. The complete solutions provided include full localization as well as the optimization of documents for print and on-line publishing. Compaq appreciates the linguistic and technical quality of Moravia deliverables, as well as the proactive approach, feedback on the processes used, and troubleshooting, which have been so critical in meeting their strict deadlines.

This award confirms Moravia IT's success in 2000 and adds to the award Entrepreneur Of The Year, organized by Ernst & Young in 22 countries worldwide, which Moravia's General Manager & CEO Katerina Forstingerova has won in the Czech Republic for 2000.

Moravia Worldwide is a leading globalization solution provider, enabling companies in the information technology, e-learning, life sciences and financial industries to enter global markets with high quality multilingual products. Moravia's solutions include localization and product testing services, internationalization, multilingual publishing, technical translation and content creation. With dedicated testing and engineering solutions, Moravia helps companies release their software and hardware products globally by providing services that include test development, localization and functional testing, test automation and software engineering. Moravia Worldwide maintains global headquarters in the Czech Republic and North American headquarters in California, with local offices and production centers in Japan, China, Latin America, Ireland, USA and throughout Europe. To learn more, please visit www.moraviaworldwide.com.

Contact:

Europe & APAC
Véronique Ozkaya, Chief Sales Officer
+420-545-552-454
vozkaya(at)moraviaworldwide.com

North America
Diane M. McAveeney, Director of Sales, North America
+1-917-972-8496
dmcaveeney(at)moraviaworldwide.com