ComArch signs $2 million deal with Washington State

IT system integrator ComArch, has signed a contract worth more than $2 million with Washington state, for the delivery and implementation of systems for account settling and managing of governmental telecom and IT networks. The first phase of the project should last 15 months, after which, ComArch would provide technical support for activated systems for the following five years. "This is a contract that the company needed. This deal might be a breakthrough for the future development of the firm on foreign markets," said DM BZ WBK analyst Przemysław Sawala-Uryasz. He also added that the value of the contract was not that important, unlike the marketing profits achieved through such co-operation. This will be the biggest export deal signed by ComArch, and according to company representatives, foreign revenues should comprise more than 12% of total sales. (Parkiet, p. 3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 21) M.M.