IT In Brief: ComArch Tesco deal; ComputerLand; Betacom losses; Spin

ComArch, a Kraków-based IT company, has signed a three-year contract worth over zł.7.5 million with Tesco for designing, implementing and servicing of telecommunications and IT network. The market reacted positively to the news with ComArch stock increasing by 4.5%. (Parkiet, p.3) ... ComputerLand has announced the signing of two contracts with the National Health Fund for servicing software. The joint gross value of both contracts amounts to zł.8.9 million. (Parkiet, p.3) ... Betacom has incurred a loss of zł.1.4 million in the Q1 of the 2004-2005 financial year, which is over six times more than the loss by the end of Q1 of the previous year. Nevertheless, the company maintained its prognosis of a net profit of zł.3.4 million for the whole year. ... (Rzeczpospolita, p.B2) Spin, a Katowice-based subsidiary of Prokom, has signed two contracts with the National Health Fund for the servicing of its IT system in the headquarters and the regional branches. The contracts, which will be implemented in the cooperation with Kamsoft, are worth zł.8.6 million. (Parkiet, p.3) E.B.