EANS-News: asknet AG / asknet presents future growth regions for software publishers and their distinctive local features at the ESCW 2009 in Berlin

asknet is a premium sponsor of the 9th ESWC, which will held on
November 7-8, 2009 and has the motto “Open all senses!".

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Subtitle: asknet is a premium sponsor of the 9th ESWC, which will
held on November 7-8, 2009 and has the motto “Open all senses!".

Karlsruhe, October 30, 2009 (euro adhoc) - asknet AG, a leading
provider of outsourcing solutions for the global electronic software
distribution (ESD) industry, is a premium sponsor of the European
Software Conference 2009, which will be held in the Kempinski Hotel
Bristol in Berlin on November 7-8, 2009. Aston Fallen, President of
asknet Inc., will give a presentation entitled "Global reach and
emerging markets - eCommerce in North America and Europe versus Asia,
Eastern Europe, and Latin America." He will discuss future growth
regions for software publishers such as Brazil, Russia, India, China,
and Japan, as well as special characteristics of the local markets
that must be taken into account in order to successfully enter these
markets and distribute software online.

asknet offers online shops in more than 31 languages that support 38
different currencies and 24 different payment methods - which means
its clients already have access to all important growth and emerging
markets in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The
company also has a subsidiary in Japan, the most important Asian
sub-market. This allows asknet to offer software publishers a
comprehensive range of services to facilitate their successful entry
into the Japanese market, for example eMarketing.

The motto of the EWSC is "Open all senses!", and its agenda is to
blend Web, mobile, and desktop into one world of software. One
highlight will be a series of first-class lectures by notable
software publishers. The current mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit,
will hold an address of welcome.

About asknet asknet offers its clients customized outsourcing
solutions for global software sales via the Internet. Founded in 1995
as a spin-off of the University of Karlsruhe, one of Germany´s most
prestigious technical universities, the company has become the number
two independent global provider for electronic software distribution.
In addition to its fully integrated shop solutions for software
publishers, the company develops and maintains portals for software
distribution such as softwarehouse.de, one of Europe's largest. In
2008, asknet had sales of about 74.7 million euros. Among its
customers are well-known software publishers such as CollabNet, DivX,
Ipswitch, F-Secure, Nero, Panda Security, Steganos, and NetObjects.
asknet supplies software products to around eighty percent of German
universities.

About EWSC The European Software Conference with the motto "Open all
senses!" is the flagship event for independent developers and the
(micro) independent software vendor industry. This annual event will
be held for the ninth time on November 7-8, 2009.

Contact partner:
asknet AG
Kirsten Neininger
Phone: +49 (0)721.96458-6399
eMail: kirsten.neininger@asknet.com

asknet, Inc.
Bernard Haug
Phone: +1 (415) 352-2622
eMail: bernard.haug@asknet.com

www.asknet.com

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Further inquiry note:

Kirsten Neininger

Corporate Marketing Manager

Telefon: +49 (0) 721 96 458 6399

eMail: kirsten.neininger@asknet.de

Branche: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005173306
WKN: 517330
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