EANS-News: asknet AG / asknet Names Michael Scheib to Serve as CEO

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Management Changes/Personnel

Karlsruhe (euro adhoc) - Karlsruhe, January 18, 2010 - The
supervisory board of asknet AG, a leading provider of outsourcing
solutions for the global electronic software distribution (ESD)
industry, has named a new chairman of the executive board. Starting
on January 18, 2010, Michael Scheib will join the board as the new
CEO of the company.

Scheib brings to asknet more than 25 years of management experience
with different American IT companies. Before joining asknet he served
as president and CEO of iET Solutions LLC, a global provider of
software solutions for the IT service management market. Prior to iET
Solutions, he was senior vice president and general manager of
operations for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with Niku
Corp. Before joining Niku, he was executive officer and vice
president of European operations for Applix Inc., responsible for
overseeing strategic direction and growth of all Applix business
lines in the EMEA region. Previously he served in further management
roles as managing director for Applix GmbH, Parametric Technology
GmbH and as sales manager for CalComp GmbH.

"Michael brings a strong international focus as well as extensive
management experience to his new position. He has a proven record of
success in his former positions," said Dr. Joachim Bernecker,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board. "I am impressed by asknet´s
advanced technology as well as its spectrum of trend-setting
solutions for the electronic software distribution sector. I look
forward to leading the company to a new stage in its development,"
adds Michael Scheib.

As CEO of asknet AG, Scheib will be responsible for asknet´s
strategic direction, holdings, sales, marketing, and communications.
Other members of the executive board include Dr. Dietmar Waudig, COO,
who remains in charge of technical and product development as well as
professional services. Michael Konrad will continue in his position
as CFO of the group, responsible for all financial matters as well as
customer service and business operations.

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
platform for downloads of standard software. In 2008, asknet posted
sales of approximately 74.7 million euros. In 2009 the Karlsruhe
company was named in the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu "Technology Fast
50" ranking of the fastest-growing technology firms in Germany.
asknet´s clients include numerous providers of specialty software
such as CollabNet, DivX, F-Secure, Nero, Panda Security, Steganos,
and NetObjects. The company also supplies software products to around
eighty percent of German universities.

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Kirsten Neininger

Corporate Marketing Manager

Telefon: +49 (0) 721 96 458 6399

e-mail: kirsten.neininger@asknet.de

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