EANS-News: asknet AG / Christof Stuhlmann joins asknet as new Vice President Sales & Marketing for the EMEA/APAC regions

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Karlsruhe (euro adhoc) - - Newly created position of strategic
importance - Emphasis on expanding services to leverage additional
business opportunities

Karlsruhe, Germany, December 16, 2010 -- asknet, a leading provider
of global eCommerce solutions for software vendors, has appointed
Christof Stuhlmann, an eCommerce expert with extensive experience, as
new Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the EMEA and APAC
regions. This new position was created in the context of asknet´s
strategy of continually expanding its portfolio of products and
services to encompass additional business opportunities. For example,
asknet has leveraged its technological and industry expertise to
integrate previously non-digital distribution channels into its
online shops. In asknet´s last quarterly report, the company had
already announced its intention of systematically moving in this
direction. In keeping with this strategy, company CEO Michael Scheib
calls the decision to hire Christof Stuhlmann "the right step going
forward as we expand and grow asknet AG."

Before joining asknet, Christof Stuhlmann had held an executive
position at software vendor Nuance Communications since 1999; his
area of focus was the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region.
Now he is looking forward to the interesting opportunities offered by
his new position. "asknet AG is one of the leading suppliers of
eCommerce solutions for providers of digital content. Of course most
of these vendors already sell their products online, but the market
potential of this distribution channel is still far from being
exhausted. This is an area where vendors could profit much more than
they already do." One example named by Stuhlmann was the inclusion of
a reseller sales channel in the online shop of Norwegian software
vendor NORMAN ASA, which has numbered among asknet´s clients since
October 2010. Integrating a previously non-digital distribution
channel into the eShop greatly simplifies the software vendor´s
transactions with retailers. Such new as well as existing services
are made possible by asknet's vast technological expertise. "asknet
AG´s technological know-how is highly impressive, and the company is
building on this knowledge to expand our existing business," says
Stuhlmann. "At the same time, it allows us to come up with exciting
new solutions, for example Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) for
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers.

According to asknet, Christof Stuhlmann´s extensive experience with
software vendors, his network of contacts, and his international
focus made him the perfect choice for the new position. His
responsibilities will include the expansion of the company´s
eDistribution business and the evaluation of new business segments.

For further information on asknet, please visit www.asknet.com.

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 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, formerly
the University of Karlsruhe), 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 2009, asknet posted
sales of approximately 68.9 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. Further information is
available from www.asknet.com.

Media Contact:
Carolyn Adams
Borders+Gratehouse
phone: (415) 963-4174 ext. 4
eMail: carolyn@bordersgratehouse.com

Press Contact:
asknet AG
Ive Van Riet
Director Online Marketing
phone: +49 (0)721.96458-6381
eMail: ive.vanriet@asknet.com

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Further inquiry note:

Ive Van Riet

Director Online-Marketing

Tel.: +49(0) 721-96-458-6381

Email: ive.vanriet@asknet.com

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