Contact:
Krisha Chachra VTLS Inc. 1701 Kraft Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 USA +1.540.557.1200 chachrak@vtls.comNovember 12, 2007: For Immediate Release
VTLS Announces Ten New International Customers
Blacksburg, VA – Just when everyone thought that there was no market for new ILS customers, VTLS has seen a surge of demand for its ILS, Virtua. Last quarter ten new customers in Europe (France and Greece), the Middle East (UAE) and Asia (India and Malaysia) joined the ranks of Virtua users worldwide.
"We are delighted with the number of libraries actively considering and selecting Virtua as their new ILS. The response we are receiving for Release 48 of Virtua from new customers is quite remarkable," said Vinod Chachra, President and CEO of VTLS Inc. "We believe that this surge in demand is a result of the new organization at VTLS which is more solutions oriented. We expect this demand to continue into 2008."
The ten new VIRTUA sales are:
- France: Université Catholique de Lille
- Greece: Institut for Balkan Studies (also contracted for VITAL)
- India: Indian Institute of Science, Education & Research, India
- India: University of Kashmir
- Malaysia: Kedah Industrial Skills Management Development Centre (also contracted for Fastrac)
- Malaysia: MIMOS Bhd
- Malaysia: Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awarm Terengganu, Malaysia
- Malaysia: Rakam Khanah P. Ramlee (Ministry of Information), Malaysia
- UAE: Dubai Real Estate Institute
- UAE: Sharjah Institute of Technology
About VTLS Inc.
VTLS Inc. www.vtls.com, a leading library automation company in business for over 30 years, provides visionary technology in library solutions to a diverse customer base of more than 900 libraries in over 32 countries. Virtua is our premier ILS solution, Visualizer is our facet-based data discovery tool, Fastrac is our RFID technology, and we also provide cutting edge software and services for Digital Libraries with Digital Imaging and VITAL, our Repository Services solution. VTLS is one of the few ISO 9001:2000 quality certified companies within the library industry.