SQS AG Concludes Partnership with Weekly IT Journal COMPUTERWOCHE

Cologne, 01 February 2006 – SQS Software Quality Systems AG and the German weekly IT journal COMPUTERWOCHE published by IDG Business Verlag are setting up an alliance.

London/Cologne, 21 February 2006:

SQS Software Quality Systems AG and the German weekly IT journal COMPUTERWOCHE published by IDG Business Verlag are setting up an alliance. An agreement signed on 26 January 2006 provides for a media alliance in connection with the independent industry Software & Systems Quality Conferences held annually by SQS.

SQS and publisher IDG Verlag have agreed on the mutual usage of the print and online channels of COMPUTERWOCHE for the 11th annual industry conference to be held from 10 to 12 May 2006 in the Congress Center Stadthalle in Düsseldorf . The move comes as a joined attempt to further enhance the profile of this international conference on software quality. The objective is to increase attendance versus the figures for 2005, when 720 people participated in the event. Among the COMPUTERWOCHE promotional activities will be a micro site on the www.computerwoche.de homepage on the subject of “Software Without Bugs”, which will allow users to interact with sponsors and conference exhibitors.

SQS, the European leader in software quality management and testing, is on its way to making the Software & Systems Quality Conferences Europe 's largest event in this field. Rudolf van Megen, CEO of SQS AG, commented on the move: “IDG is the leading provider of IT and telecommunications media both in Germany and internationally. Using its channels will allow us to approach and target our message to prospective conference attendees.”