Digia strenghtens Qt ecosystem

Digia Plc     Press Release     17 August 2009

Digia strenghtens Qt ecosystem 

Digia today announced it has become one of the first Qt Alliance Partners and
will cooperate with Nokia to grow a vibrant Qt user ecosystem. Digia's role as
a Qt Alliance Partner combined with Digia's extensive experience in Qt software
projects sets Digia as a leading player in the Qt ecosystem. 

Digia's role as a Qt Alliance Partner is a recognition of both proven expertise
and scale required for delivering advanced Qt based software solutions across
industries and geographical locations. Digia will be offering full suite of Qt
based software services that cover training, concepting, user experience
design, development and verification. Digia will be providing services not only
for mobile but also other embedded and desktop environments. In addition, Digia
has a set of Qt based software products for mobile devices such as @scene and
@web. 

Digia sees the Qt cross platform application and UI framework as an opportunity
for its customers to further increase efficiency and accelerate time to market
for applications and services. Digia's established presence and competence both
in mobile and enterprise solutions helps its customers to deliver true
end-to-end solutions. 

"Digia has worked with Qt for several years and we are very excited on the
possibilities Qt has in desktop, mobile and embedded. Working with Qt we have
seen it is a great technology that has true potential to fill the promise of
deploy everywhere. We have already witnessed a growing number of projects where
great new solutions are successfully built with Qt and are looking forward
towards the future as Qt Alliance and Training partner." says Mr. Jari-Pekka
Heikkilä, VP Product Creation Services from Digia. 

"As Qt adoption grows in the mobile, embedded and desktop markets, it is vital
to have experienced partners who can manage the growing number of new Qt users
and support them in their projects, from concept creation to development of
advanced solutions. Digia's proven expertise in mobile platforms and presence
in desktop and embedded markets makes them well suited to support our growing
community." says Mr. Sebastian Nyström, Vice President of Application Services
and Frameworks in Nokia. 

For more information please contact Mr Jukka Heiska, Director of Business
Development, Digia Plc, jukka.heiska@digia.com 

Digia in brief
Digia delivers information and communication technology solutions worldwide.
Our strength in smart mobile devices and real-time information systems enables
a mobile life. Our clients are entities who want to capitalise on digital
information in their business. New technologies, well thought usability and
modern service channels enables real time access for correct information or
services through their computer, a mobile handset or any other digital device.
We are based in the Nordics, operating globally and employing over 1,300
professionals. We are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (DIG1V).www.digia.com 

More information about Qt Development Frameworks at www.qt.nokia.com