FRAMINGHAM, Mass, Feb 9/PRNewswire/-E-SoftSys LLC, subsidiary of ASA International Ltd. (Nasdaq: ASAA) and an e-Commerce solutions provider, announced today its partnership with Catalyst International (Nasdaq:CLYS) a global provider of supply chain execution solutions to provide development services for a cutting edge B2B software project. This project involved developing a sophisticated Internet Exchange coupled with high - volume transactions processing, addressing supply chain needs for Purchase Order Visibility and Advance Ship Notice processing. The technology requirements centered on the internet, XML, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows NT Server, MTS, IIS and Microsoft's Visual Studio.

According to Catalyst International's Vice President of Research and Development, Dave Harney, "E-SoftSys provided us with web developers and database - oriented component developers in a remarkably short timeframe and at very competitive rates. The E-SoftSys personnel had the correct skill set and work ethic to fit right into our team and 'hit the deck running'. Catalyst is ISO 9001 certified and we require our developers to adhere to strict development standards. The E-SoftSys developers adapted to our engineering discipline with no difficulty. Both an aggressive schedule and a conservative budget challenged our project. E-SoftSys's timely help was critical in keeping this project on track. We intend to use E-SoftSys services in future projects as well as explore the use of their offshore development facilities.We believe this kind of partnership is a key Component in delivering leading supply chain execution solutions."

E-SoftSys Provides e-Commerce software consulting and both on-site and offshore development of e-commerce applications, Websites and web portals to companies in the United States. Offshore software development and maintenance services are provided in India through the Indian affiliated company, Global E-SoftSys Pvt. Limited, located at KREC-STEP, Mangalore, India. Additional services provided by E-SoftSys include Quality Assurance Services, maintenance of client/server and legacy applications.

According to E-SoftSys president Kat Shenoy, " We are delighted to enter into a partnership with Catalyst International and provide development assistance for this state of the art B2B Internet Exchange. Catalyst International is a highly reputable software company with topnotch product architects who are early adaptors of the latest technology. Catalyst's choice of E-SoftSys for this development project is a testimony to the technical skills that E-SoftSys can offer for developing enterprise software and e-Commerce solutions for mid and large size companies in the United States. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship between Catalyst International and E-SoftSys."