Date:7/3/2006

Shiva, a provider of IT solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Bank of America to provide financial services consulting, project management, and infrastructure support and network administration services.

Shiva will be responsible for supporting new business functionality, leading/managing new project initiatives, and providing overall infrastructure support and network administration. The environment includes, but is not limited to, Unix SUN Solaris, Java, Sybase, Red Hat Linux 3.0, and Weblogic application servers.

Through Shiva’s help, the key benefits to Bank of America will be:

• New business functionality enhancements
• Better project management of key initiatives
• Single Sign-on solution using Siteminder SSO
• Simplified management of access control through role-based authorization
• Secure access to the Web servers and content
• Enabled centralized management of user access across heterogeneous Web environments

Shiva will deliver these services in accordance with the highest technical and quality standards consistent with industry best practices.

“This award means a tremendous amount to us as we look to grow our Financial Services Practice. We are very excited to have this opportunity with Bank of America and to build a successful long-term relationship together,” said Sujata Avasthi, CEO of Shiva.

About Shiva Shiva Information Technology Services is a small, disadvantaged, minority womanowned company that is also certified as an 8(a) enterprise by the SBA. Established in 1998, Shiva has built an excellent reputation for providing quality IT services with an emphasis on enhancing our clients’ return on investment (ROI). Over the years, Shiva has gained valuable experience in maintaining, developing, enhancing, and managing mid-size to large Government and Commercial projects/systems in such areas as:

• Application and Database Development, Integration & Maintenance
• Systems Administration and Operation Support
• Infrastructure Support and Network Administration
• Staff Augmentation