Adea Spins Off Staffing Unit Under "Managed Staffing" Brand

IRVING, TX, May 21 (MARKET WIRE) --
Adea, Inc., a global consulting firm focused on Information Technology (IT)
and SAP solutions, announced today that it has spun-off its staffing
business. It has been branded "Managed Staffing" (www.managedstaffing.com) and
is
focused on high volume staffing, payroll, and related vendor managed services
(VMS) with major Fortune 500 companies.

Managed staffing is led by Abid Abedi as Chairman, Ron Abell as Vice
President, Sales, Raj Jaffrey as Vice President, Recruiting and Sundeep Reddy as
Director of Recruiting. The entire management team has been with Adea for
over 8 years and has extensive experience managing this business. Managed
Staffing
headquarters is located in Irving, Texas and has offices in Minneapolis as well
as in India.

"Both our technology solutions and staffing businesses have experienced
sustained
profitable growth," said Abid H. Abedi, Chairman of Adea. "However, each has a
very different business model and they need to be run separately to optimize
their respective growth and profitability."

Managed Staffing will work exclusively with VMS vendors. Managed Staffing
currently serves more than 40 plus clients and a large number of them are
Fortune 500 global companies including major telecommunications companies, large
financial and insurance organizations and a number of top technology firms.

About Adea, Inc.

Adea is a global consulting firm focused on Information Technology (IT)
andSAP solutions. The company was founded in 1996, is based in Dallas/Fort
Worth, Texas
and has major offices in India, Europe and China. The company provides a
comprehensive suite of services for commercial and government organizations. It
has
four major service categories: Information Technology Services, SAP
(Implementation
and Upgrade, Administration and Support), Management Consulting and Custom
Solutions including Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Adea leverages its
"global engagement model" (GEM) to develop and deliver solutions for clients
worldwide from its facilities in the U.S., Europe and India, engaging over
1,000 team members. The company is a Microsoft Gold Partner, Google Enterprise
Partner, SAP Gold Partner and has ISO 27001 certifications. Adea has won a
number
of international, national and regional growth awards along with industry
recognitions
forquality and delivery. It has more than 100 customers including top global
companies in retail, healthcare, telecom, technology, manufacturing and
communications, as well as U.S. state and local governments. Adea is one
ofthe largest certified minority-owned technology firms in the United States. In
2007 Adea divested its technical staffing business, branding it "Managed
Staffing" (www.managedstaffing.com) so both organizations could profitably grow
in their respective markets. Adea may be visited at www.adea.com and Managed
Staffing can be visited at www.managedstaffing.com.

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