Enterprise Ireland for the Kingdom of Bahrain

14 / 7 / 2006

Your Excellency,

Enterprise Ireland, The Irish Governments Trade & Technology Regional Office in Dubai would like to express its support for the current bid of Irish company Digi-sign Ltd with Batelco for a CIO Tender dealing with Certification Authority.

Digi-sign Ltd has strong solutions in the PKI / internal security space and through Enterprise Ireland, we would support their efforts to develop business in the GCC markets. Digi-sign Ltd, is one of a limited number of companies with strong management & business plans in which Enterprise Ireland may take a minority investment in the next number of months, in line with our objective of strengthening companies with good solutions and growth potential.

Digi-sign Ltd have strong reference sites in Irish Government agencies, financial institutions and airlines in Ireland and in the US market. Securing a strong reference site in the Middle East and particularly Bahrain would allow them to build their business and partnerships with Bahraini companies.

We would like to assure his Highness the King, your Excellency, the Bahraini Government and the CIO of Irelands best regards and remain,

Yours sincerely,

Nick Marmion
Regional Director –Middle East & North Africa
Enterprise Ireland