IBS Group and MAYKOR Announce Joint Cooperation PR Newswire RAMSEY, The Isle of Man, July 4, 2012 RAMSEY, The Isle of Man, July 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Please refer to relevant legal information at the end of the document IBS Group, a leading software development and IT services provider in Central and Eastern Europe, announces today start of joint cooperation with MAYKOR, a Russian federal group focused on servicing and outsourcing IT and engineer systems. IBS Group and MAYKOR plan to work together to broaden the range of services that companies can offer to IBS Group clients. IBS Group subsidiary, IBS IT Services, now holds a 5% equity stake in MAYKOR; and MAYKOR Group now owns Expertek outright; previously, the company was owned entirely by IBS IT Services. For IBS, the transaction represents an opportunity to further concentrate on the group's core competencies (implementation of Management Information Systems and development of large-scale infrastructure solutions). MAYKOR's acquisition of Expertek means even higher capacity, competence while providing for development, and marketing services of scalable solutions for retail chains and petrol stations, as well as providing niche services in retail software-hardware systems.