Fremont, CA (OPENPRESS) May 23, 2011 — Softjourn, a software engineering services provider headquartered in Fremont, with operations also in Ukraine, today announced that it has been ranked as one of the top 20 “Rising Star” outsourcing firms serving the Western European market and one of the best 10 companies serving Eastern Europe. The ranking was put together by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’® (IAOP®) 2011 Global Outsourcing 100® List (http://www.iaop.org/content/23/152/2041/).

The list is compiled by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) and features the world’s established leaders as well as emerging companies to watch. The judging process takes a look at an applicant’s size and growth, as well as the customer experience and references, employee development and management expertise.

“Softjourn measures its success by our client’s success, therefore we are extremely pleased to have received outstanding recognition for our client references,” according to Emmy B. Gengler, CEO of Softjourn. “The Global Outsourcing List is an important recognition for Softjourn as they take an intensive look at many areas of the service provider relationship which are very important to us including; the customer relationship, employee acquisition and development processes, and management leadership and development”.

“The companies on The Global Outsourcing 100 and The World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors lists are proven leaders and rising stars,” said IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett, also chair of the judges’ panel. “They are the companies you want to partner with to achieve success and better outsourcing outcomes.”

About IAOP

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals™ (IAOP™) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With a global community of more than 110,000 members and affiliates worldwide, IAOP is the leading professional association for organizations and individuals involved in transforming the world of business through outsourcing, offshoring, and shared services. To learn more, visit www.outsourcingprofessional.org.

About Softjourn, Inc.

Softjourn has been providing software engineering and business process outsourcing services from Ukraine since 2001. Small and medium sized enterprises, as well as Fortune 1000 companies, have partnered with Softjourn resulting in advances in the services and products they are able to provide to their clients. With Softjourn, clients achieve increased revenue streams faster than they could alone.