MORRISTOWN, NJ -- September 3, 2001 -- Artech Information Systems, L.L.C., a leading provider of project management and software consulting services nationally, today announced that its president, Ranjini Poddar has been recognized with the AWIB 2001 Entrepreneurial Leadership Award. The award honors successful Asian women business owners and entrepreneurs.

Artech is a leading provider of project management and software consulting services nationally. Its solutions address all areas of critical needs in managing its client's strategic eBusiness and IT investments. Artech's services include IT consulting and staff augmentation, turnkey project management in internet/intranet and multi-tiered client/server environments, post-implementation application maintenance and support, web hosting of test sites and web content management.

Based in Morristown, New Jersey, Artech has branch offices in Fremont, California and McLean, Virginia as well as an ISO 9001 certified offshore development facility. Artech has a number of preferred vendor relationships with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, as well as strategic partnerships with a number of small to mid-size companies. Artech has been recognized as a Deloitte & Touche "NJ Technology Fast 50 Company" for two consecutive years. For more information, connect to http://www.artechinfo.com, or call 973-993-9383 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.