Nasstar plc (“Nasstar”, AIM: NASA) which provides software on demand has been appointed by the easyGroup, the private investment vehicle of Stelios, the serial entrepreneur, to provide hosted desktop, hosted exchange email, hosted BlackBerry and hosted sharepoint services to easyGroup including licensees easyCar, easyBus, easyHotel and easyCruise.  The easyGroup is the owner of the easy brand and licenses it to all of the easy branded businesses.

The contract is for an initial period of 1 year with an immediate requirement in excess of 130 users subscribing for a combination of Nasstar’s on demand services namely hosted desktop, hosted exchange email, BlackBerry and hosted sharepoint.

Stelios said: “We are always looking to drive down cost and do things better – with Nasstar we can do just this. Nasstar’s services will allow us to concentrate on managing our businesses rather than our IT. Nasstar reflects our core values of innovation, accessibility and great value.”

Charles Black, Nasstar plc Chief Executive said “We are delighted to have been appointed by easyGroup. Our services will allow easyGroup and its licensees to focus on growing their core business without diverting capital and management resources away from their business objectives. Our services enable easyGroup and companies to access their desktops and email from anywhere in the world for a monthly subscription, making IT simple and great value.”