15th December 2003 - CHEST, which negotiates for all forms of commercially available electronic resource, for both the education and research communities within the UK and Republic of Ireland, originally signed a one year contract with Hornbill in September 2002 which involved Hornbill supplying the organisation with Supportworks, an enterprise helpdesk/support application and Assetworks, an audit and inventory application.

Now, one year on and due to the success of the offers, Hornbill and CHEST have extended the agreement until the end of August 2004.

Patrick Bolger, sales director at Hornbill commented: "Hornbill has a growing presence with academic institutions, with around 20 Universities and Colleges in the UK now using Supportworks and Assetworks."

He continues: "There is a growing commercial awareness amongst academic institutions, and support is increasingly being addressed at an enterprise level. Our academic customers are some of the most active members of our User Group. These offers enable academic institutions to take advantage of the preferential pricing available through CHEST and we are pleased to extend it for another year"