Esperient Corporation and Qast Software Group Agreement to introduce Esperient Creator to the Chinese Market

Ramona, CA: Esperient Corporation (“Esperient”), a pioneering developer of 3D authoring tools for interactive 3D visual computing applications, announced that it has signed an Agreement with Qast Software Group. Under the terms of the Agreement, Qast will act as a reseller of Esperient Creator and will market the software through its sales offices in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.

Qast Software Group is one of the largest software distribution companies in China. With five sales offices and more than 1,000 resellers, the Group has many thousands of customers including Fortune 1000 companies, Government organizations and educational institutions. Qast provides a full range of services including sales, marketing, technical support, IT consulting, software localization and training.

Sandy Gu, Qast VP of Business Development, said: “Esperient Creator has become increasingly well known over the last year and, following a number of recent inquiries from our customers, we have decided to add the product to our portfolio. Creator is a tremendously versatile tool that offers great value for money and I have no doubt that it will do extremely well in our core markets. ”

Ben Vaughan, CEO of Esperient added: “We are extremely pleased to have come to an agreement with Qast. They are an extremely professional company with an enormous presence in the World’s largest market. As such, we are hopeful that this will provide us with a stepping stone into the Chinese market.”

Founded in October 2007 as a spin-off from Right Hemisphere Inc., Esperient's mission is to develop low cost, easy-to-use interactive 3D visual computing software that allows creative designers, from all business and artistic sectors, to utilize existing digital assets more efficiently and to leverage those assets by developing and publishing innovative 3D media for use throughout the product life cycle. Esperient's vision is to see Esperient Creator become the 'Photoshop of 3D Media'. We will achieve this vision by removing the barriers to widespread adoption through lowering the cost of entry, making the software accessible to everyone and adding value to existing creative workflows.