Sify Technologies Wins Silver Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award

The 2009 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards

CHENNAI, India, December 3 - Sify Technologies Limited's eLearning Services Division, a
global qualitative leader in developing innovative learning solutions, won
the coveted Brandon Hall Silver Award for Excellence in the Best Use of
Mobile Learning category. Sify's win was announced on Thursday, November 19,
2009 at the Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards online Function. The
winners are listed at
www.brandon-hall.com/awards/award_winners/2008_winners.shtml

Sify's eLearning Services Division won the award for a course
developed for salespeople who need to constantly refresh their knowledge of
various products to effectively advise customers. The objective of the course
is to improve the performance of sales people by empowering them with product
knowledge. In fact their recall of key features after the course was almost
instantaneous.

"The quality of these winning entries is outstanding," said Brandon Hall,
Ph.D., chairman of the Awards program. "These winners are breaking new ground
and setting new standards for innovative learning."

"Our winning a Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award for the fourth
consecutive year is a testament to our commitment to excellence, creativity
and to providing the best possible solution based on a customer's needs",
said Devraj Shetty, Head- eLearning Services, Sify Technologies. "We have
also developed the skills to use the latest technologies in learning
solutions to give our customers the edge in cost effectively training their
teams to win in the market place".

The mobile courseware product is designed for 3G phones, smart phones,
and PDAs. The primary features of the design are:

    - Lightweight design
    - Fast, intuitive access to information
    - Innovative ways to fit the content on small screens of mobile devices
    - Ease in updating content

This is the fourth year in succession that Sify Technologies eLearning
Services have been awarded Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards:

    - 2006: Won two gold awards
    - 2007: Won silver and bronze awards
    - 2008: Won gold award.

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards is presented annually by
Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and
development. Now in its fifteenth year, the Awards program showcases
exceptional work in the use of learning technology.

Entries were submitted in the categories of Best Custom Content, Best
Innovation in Learning Technology, Best Learning Game, Best Learning Team,
Best Results of a Learning Program, Best Use of Blended Learning, Best Use of
Games for Learning, Best Use of Mobile Learning, Best Use of Video for
Learning, Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning, Best Use of Web 2.0 Tools
for Learning, and Best Integration of Learning and Talent Management. A total
of 248 entries were originally submitted. The entries were evaluated by
independent judges around the world.

About Brandon Hall Research

Brandon Hall, Ph.D. is the CEO of Brandon Hall Research and author of the
ground-breaking "Web-Based Training Cookbook." Since 1992, Brandon Hall
Research (www.brandon-hall.com) has been providing independent
research reports and expert advice on using technology in learning. Brandon
Hall Research conducts the Awards program each year to recognize the best in
innovative learning.

About Sify

Sify is among the largest Managed Enterprise and Consumer
Internet Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a
comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network
infrastructure reaching 570+ cities and towns in India.

A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from
Corporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, network and
communications solutions, security, network management services, enterprise
applications and hosting. Sify is recognized as an ISO 9001:2008 certified
service provider for network operations, data center operations and customer
support, and for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP solutions and
integrated security solutions, and ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2005 certified for
Internet Data Center operations. Sify has licenses to operate NLD (National
Long Distance) and ILD (International Long Distance) services and offers VoIP
back haul to long distance subscriber telephony services. The company is
India's first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security
Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. A host of blue
chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings.

Sify also caters to global markets in the specialized domains of
eLearning Services and Remote Infrastructure Management Services. The
eLearning Services business designs, develops, and delivers state-of-the-art
digital learning solutions catering to for-profit, non-profit organizations,
and governmental organizations in the fields of hi-tech, engineering,
environment, healthcare, education, and finance. The Remote Infrastructure
Management Services provides dependable and economical solutions around
managed services, hosting, and monitoring.

Consumer services include broadband home access and the ePort
chain of cyber cafes across 250 cities and towns. Sify.com, the popular
consumer portal, has channels on news, entertainment, finance, sports, games
and shopping. Samachar.com is the popular portal aimed at non-resident
Indians around the globe. The site's content is available in 8 Indian
languages, which include Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil, Punjabi
and Gujarati in addition to English.

For more information about Sify, visit www.sifycorp.com

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The
forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to
update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify's business,
please see the discussion under the caption "Risk Factors" in the company's
report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2009, which has been filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by
accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.

    Contact information:
    Sify Technologies Limited
    Mr. David Appasamy
    Investor Relations
    +91-44-2254-0770 (ext. 2013)
    david.appasamy@sifycorp.com

    Grayling Investor Relations
    Ms. Truc Nguyen (ext. 418) or
    Mr. Christopher Chu (ext. 426)
    +1-646-284-9400
    truc.nguyen@us.grayling.com or
    christopher.chu@us.grayling.com

    Media Relations:
    Ms. Stacy Dimakakos
    +1-646-284-9417

Contact information: Sify Technologies Limited, Mr. David Appasamy, Investor Relations, +91-44-2254-0770 (ext. 2013), david.appasamy at sifycorp.com . Grayling Investor Relations: Ms. Truc Nguyen (ext. 418) or Mr. Christopher Chu (ext. 426), +1-646-284-9400, truc.nguyen at us.grayling.com or christopher.chu at us.grayling.com . Media Relations: Ms. Stacy Dimakakos, +1-646-284-9417