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Global software company with 27 years leadership in technology innovation expands presence in North America and Europe

PALO ALTO, California/ANAHEIM, California (IBM Information On Demand) - October 16, 2006 - JustSystems, Inc., a leading global enterprise software company, today announced the launch and availability of its flagship product, xfy Enterprise Solution for IBM DB2® 9 in North America and Europe. xfy™ (pronounced 'x-fie') enables IBM enterprise customers to easily manage and deliver information across multiple reporting sources, dynamically, to end users. A key advantage of the new product is its native XML architecture and SOA capabilities, which stems from JustSystems’ 27 years of experience in developing office productivity and information management solutions for millions of users worldwide. The result is the ability to unify all types of information, add business structure and deliver it visually. xfy addresses many of today’s most pressing information re-use and delivery challenges across critical business functions such as finance, marketing, customer service and operations.

Daiichi Sankyo, an $8 billion global pharmaceutical leader is already realizing significant return on investment.

"Presenting information in a compelling way is critical to our success, yet it is something that has consistently been a challenge," said Mr. Susumu Haraki, vice director, Business Performance Management Department, Sankyo. "With xfy, we can easily derive operational, analytical, historical and business data from disparate systems and present it in a dynamic way resulting in a powerful end-user experience."

The xfy Enterprise Solution delivers the first client environment for DB2 9 featuring advanced business functionality, without the need for expensive and scarce programming skills. It enables end users to connect disparate internal and external information silos with two-way information capability, and in a timely and cost efficient manner. Most importantly, the resulting visual presentation — controlled by the end user and easily customized according to individual information needs — delivers vast amounts of business information in an unlimited number of formats, enabling dynamic decision making and increased business agility.

"Organizations are increasingly faced with the need to deliver dynamic business information across the enterprise in a cost-effective and compliant manner. Only xfy from JustSystems addresses this challenge head-on with a native XML and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) to unify data, provide standard business vocabulary and facilitate custom delivery to end users," says Clinton Stark, VP marketing JustSystems. "We are very pleased with the world-wide demand for xfy across industry sectors including finance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and technology."

Through this release, the company is also making available its xfy Blog Editor, which enables corporations to easily publish and re-use blog information based on the open XML standard.. With the xfy Blog Editor, end users, such as customer service analysts, product managers or marketers can add structure to blog information and efficiently repurpose it for their business needs and applications.

Key features of the xfy Enterprise Solution for IBM DB2 9 include:

• An enterprise development environment to facilitate deployment of SOA client applications for information delivery and reporting based on web services
• A vocabulary builder that automatically provides visual context for data templates, brand elements, graphics and text framing
• A view designer to create dynamic visual representations of multiple data types from disparate data locations, inside or outside the enterprise
• A built-in xfy database adapter for IBM DB2
• The xfy Blog Editor for publishing corporate product and service information to leading blog servers including MovableType™ and TypePad from SixApart, Ltd.

xfy Enterprise Solution for IBM DB2 9 is now shipping. For more information visit www.justsystems.com or www.xfy.com.

JustSystems will be exhibiting at the IBM Information On Demand event (booth #D403), taking place October 15-20, 2006 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

About JustSystems, Inc.

JustSystems is a leading global software provider with a 27-year history of successful innovation in office productivity, information management, and consumer and enterprise software. With over 2,400 customers worldwide and annual revenues over $110M, the company is continuing a global expansion strategy that includes the launch of its new enterprise software offering called xfy (pronounced 'x-fie') in the North American and European markets. JustSystems has worldwide office locations including headquarters in Tokyo, Japan; Palo Alto, California, Vancouver, Canada and London, England. The company currently employs over 1,000 people. Major strategic partnerships include IBM, Oracle and EMC.

For more details, please refer to the following URL: http://www.justsystems.com