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May 5, 2005
California Software partners with India's Sonata Software Ltd.

NEW DELHI -- California Software Corporation, leaders in legacy extension, business intelligence and loan production software for banks, credit unions and consumer lending institutions and developers of the award-winning INFINITE and LPS product lines, recently signed a new partnership agreement with Bangalore-based Sonata Software Ltd, a SEI CMM Level 5 services company and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

Carol Conway, president, California Software said: "We are working with the teams at Sonata and Microsoft in developing a strategy to bring service oriented architecture at a very low price to IBM iSeries and Mainframe customers in Asia, America and EMEA. We believe that by working with partners such as Sonata and Microsoft, our INFINITE NET product can become much more widely distributed and deployed on a global basis. The architecture of INFINITE NET, based on Microsoft .NET, provides a very cost-effective and fast-to-deploy UI, web-enablement, integration and SOA capabilities to IBM iSeries and Mainframe applications.

"Having looked at many possible partners for this project, we felt that Sonata's commitment to quality and their solid technical capability helped them stand out from the crowd. They have a very sophisticated understanding of the iSeries and Mainframe environment, and their services capability & global delivery model will assist American, European & APAC clients implement INFINITE NET, iSeries and OLAP
products."

B. Ramaswamy, president and managing director, Sonata Software added: "We are excited about this alliance with California Software, and the possibility to offer iSeries/AS400 customers with solutions for enhancement, integration and migration to Windows, based on INFINITE tools. California Software's tools along with Sonata's understanding of the iSeries platform, our extensive experience in helping clients adopt Microsoft technologies like Windows and .NET, and a proven global delivery model, provides these customers with a low-risk modernisation approach and compelling ROI."