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ORSYP FY2007 reveals solid growth in IT Services

Boston, May 28 2007: – ORSYP, worldwide provider of enterprise job scheduling solutions and services, has posted consolidated sales of 26 million Euros (US$ 35.4 million) in FY 2007*. The considerable growth of IT services, especially in the US, was a key driver for those solid results.

ORSYP has achieved key competitive wins, driven by sales from both new and recurring business worldwide. Numerous customers, including Global 500 enterprises such as FedEx, L’Oréal, France Telecom or PSA, have renewed their trust in ORSYP solutions and are standardizing its flagship job scheduler in their IT operations infrastructure enterprise-wide.

“Customers are recognizing ORSYP as a true specialist focused in the IT operations space providing them with an advanced technology and high-value services,” commented Jean-Jacques PARINET, ORSYP Founder and Chairman. “Our customers particularly appreciate ORSYP’s ability to provide a complete IT solution set encompassing people, processes and technologies tailored to meet their specific needs.”

Worldwide Presence
ORSYP success is reflected not just in financial figures, but also in the geographical expansion of its international position. ORSYP has broadened its market coverage by extensively increasing its partnering business and reaching a large number of distribution agreements with strategic and international partners in various sectors:

• Distribution agreement reached in China with Atos Origin for banks and financial institutions and a new ORSYP office opened its doors in Hong-Kong in January 2007.
• Operations expanded in South Africa through partnership with Dimension Data.
• Reseller agreement signed in India with Shree Infotech Systems.
• Worldwide alliance signed with Alcatel Lucent to deliver world-class enterprise IT solutions to telecommunications companies.

Strong Service Orientation
“The software offer is not self-sufficient anymore and customers we are serving also expect support based on expert know-how and field-proven methods to assist them in the implementation of a service-oriented culture,” François-Xavier FLOREN, CEO of ORSYP Holding SAS stated. ORSYP Consulting has built a complete offer to support enterprises in the management of IT projects and help them adapt to a service-oriented culture. A complete and pragmatic set of training sessions on ITIL standards is also now available.

First to market on new trends!
ORSYP has evolved its product technically and attained new industry certifications to remain in line with clients’ evolving requirements:

• As IBM Certified partner, ORSYP becomes an Optimized Advanced member of IBM PartnerWorld network, adding IBM Grid Compliance to its range of certifications and making its IT automation solution easy to implement in a Grid Computing environment.
• ORSYP is first to market with dedicated job scheduling solutions for Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta) and NAV (Navision), both specifically designed to meet the job scheduling needs for these Microsoft ERPs.
• Support of all Java environments thanks to the integration of Java Messaging Service (JMS) Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) technologies.

One of the top 5 international big players
ORSYP has been reconfirmed by Gartner Magic Quadrant for Job Scheduling 2006 as one of the international top five big players in the IT automation industry. This position reflects ORSYP’s ability to provide comprehensive IT automation solutions enabling companies to manage and optimize their IT infrastructure from a business perspective. This rank also underlines ORSYP’s status as a true specialist in the job scheduling industry with its offer for all IT automation needs, ranging from job scheduling solution to customer support and IT services.

* ORSYP FY2007 from April 1st 2006 to March 31st 2007.
** Gartner, Inc. “Magic Quadrant for Job Scheduling 2006”, by Milind GOVEKAR, February 27, 2007.

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About ORSYP (www.orsyp.com)
ORSYP was founded in 1986 with the single focus of delivering best in-class IT automation solutions using cutting-edge technology. Over the years ORSYP has established a worldwide reputation for business-friendly job scheduling and job management solutions and excellence in customer care. ORSYP continuously strives to innovate in this area with solutions that are practical for today and tomorrow’s IT and business needs.

Companies around the world—from Global 500s to small independent companies— use ORSYP job scheduling software to modernize and standardize IT automation enterprise-wide. By providing one standard automation tool across the enterprise, more processes can be automated and managed; improving IT operations productivity, reducing costs, and enhancing IT service delivery to the core business. With more than a thousand customers, ORSYP flagship solution, Dollar Universe™, provides a key IT infrastructure component to companies in industries such as retail, banking, insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications, and services.