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Visiprise Completes Merger With HMS Software

ATLANTA, GA - December 7, 2005 — Visiprise, Inc. today announced that it has completed its merger with HMS Software, Inc., making the merged company the industry leader in delivering integrated manufacturing operation solutions. Operating globally as Visiprise, the new footprint of the merged company provides a single source for manufacturers that require an integrated manufacturing environment.

Visiprise is now organized in industry business units (IBUs) creating more focus around the company’s selected verticals – aerospace and defense, electronics, automotive and specialty vehicles, and medical devices. The combination of Visiprise’s solution focused on high-volume and high-mix manufacturing environments with HMS Software's low-volume asset and labor-intense complex manufacturing processes is key to providing a complete offering to the world’s largest manufacturers.

“As a company we can offer global manufacturers the ability to plan, define, control, execute and analyze manufacturing operations within a single environment that easily integrates into their overall manufacturing strategy,” said Sean McCloskey, Visiprise president and CEO. “Visiprise is committed to the solutions and domain expertise that all of our customers have come to rely on as an integral part of their manufacturing operations. Our company recognizes the strategic value inherent to working with all segments of manufacturing customers.”

Headquartered in Atlanta, Visiprise now operates business development, services and support presence on nearly every continent with key U.S. operations in Boston and San Diego, and international offices in Singapore, the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. To facilitate the transaction, Visiprise has closed on over $30 million of new financing led by Investor Growth Capital and Westbury Partners. This financing also included participation from Visiprise’s current investors RRE Ventures, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Wheatley Partners, Acorn Technology Fund and The Entrepreneurs’ Growth Fund.

About Visiprise

Visiprise is a leading provider of software solutions for integrating manufacturing operations. Visiprise solutions help customers plan, define, control, execute and analyze manufacturing operations in a single environment, to easily integrate with existing enterprise applications. Focused on aerospace and defense, electronics, automotive and specialty vehicles, and the medical device industries, more than 200 customers around the globe turn to Visiprise for improvements in operating costs, quality and manufacturing visibility. Customers include Actia, BAE Systems, Boeing, Celestica, ConMed, E-Z-GO Textron, Lockheed Martin, Philips Lighting, Solectron and Thales Avionics. For more information, visit www.visiprise.com.