InfoImage and AppsCo Software Announce Partnership

InfoImage Inc, a leading provider of decision portal software, and AppsCo Software Inc, a leading provider of packaged analytic application and data warehousing solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, announced a strategic partnership under which the two companies will work together to deliver SQL Server-based decision portal solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, InfoImage and AppsCo will deliver InfoImage freedom decision portal solutions using AppsMart, AppsCo's software development environment, in conjunction with other products, including Microsoft SQL Server. These solutions will speed decision-making both inside organizations and across the value chain by automating the interaction of information and people as well as allow companies to realize significant cost and time savings.

"Our partnership with AppsCo brings value through speed and ease of installation by the rapid creation of freedom Decision Marts, which especially benefits our large freedom customers," said David Duckworth, InfoImage vice president of channels and alliances. "Enterprise freedom customers have already recorded amazing return on investment with their portal solutions and working with AppsCo will enable them to achieve an even quicker positive return time."

"InfoImage has optimized the performance of freedom 2 by utilizing the Microsoft distributed internet platform," said AppsCo CEO Brian Burnett. "AppsMart, which is fully integrated with the Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework, is a great technology fit that will enable freedom customers to rapidly roll their solutions out to the enterprise."

AppsCo Software is participating in the InfoImage Federated Alliance Program as a Deployment Partner. Deployment Partners provide software and/or services to collaborate with InfoImage in deploying large installations of freedom 2 software. In turn, InfoImage has joined AppsCo's Certified Solution Provider Program. In addition to extensive joint product training, AppsCo and InfoImage have agreed to co-sales and marketing efforts as well.

"The InfoImage and AppsCo alliance is all about helping customers gain velocity and agility," said John Eng, Lead Product Manager, SQL Server at Microsoft Corporation. "Our combined solution empowers organizations with current and relevant information to make better, faster business decisions."

About freedom

InfoImage's flagship decision portal software, InfoImage freedom, helps organizations make faster, better business decisions. With the InfoImage Federated Portal Architecture, freedom provides unmatched interoperability and scalability in the enterprise portal market. freedom users view and manipulate both corporate and external information from a Web browser, improving individual job performance, and simplifying corporate knowledge management. Developed on Microsoft BackOffice and Windows 2000, freedom is the only software that helps people work more efficiently by consolidating key information from disparate data sources, providing tools for collaboration, and empowering them to take action, all in a unified desktop view.

About InfoImage

InfoImage develops and implements InfoImage freedom decision portal software to increase the decision-making velocity of Fortune 500 companies. With the InfoImage Federated Portal Architecture and vast experience in intranet and extranet technologies, InfoImage provides portal interoperability and scalability with an experienced team of development, implementation, education and support professionals. Founded in 1992, Phoenix, Arizona-based InfoImage has offices across the United States and can be found at www.infoimage.com.

About AppsMart

AppsMart enables developers to quickly build Microsoft SQL Server-based packaged analytic applications and data warehousing solutions. Using best-in-class pre-built analytic applications, developers iterate the application design to meet user requirements and deploy the solution to SQL Server. AppsMart includes features for star schema design and deployment, and the automatic generation of Analysis Services OLAP cubes, DTS packages and Office2000 reports and documentation, providing developers a rapid start, and consistent methods and techniques when implementing an analytic application or data warehouse on the Microsoft platform.

About AppsCo Software Inc

AppsCo Software Inc, founded in 1998, is a leading supplier of packaged analytic application and data warehouse development products. AppsCo creates and markets AppsMart, an integrated development environment for packaged analytic applications and data warehouses. AppsMart's patent pending technology enables developers to rapidly build and deploy robust packaged analytics based on pre-built vertical market solutions. Backed by venture capital firms 3i, Vertex Management Group, Scottish Equity Partnership, Grampian Enterprise Limited, Aberdeen Asset Management and British Linen Equity, AppsCo is a privately held company based in Surrey, United Kingdom with U.S. operations in Cupertino, Calif. More information on the company and its AppsMart solution is available on the Web at www.appsco.com, or by calling 408-777-4422.

Contact Madonna Marenda of Hill and Knowlton for InfoImage Inc, 312-255- 3143, mmarenda@hillandknowlton.com or Scott Humphrey of Humphrey Strategic Communications for AppsCo Software Inc, 503-644-9709, humphrey@strategicpr.com.