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GOLDEN GATE SOFTWARE RENEWS GLOBAL SALES AGREEMENTS

Golden Gate Software Inc, a leading provider of real-time, multi-platform database replication solutions for business continuity, announced that it has renewed its global sales agreement with Insession Technologies and ACI Worldwide, divisions of Transaction Systems Architects Inc. This expanded agreement broadens the global sales reach for Golden Gate Software and provides access to the Global 2000 market.

Insession, a leading provider of e-business technologies used to optimize business-critical operations, resells Golden Gate's flagship business continuity solution, Extractor/Replicator (E/R) through its network of offices around the world.

ACI Worldwide, one of the leading international providers of enterprise e-payment solutions, has endorsed E/R as the preferred data replication solution for its BASE24-atm and BASE24-pos solutions for the banking and retail sectors.

Golden Gate Software recently released three new software modules to augment its E/R for BASE24 product, which were showcased at ACE, ACI's user conference in Baltimore, MD. Strengthening the company's commitment to the retail and banking/financial services industries, the new offerings augment the power and capabilities of E/R to better serve the business goals of these market verticals.

"Through Golden Gate Software's partnership with Insession and ACI, we have been able to reach the Global 2000 market," said Rick Ainsworth, vice president of Sales for Golden Gate Software. "Since forming this partnership in 1997, we have broadened our customer base to include many of the world's largest retailers, financial institutions, telecommunication firms and banks. We are delighted to extend this mutually beneficial relationship," added Ainsworth.

"We are very pleased with the opportunity to expand our agreement with Golden Gate Software," said Anthony J. Parkinson, president and CEO of Insession Technologies. "We have enjoyed a strong partnership and a proven track record of success together and we look forward to increasing our footprint in the market for years to come. Golden Gate's superior technology, coupled with Insession's established global distribution network, form a superior combination of talents in providing the very best business critical technology for data movement available in the market," added Parkinson. "This expanded partnership will leverage our companies' strengths and maximize the value of our solutions to our expanding worldwide customer base."

About Insession Technologies

Insession Technologies, a division of Transaction Systems Architects Inc, provides business software and services that facilitate communication, data movement, transaction processing, workflow and systems monitoring across heterogeneous computing systems and the Internet. Utilizing Insession's solution suite, businesses are able to successfully deploy e-Business technologies to optimize business-critical operations throughout the enterprise. Since 1991, our solutions have been in use by more than 380 customers in 43 countries worldwide. Our customers represent such industries as transportation, telecommunications, banking, securities, other financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail and health care. For more information, please visit the company's Website at www.insession.com.

About Golden Gate Software

Golden Gate Software is focused on delivering the most effective database replication solutions for mission-critical applications. Golden Gate Software's Extractor/Replicator suite provides high performance, scalable data replication that bridges nearly all major databases and platforms for reliable, real-time access to mission-critical data. More than 185 companies and organizations around the world -- including Bank of America, AOL Time Warner, Comcast and the Federal Aviation Administration -- rely on the company's leading-edge database replication solutions to support data integration and continuous availability. For more information, please visit the company's Website at www.ggsoftware.com.

About ACI Worldwide

Every second of every day, consumers are initiating electronic payment transactions -- getting cash at ATMs, using debit and credit cards to make purchases in stores and on the Internet, banking by phone and PC, paying bills online. Twenty billion times a year, ACI software is used to process these transactions, powering the world's online payment systems. ACI was founded in 1975 and pioneered the development of applications and networking software for online transaction processing. Today more than 530 customers in 71 countries use ACI supplied software. Visit ACI Worldwide on the Internet at www.aciworldwide.com.

Contact: Deirdre Mahon of Golden Gate Software Inc, 415-339-7946.