WILMINGTON, MA. - February 17, 2004 - Omnify Software, a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software for mid-market electronic, medical, mechanical, and defense OEMs, is helping many start-up companies get their products to market faster with its open and affordable product lifecycle management solution. Start-ups recognize their real value proposition to potential customers is getting to market first with the most innovative solution. Omnify PLM is easy to implement and provides a central application for managing bill of materials (BOM) and change management, as well as enabling collaboration among partners and suppliers, making Omnify a natural fit for these organizations.

Most emerging companies created to address a specific business pain point, struggle with the need to keep costs low, while also quickly developing next generation products to meet market demands. In addition, start-ups require solutions that enable strong external partner and supplier integration, do not require significant maintenance, and can be integrated quickly into existing engineering and business systems.

Acme Packet, an emerging company that enables network service providers to deliver premium voice, video and multimedia interactive communications across IP network infrastructures, integrated the Omnify system into its development cycle almost immediately after its inception.

"The Omnify PLM solution was a perfect fit for our needs as a new company," said Steve Norton, director of hardware engineering, Acme Packet. "Since it was Web services based, it was quick to implement, it provided the specific applications we needed for part control and cataloging vendor information and did not carry the high price tag of other PLM solutions."

Omnify PLM is Web architected and enables seamless, bi-directional integration with an organization's engineering and enterprise systems. Omnify ensures automatic entry, cataloging and extraction of information, freeing employees to focus on product innovation and manufacturing rather than the manual entry of product release information or the maintenance of the application itself.

"Start-ups choose Omnify over our competitors because with Omnify, they benefit from rapid integration of a low-cost solution that fits their immediate needs for product development," said Chuck Cimalore, CTO of Omnify Software. "In addition, Omnify PLM is highly scalable so we can easily grow with our customers as their needs increase."

About Omnify Software

Omnify Software designs, delivers and supports innovative product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for the Electronics OEM and Electronics Manufacturing Services industries. The Omnify Software platform provides bi-directional interfaces with an organization's existing systems such as CAD/CAE tools, ERP, MRP and CRM programs to offer a single environment for the sharing of product data among the design environment, Enterprise and supply chain. The Omnify product content and change management system delivers significant cost-savings, improved product innovation and quality, and decreased time-to-market for customers in a wide range of industries. For additional product information, including pricing, please call 978-988-3800, email info@omnifysoft.com or visit www.omnifysoft.com.

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