Press Release

MQSoftware Recognized as a Finalist for an IBM IMPACT Award

InsightSOA! Delivers Proven, Flexible Intelligent Application Appliance for SOA

Las Vegas , NV (April 7, 2008) - MQSoftware, a leading provider of real-time middleware monitoring and transaction assurance, today announced it was named a finalist for the 2008 IBM (NYSE: IBM) IMPACT Innovation Awards. The awards recognize IBM Premier business partners who are leading the charge in exploiting IBM SOA and WebSphere software capabilities in innovative and visionary ways.

“IBM’s IMPACT Awards recognize solutions that solve traditional problems in non-traditional ways and that will be drivers in tomorrow's new markets,” said Sandy Carter, vice president of SOA Strategy at IBM.  “When choosing the winners and the finalists for the 2008 IMPACT Awards, we looked at the each organization’s solution and the value they deliver to customers. We are honored to recognize MQSoftware as a finalist in this year’s program and were impressed with the quantifiable benefits they were able to produce through their creativity in teaming with their channel partners.”

MQSoftware, a recognized IBM SOA Specialty partner, has worked closely with IBM for several years as a Premier Partner to achieve a high level of business and technical alignment. As a result, IBM, AMD, and MQSoftware have teamed together to develop their InsightSOA! Intelligent Application Appliance.

InsightSOA! delivers leading edge technology without the headaches.  Easy installation and proven, pre-packaged best-of-breed solutions, including IBM WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker or WebSphere Process Server, and DB2 are combined to provide a cost-effective entry into SOA.  InsightSOA! provides the benefits of a SOA in a complete, carefully configured solution.

“MQSoftware is proud of the collaborative effort that made InsightSOA! possible,” said Danielle Scherer, MQSoftware’s Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Alliances.  “We’re grateful to IBM for this prestigious honor and are excited to share this innovative solution with the marketplace.”

About MQSoftware, Inc.

MQSoftware delivers management and monitoring solutions to Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, and Government customers with complex middleware environments.  Working with IBM WebSphere technology, MQSoftware solutions provide a complete range of real-time transaction assurance, risk management, and application services performance and availability management.