LOS GATOS, CA, Feb 14, 2007 – Fiorano Software Inc, (www.fiorano.com) a leading provider of business process integration and messaging technology solutions and Silicon Plains, (www.sptech.com) a leading provider of enterprise content and business management solutions, announced a strategic Partnership to promote each others products using each other's partner network and global offices. Both the companies will also migrate and test Silicon Plains BPM solution on Fiorano's messaging and SOA Platform to provide end-customers a complete business process framework.

Fiorano and Silicon Plains are integrating the Fiorano SOA Platform^® with Silicon Plains’ DotSphere, an ECM and BPM accelerator that allows customers to leverage on their mission critical workflow and enterprise content management infrastructure more rapidly and affordably, on a common enterprise backbone to manage the real-time flow of information.

The Fiorano and Silicon Plains collaboration will ensure an in-depth understanding of project methodologies, relevant industry standards, and how-to resources within a Service-Oriented Architecture.

"We are delighted about extending our global business relationship with Silicon Plains. It demonstrates a continued customer commitment to ensure the highest standards of software excellence," said Atul Saini CEO, CTO Fiorano Software. "The initiative will help to simplify process management at business and application levels”

"Silicon Plains are delighted with the strategic relationship being forged with Fiorano Software. This will enable customers globally to have a comprehensive, yet cost-effective solution for the human tasks as well as the automated tasks in a business process”, commented Sunil Savara, Executive Chairman, Silicon Plains.

This will drive the development and delivery of customized industry solutions for enterprise organizations embracing SOA. The joint industry solutions will combine services and technology from Fiorano and Silicon Plains based on industry best practices.

About Silicon Plains:
Silicon Plains is IBM's largest and most successful partner - commercially and technically - in the world for Content Manager, for BPM solutions. They have implemented the most comprehensive BPM solutions at - Prudential Malaysia, (and now 11 countries) and Old Mutual Insurance – India and are in the process of implementing the solutions at couple of more customers worldwide. Some of them include Aviva – India, LifeCare – US, Sun Life - India, Department of Agriculture – Philippines. Silicon Plains is headquartered in Des, Moines, Iowa, having its development centre in Bangalore, India, and presence worldwide through partners.

About Fiorano Software, Inc.:
Fiorano is a US corporation based in Silicon Valley, California. It is a leading provider of Enterprise-class Integration SOA-ESB Middleware. Fiorano's network-centric solutions set a new paradigm in interoperability, performance, scalability and ROI. Global leaders such as American Express, Boeing, British Telecom, British Petroleum, FedEx, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Schlumberger and POSCO have used Fiorano technology to deploy their Enterprise Nervous Systems.

Media Contact:
Shirley Aaron
Fiorano Software Inc.
Tel: 408 354 3210