FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For CenterBoard:
Scott R. Humphrey
Humphrey Strategic Communications
(503) 644-9709
humphrey@strategic-pr.com



PLEASANTON, Calif. – November 1, 2004 – CenterBoard, the Virtual ODS company™, today announced the CenterPoint™ Partner Program, for systems integrator (SIs) and independent software vendors (ISVs). SIs and management-consulting firms help CenterBoard’s customers deploy its network-based Virtual Operational Data Store (Virtual ODS), CenterBoard Integrator™, as a key part of an overall business solution, providing right-time access to information across and beyond the enterprise. CenterBoard works with ISV partners to deliver the power of CenterBoard’s Virtual ODS to enterprise applications.

[Please see related news release entitled “CenterBoard Unveils Network-Based Virtual ODS to Deliver Right-Time Access to Information Across and Beyond the Enterprise” for information about CenterBoard Integrator.]

“Partners are critical to CenterBoard’s success for adding value to Business Intelligence applications” said Thomas Henn, CenterBoard’s president and CEO. “In contrast to other industry partner programs, we’ve taken a very focused approach with our Business Intelligence partners, concentrating on extremely close working relationships with them. The CenterPoint Program is designed to help our partners ramp up quickly and establish sustainable, profitable, and growing practices, while delivering robust customer solutions.”

Systems Integrators that have already signed up for the CenterPoint Partner Program include 5x Technologies, Assist Technologies, Claraview, Data Asset Management Ltd., Global Software Resources (GSR) and Westbay Solutions Group. Armanino McKenna LLP is an ISV partner.

“ We are recommending CenterBoard Integrator to our customers for upcoming projects that involve data integration from multiple sources” said Prem Hinduja, CEO of Global Software Resources, Inc. “One example is a manufacturer that needs dashboard and KPI (key performance indicators) reporting across several of its organizations within this multi-billion dollar business The network-based Virtual ODS architecture is scalable, so it can be used by our large enterprise customers such as this manufacturer. Plus, we can avoid custom development, saving both time and cost – the customer wins in the end!”

Dennis Kause, president of Westbay Solutions Group, said, “By partnering with CenterBoard, we can offer our BusinessObjects? customers the capability to easily pull data from multiple locations, including from numerous data sources, to meet end-user reporting demands. CenterBoard Integrator offers a sound solution to our customers who need to expedite enterprise-wide Business Intelligence reporting in a cost-effective way.”

About the CenterPoint Systems Integrator Partner Program
CenterBoard partners with leading systems integrators and consulting firms to deliver robust customer solutions that will revolutionize their Business Intelligence (BI) strategies. This select group of partners provides implementation and integration expertise as well as domain knowledge in particular verticals.

By leveraging CenterBoard technology, partners can:

• Increase revenues and customer credibility by providing a unique, patent-pending data integration solution to solve difficult customer problems.
• Benefit from CenterBoard’s focused (vs. broad reach) approach to partnering that significantly increases the probability of partner success.
• Create combined solution offerings to customers. CenterBoard’s data access capabilities make it an ideal complement to other technologies to increase the value of an overall offering.

“CenterBoard’s new Virtual ODS is the latest addition to the Corporate Information Factory,” said Bill Inmon, president of Inmon Data Systems and father of the Data Warehouse concept. “In fact CenterBoard’s Virtual ODS is the most significant addition since the ODS and EDW were recognized as two separate data storage constructs.”

The CenterPoint SI Partner Program is designed to help CenterBoard’s partners ramp up quickly and establish sustainable, profitable, and growing practices. The program has two levels, Charter and Premier. Charter is the entry-level program, and Premier is the level reached through achievement of annual performance thresholds. CenterPoint partners receive marketing, sales, and technical support from CenterBoard as well as training. For further information, contact partners@centerboard.com.

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About CenterBoard
CenterBoard is a privately held company whose network-based Virtual Operational Data Store (Virtual ODS) is breaking new ground in combining network and database technologies to fundamentally change the way enterprises integrate data. The Virtual ODS delivers right-time access to information across and beyond the enterprise as if it were a single database, without copying data. The company has built a strong management team with expertise across both the database and networking fields. As early employees of other successful start-ups, including Red Brick Systems, Cloudscape, CopperCom, Auspex and Portal, the management team has a depth of experience in growing early-stage companies to become market leaders. CenterBoard can be contacted via telephone at 925-924-1050, fax at 925-924-1057, and the Internet at www.centerboard.com.