[December 01, 2016]

QAD Blog Named Best Vendor Blog by ERP Focus

QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, today announced that the QAD Blog has been named Best Vendor Blog by ERP Focus.

The ERP Writers Awards recognize excellence in the ERP community by vendors and individual writers who have published articles, blog posts or reviews over the past year. Nominees must demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the role ERP software plays in the 21st century workplace and a commitment to helping readers understand the complexities of ERP.

There are four award categories: Best Writer, Best Article, Best Independent Blog and Best Vendor Blog. Submissions were judged by ERP Focus editor Kathryn Beeson and industry experts Cindy Jutras and Brian Sommer. Jutras received last year's ERP Writers Award for Best Writer and Best Independent Blog. Sommer received last year's award for Best Article.

The QAD Blog features coverage of ERP technology, manufacturing trends and customer success stories. It also provides an inside look at the corporate culture of QAD.

For a full list of winners, go here.

"It's an honor to be recognized by a respected organization like ERP Focus," said QAD Chief Marketing Officer Carter Lloyds. "Our team works hard to make sure the blog provides information that is pertinent to the ERP, supply chain, manufacturing and QAD communities. We are always open to new ideas, so if you have any ideas for topics, please let us know at [email protected]."

About ERP Focus

ERP Focus provides knowledge and evaluation rsources to ERP software professionals. Whether you're already using ERP or considering your first implementation, our aim is to give you free access to the latest knowledge, research and tools needed to navigate the ERP market. http://www.erpfocus.com/.

About QAD - The Effective Enterprise

QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB), is a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies. For more than 35 years, QAD has provided global manufacturing companies with QAD Enterprise Applications, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that supports operational requirements, including financials, manufacturing, demand and supply chain planning, customer management, business intelligence and business process management. QAD Enterprise Applications is offered in flexible deployment models in the cloud, on-premise or in a blended environment. With QAD, customers and partners in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries can better align daily operations with their strategic goals to meet their vision of becoming more Effective Enterprises.

For more information about QAD, call +1 805-566-6000, visit www.qad.com.

"QAD" is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Note to Investors: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding projections of revenue, income and loss, capital expenditures, plans and objectives of management regarding the Company's business, future economic performance or any of the assumptions underlying or relating to any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are based on the company's current expectations. Words such as "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "could," "will likely result," "estimates," "intends," "may," "projects," "should," "would," "might," "plan" and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to: risks associated with our cloud service offerings, such as defects and disruptions in our services, our ability to properly manage our cloud service offerings, our reliance on third-party hosting and other service providers, and our exposure to liability and loss from security breaches; demand for the company's products, including cloud service, licenses, services and maintenance; pressure to make concessions on our pricing and changes in our pricing models; protection of our intellectual property; dependence on third-party suppliers and other third-party relationships, such as sales, services and marketing channels; changes in our revenue, earnings, operating expenses and margins; the reliability of our financial forecasts and estimates of the costs and benefits of transactions; the ability to leverage changes in technology; defects in our software products and services; third-party opinions about the company; competition in our industry; the ability to recruit and retain key personnel; delays in sales; timely and effective integration of newly acquired businesses; economic conditions in our vertical markets and worldwide; exchange rate fluctuations; and the global political environment. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the company and factors that may affect our forward-looking statements, please refer to the company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and, in particular, the section entitled "Risk Factors" therein, and in other periodic reports the company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission thereafter. Management does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements except as required by law.

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