[January 16, 2007]

OPALIS SIGNS DEAL TO HELP NIBC DELIVER IT PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR BUSINESS-CRITICAL WINDOWS ENTERPRISE

Toronto, Canada � January 16, 2007 � Opalis Software, Inc., the leading provider of Run Book Automation (RBA) software that orchestrates, integrates, and automates IT operational processes, today announced it has signed an agreement with NIBC, a leading merchant bank focused on the mid-cap segment in Western Europe. The agreement calls for an enterprise-wide site license of Opalis� IT process automation software. According to Opalis CEO Todd DeLaughter, �NIBC has had such early success using Opalis� technology to automate a set of key processes, the bank now plans to expand these automation capabilities to additional business-critical processes across the entire Windows infrastructure, which supports NIBC�s banking business.�

Opalis IT process automation software provides out-of- the-box support for automating dozens of IT workflows. The software enables customers to modify pre-defined workflows to fit their specific environment or create new workflows using an easy graphical user interface-(GUI) based process designer. No coding knowledge or scripting is required. Opalis software compliments existing systems management products. The company provides Integration Packs for more than 25 major IT management and provisioning products on the market today.
Analyst firm Gartner (News - Alert) covered the topic of RBA in its July 5, 2006, �Run Book Automation: The Drivers and Inhibitors� report, authored by David Williams. Opalis is listed as an emerging vendor in the report. The report states, �Run book automation promises to provide a new way to manage IT, providing a better, more efficient way to address businesses concerns.� 1
�NIBC uses Opalis� technology to coordinate and monitor a number of business and IT-related processes in an automated fashion. The type of processes range from daily simple disk backups to the automation of mark-to-market procedures within our trading applications,� said Paul Kemp, Vice President of ICT for NIBC. �If an unexpected event occurs, the schemas we�ve set up with Opalis can trigger certain actions either to resolve the issue or to notify our staff that an intervention is necessary. Without Opalis we�d need to employ additional operating staff and manual intervention in processes represents an increase in operational risk. Opalis helps us to reduce this risk and enables us to automate our critical processes across our Windows platform.�

�There�s a wave of great interest building in the market today around the idea of automating IT processes in order to deliver better service levels and to reduce errors and manual effort,� added DeLaughter. �IT organizations want solutions that can deliver the automation now. We�re in a perfect position to serve them. NIBC saw the power of Opalis Software and didn�t hesitate to take the lead into the automation age. This is what thought leading companies do � they see an opportunity and act.�

KSC Software & Services BV is Opalis� Netherlands-based partner who helped enable NIBC, as well as many other major corporations in the Benelux market.

About Opalis Software, Inc.
Opalis Software, Inc., founded in 1999 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, is the leading provider of Run Book Automation software that orchestrates, integrates, and automates IT operational processes. With Opalis, IT organizations can reduce costs, improve service delivery, and ensure compliance through repeatable, reliable and standardized best practices.

With more than 750 global customers, including Toyota, Woolworths, Johnson & Johnson, British Telecom, and the Bank of New York, and the most comprehensive set of integrations with leading service management tools, Opalis integrates into any system, process, or application and standardizes them into ITIL best practices. For more information on Opalis, please visit www.opalis.com.

About NIBC
NIBC is a merchant bank focusing on client needs in the mid-cap segment in Western Europe with a global distribution network. NIBC offers innovative corporate finance, risk management and investment management solutions. Its clients are corporate, financial institutions, institutional investors, financial sponsors and family offices. The Bank has offices in The Hague, London, Brussels, Frankfurt, New York, and Singapore. For more information on NIBC, please visit www.nibc.com.

Press Contact:
Cathy Wright, Kulesa PR, cathy@kulesapr.com, 650-340-1985.

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1. �Run Book Automation: The Drivers and Inhibitors�, by David Williams, July 5, 2006. Gartner, Inc.

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