Microsoft and SpikeSource pledge to work together

Bangalore

August 14th, 2007

SpikeSource, a provider of business-ready open source applications, has
announced plans to work together with Microsoft to certify all of SpikeSource's
SpikeIgnited solutions on the Microsoft Windows platform. SpikeSource delivers a
range of open source applications including business intelligence, enterprise
content management, collaboration, e-mail, CRM and Web content management.

"A significant number of enterprise customers with open source
applications run those applications on Windows server today," said Bill
Hilf, GM of platform strategy at Microsoft. "Today's successful companies
are choosing the Microsoft platform. SpikeSource's decision provides its
customers with more flexibility and increased platform interoperability and
further highlights the wide spectrum of customers taking advantage of and
deriving value from the Microsoft platform."

"As companies look for new ways to compete in the global economy they
are deploying open source solutions that offer enterprise-class functionality on
the Windows platform at a lower price point," said Kim Polese, COO of
SpikeSource. "This announcement illustrates our commitment to offering
users tested and supported applications that meet their needs, regardless of
operating system they have deployed."

SpikeSource recently shipped a Windows-certified SpikeIgnited product to NEC,
whose customers have been asking for open source solutions that are certified on
both Linux and Windows, and began shipping today a Windows-certified Drupal
SpikeIgnited solution. Beyond this, the company has plans to certify additional
solutions on the Windows platform throughout the second half of 2007.

"NEC has been successfully offering our customers open source
infrastructure and application software solutions based on a close partnership
with SpikeSource," said Kenji Ogawa, GM Software Business Planning at NEC
Corp. "The news that Microsoft will work together with SpikeSource to
certify their leading open source solutions on the Windows platform will be well
received by our customers and will greatly expand the opportunity for NEC to
provide open source solutions."

SpikeSource delivers a portfolio of business-ready software solutions that
includes CRM, content management, e-mail, business intelligence and
collaboration applications developed by leading open source companies and
projects. To bring these solutions to market, the company has developed the
SpikeIgnite Platform, a set of tools and services that help simplify and
automate these otherwise labor-intensive and complex tasks.