AmberPoint Customer Northern Trust Honored with ``Best Practices in Enterprise Management Award''.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Northern Trust Recognized by IDG's Computerworld and the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) for Use of AmberPoint Management Foundation

AmberPoint congratulates its customer, Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS), for its recognition by Enterprise Management World as a winner of the "Best Practices in Enterprise Management" Awards. The award honors organizations that have applied exemplary management solutions to provide strategic advantage to their enterprises. Northern Trust was recognized in the Distributed Systems and Infrastructure Implementation category for its use of AmberPoint Management Foundation.

A panel of judges evaluated companies based on case study submissions that profiled the company, its IT department and enterprise management challenges, as well as application deployment details, summaries of the key technology used and quantifiable benefits.

"AmberPoint is a vital component of our SOA infrastructure," said Timothy Theriault, president and business unit head of Worldwide Operations and Technology at Northern Trust. "Management Foundation integrated seamlessly into our heterogeneous environment to quickly deliver comprehensive management capabilities. It's proven to be an effective management framework for our enterprise-wide Web services landscape."

Northern Trust is one of the world's leading financial institutions. The company manages its service-oriented architecture (SOA) with AmberPoint Management Foundation. With the capabilities provided by AmberPoint, Northern Trust has achieved:

--Interoperability across a distributed, heterogeneous, enterprise-wide system

--A robust enterprise architecture for Web services

--Uniform management and security functionality across an enterprise SOA environment

--Lower development costs and total cost of ownership

--Economies of scale from service re-use

"Enterprise management technologies are streamlining operations in several industries, from financial services to ground and air shipping to state and federal agencies," said Leo Leger, vice president of Strategic Initiatives for Computerworld. "Our 'Best Practices in Enterprise Management' Awards Program winners have raised the bar for excellence. We are proud to honor winners and honorable mentions in front of their peers at Enterprise Management World this September in Philadelphia."

"Congratulations to Northern Trust for their recognition as an IT leader and for their superior enterprise management practices," said John Hubinger, CEO of AmberPoint. "Not only does this award recognize Northern Trust, it honors AmberPoint and validates our ability to meet demanding customer requirements. It also confirms our belief that AmberPoint customers are way ahead of the curve in deployment and management of SOAs."

A complete list of "Best Practices in Enterprise Management" Awards Program winners can be found online at http://www.emwusa.com/index.html.

About Computerworld

Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, the Computerworld.com website, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence, surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes the 2004 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and a Jesse H. Neal Award for "Best News Coverage." In print since 1967, Computerworld is the source for information technology management with a guaranteed rate base of 180,000, a total print audience of 1,869,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS v.10.0), and an online audience of over one million unique monthly visitors (DoubleClick).

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and event company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R), and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq:NTRS) is a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide. Northern Trust, a multibank holding company based in Chicago, has a growing network of offices in 15 U.S. states and has international offices in six countries. As of June 30, 2004, Northern Trust had assets under administration of $2.3 trillion, assets under investment management of $527 billion and banking assets of $41 billion. Northern Trust, founded in 1889, has earned distinction as an industry leader in combining high-touch service and expertise with innovative products and technology. For more information, visit www.northerntrust.com.

About AmberPoint

AmberPoint is the leading provider of management software for service-oriented architectures (SOA). With its modular, distributed architecture, AmberPoint radically simplifies the management and evolution of service-based business solutions. For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510-663-6300 or [e-mail], or visit the company website at www.amberpoint.com for a complimentary developer's edition of AmberPoint software.