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Attunity Reports Second Quarter 2005 Results; Operating Results Continue to Improve Sequentially.


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ATTUNITY REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2005 RESULTS; OPERATING RESULTS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SEQUENTIALLY

Attunity, Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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: ATTU Attu, island: see Aleutian Islands. ), a leading provider of enterprise information integration software, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June June: see month.  30, 2005.

Total revenues for the second quarter of 2005 were $3,971,000, representing an increase of 3% over total revenues of $3,859,000 in the first quarter of 2005 and a decrease of 4% from $4,123,000 in the second quarter of 2004. Net loss from continued operations for the second quarter of 2005 was $555,000 or ($0.03) per share compared with a net loss from continued operations for the first quarter of 2005 of $735,000 or ($0.05) per share and net income from continued operations of $169,000 or $0.01 per share in the second quarter of 2004. As reported previously, in the second quarter of 2004, license revenues included one contract, which amounted to $995,000.

Total revenues in the first six months of 2005 increased 7% to $7,830,000 from $7,294,000 for the same period in the prior year. Net loss from continued operations in the first six months of 2005 was $1,292,000 or ($0.08) per share, compared with net loss from continued operations of $71,000 or $0.00 per share in the first six months of 2004.

"I am pleased that we continue to execute our plan of growing revenues and improving operating margins Operating Margin

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Highlights of the Quarter

--Operating margins continue to improve sequentially; 19% decrease in operating loss operating loss

The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income.
 from $483,000 in the first quarter of 2005 to $392,000.

--License sales from our direct sales force continue to grow.

--Continuously improving relationships with our strategic OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  partners.

--Developments are on plan to introduce new innovative solution to the market by end of 2005.

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Mr. Ratner continued, "I am very encouraged by the feedback we are receiving from our development partners on our new solution as we continue on track to have trial installations in the third quarter and a general release at the end of this year. As our integration platform is being implemented for more mission critical operations, we see increased interest from major software vendors to boost the use of our products to complement their offerings "

Attunity Conference Call

The company has scheduled a conference call and simultaneous Web-cast at 10am Eastern Time on July July: see month.  27. To participate in the call, U.S. callers can dial 800-259-0251 and international callers can dial +1-617-614-3671 and entering the pass code 84369987 five minutes prior to the start time. The call will be available for replay through the end of August, 2005 by dialing 888-286-8010 (in the US) or +1-617-801-6888 (international) and entering the pass code 94961528. This call will also be broadcast live on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
. To register and view the Webcast, go to http://www.attunity.com/investors. An online replay will be available approximately two hours after the call.

About Attunity:

Attunity is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software. Using Attunity's products, companies can seamlessly connect to data sources, stream data changes across the enterprise, and federate fed·er·ate  
v. fed·er·at·ed, fed·er·at·ing, fed·er·ates

v.tr.
To cause to join into a league, federal union, or similar association.

v.intr.
To become united into a federal union.
 heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous.

heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind.

Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network).
 information to achieve a single view of their business. Employing a unique distributed architecture, Attunity software runs natively on enterprise data servers, turning locked data silos (1) A separate database or set of data files that are not part of an organization's enterprise-wide data administration. See siloed application.

(2) An external storage array or cabinet. See disk array.
 into an efficient Information Grid. The result is significantly enhanced performance and reduced cost of ownership.

Attunity software solutions are used world-wide for Data Warehousing See data warehouse.

data warehousing - data warehouse
, Operational Data Stores, and a variety of Information Integration initiatives, including service-oriented Different ideas of service-orientation are found in different domains.
  • In business computing - Service-orientation
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 integration to the mainframe as part of EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together.  projects, legacy data access for business intelligence and reporting, real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example.  and efficient ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) The functions performed when pulling data out of one database and placing it into another of a different type. ETL is used to migrate data, often from relational databases into decision support systems.  based on change data capture, and single customer views from disparate information sources. Also, Attunity is a trusted partner for industry leaders like IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Oracle and HP who embed em·bed   also im·bed
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v.tr.
1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale.
 Attunity software into their products and solution offerings.

Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 Statement

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from Attunity current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the impact on revenues of economic and political uncertainties and weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the commencement or escalation es·ca·late  
v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates

v.tr.
To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf.

v.intr.
 of hostilities hos·til·i·ty  
n. pl. hos·til·i·ties
1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity.

2.
a. A hostile act.

b. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.
 or acts of terrorism; any unforeseen developmental or technological difficulties with regard to Attunity's products; changes in the competitive landscape, including new competitors or the impact of competitive pricing and products; a shift in demand for products such as Attunity's; unknown factors affecting third parties with which Attunity has formed business alliances; timely availability and customer acceptance of Attunity's new and existing products, uncertainty as to the timing of obtaining effectiveness of the registration statements Attunity has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other factors and risks discussed in Attunity's Annual Report on Form 20-F, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Attunity assumes no obligation to update information concerning its expectations.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
---------------------------
U.S. dollars in thousands



                                          June 30,     December 31,
                                            2005           2004
                                        -------------  -------------
                                          Unaudited
                                        -------------
   ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS:
  Cash and cash equivalents                $   4,768      $   1,717
  Restricted cash                                 63             73
  Trade receivables, net                       2,083          2,160
  Other current assets                         1,034          1,250
  Assets of discontinued operation               428            521
                                            ---------      ---------
Total current assets                           8,376          5,721
-----                                       ---------      ---------

LONG-TERM PREPAID EXPENSES                        85             64
                                            ---------      ---------

SEVERANCE PAY FUND                               677            698
                                            ---------      ---------

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET                      680            834
                                            ---------      ---------

OTHER ASSETS, NET                             10,680         10,826
                                            ---------      ---------

Total assets                               $  20,498      $  18,143
-----                                       =========      =========


   LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES:
  Current maturities of long-term debt     $      56       $     70
  Trade payables                                 396            611
  Deferred revenues                            3,844          2,298
  Employees and payroll accruals               1,086          1,156
  Accrued expenses and other liabilities       1,877          2,097
  Liabilities of discontinued operation          264            892
                                             --------       --------
Total current liabilities                      7,523          7,124
-----                                        --------       --------

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
  Long-term debts                                487            339
  Accrued severance pay                          995          1,008
                                             --------       --------
Total long-term liabilities                    1,482          1,347
-----                                        --------       --------

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
  Share capital                                  580            539
  Additional paid-in capital                  93,075         89,618
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss          (155)          (148)
  Accumulated deficit                        (82,007)       (80,337)
                                             --------       --------
Total shareholders' equity                    11,493          9,672
-----                                        --------       --------

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity  $ 20,498       $ 18,143
-----                                        ========       ========

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
-----------------------------------------------
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data

                                Six months ended   Three months ended
                                     June 30,            June 30,
                               ------------------- -------------------
                                  2005       2004     2005       2004
                                ---------- -------  ---------- -------
Revenues:
  Software licenses            $ 4,368    $ 4,190  $ 2,110    $ 2,574
  Services                       3,462      3,104    1,861      1,549
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

                                 7,830      7,294    3,971      4,123
                                -------    -------  -------    -------
Cost of revenues:
  Software licenses                781      1,120      390        587
  Services                         962        791      478        385
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

                                 1,743      1,911      868        972
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

Gross profit                     6,087      5,383    3,103      3,151
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

Operating expenses:
  Research and development,
   net                           1,184        676      615        353
  Selling and marketing          4,569      3,358    2,248      1,828
  General and administrative     1,131      1,239      552        646
  Liquidation damages related
   to January private
   placement                        80          -       80          -
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

Total operating expenses         6,964      5,273    3,495      2,827
------------------------        -------    -------  -------    -------

Operating profit (loss)           (877)       110     (392)       324

Financial expenses, net           (380)      (126)    (154)      (117)
Other income (expenses)            (10)         -        3          -
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

Profit (loss) before income
  taxes                         (1,267)       (16)    (543)       207
Taxes on income                    (25)       (55)     (12)       (38)
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

Profit (loss) from continued
 operations                     (1,292)       (71)    (555)       169
Discontinued operations:
  Loss on disposal of segment,
   net of income taxes            (378)      (183)     (27)      (166)
                                -------    -------  -------    -------

Net profit (loss)              $(1,670)   $  (254) $  (582)   $     3
                                =======    =======  =======    =======

Basic and diluted net profit
 (loss) per share from
 continued operations          $ (0.08)   $ (0.00) $ (0.03)   $  0.01
                                =======    =======  =======    =======

Basic and diluted net loss per
 share from discontinued
 operations, net of income
 taxes                         $ (0.02)   $ (0.01) $ (0.00)   $ (0.01)
                                =======    =======  =======    =======

Basic and diluted net loss per
 share                         $ (0.10)   $ (0.02) $ (0.03)   $ (0.00)
                                =======    =======  =======    =======

Weighted average number of
 shares used in computing
 basic and diluted net loss
 per share                      16,678     15,002   17,087     15,165
                                =======    =======  =======    =======
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