California Software Signs Reseller Agreement With Hewlett Packard.

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001

California Software Corp. (OTCBB:CAWC), a leader in IBM Midrange migration products and developer of the award-winning BABY, Unibol and MLPS product lines, today announced that in addition to its previously announced software partnership with Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HWP), it has expanded its relationship to include the ability to resell the popular 9000 server series and Windows-based servers and workstations.

"As the leader in IBM midrange migration products, it only makes logical sense that we provide the hardware that deploys our software products. This allows us to provide a complete package to our customers and provides additional revenue to California Software," said Milt Rosberg, vice president, sales and marketing, California Software.

"Having worked with a number of hardware manufacturers, we have been extremely impressed with the level of support and commitment from HP. We are very excited about this new strategic partnership," continued Rosberg.

About California Software Corp.

With headquarters in Irvine and with offices in Richmond, Va., Belfast, Ireland and Brussels, Belgium, California Software is the developer and marketer of the BABY, Unibol and MLPS brand names that support the migration of AS/400-based applications to Windows, Unix and Linux, a Graphical interface/Web enablement product family and loan processing applications for financial institutions.

California Software enjoys more than 100,000 installations in 56 countries and is in use by such customers as IBM, Unisys, Caterpillar, Volvo, DHL Worldwide and BMW Motors.

About Hewlett Packard

With headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. and with 540 sales and support offices and distributorships in more than 120 countries, HP is ranked as the No. 2 computer company based in the United States. HP has 88,500 employees worldwide.

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