ClearOrbit Opens New Mississippi Development Center; 'Homeshoring' Initiative Expands Company's R&D Capacity and Employs Local Technology Talent.

AUSTIN, Texas -- ClearOrbit(R), the leading provider of real-time supply chain execution and collaboration software solutions, today announced the opening of its Mississippi Development Center. The Center, created in partnership with Mississippi State University (MSU), will expand ClearOrbit's R&D capacity in the areas of software development and quality assurance, and staff MSU computer science and engineering graduates.

Based in Starkville, Miss., near the MSU campus, the Development Center will also provide opportunities for current students in the form of internships and research projects. With graduate and undergraduate students currently working at the Center, ClearOrbit expects to continually add more in the coming year. All Center employees undergo an intensive eight-week training course at ClearOrbit's Austin, Texas headquarters to learn the company's technology, development approach and corporate culture.

"Although we considered offshoring for technology talent, the 'homeshoring' approach of the Mississippi Development Center is clearly the best alternative for ClearOrbit, and it creates a positive economic initiative for the region," said John Reece, president and CEO of ClearOrbit. "The center provides a competitive cost structure, yet gives us access to top-quality computer science and engineering talent. In addition, the Center is conveniently located to Austin, so we will be able to maintain the quality and responsiveness that our customers have come to expect."

Reece, a MSU graduate who was born and raised in Becker, Mississippi, approximately 50 miles from Starkville, notes that many MSU students want to remain in the area, but that a need exists to create career opportunities in the technology sector. Reece said, "With student interest in working and living in Mississippi, combined with a wealth of talent available from MSU's engineering program, the Development Center is a good match."

According to a recent study by the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, high-tech companies are showing an increasing level of interest in "rural sourcing" also known as "homeshoring" as an alternative to offshore outsourcing. The study found that rural sourcing can provide much of the cost savings of offshoring, while avoiding the hidden costs associated with offshoring, including travel, communication, security, and issues related to time zone differences.

"The new center will provide our students with the opportunity to remain in Mississippi and pursue challenging work in software development," said MSU professor and department head, Julia Hodges. "Some of our graduates already working there report being very pleased with the company."

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, David Dampier, added, "This partnership with ClearOrbit provides employment opportunities for our graduates and an opportunity for MSU to demonstrate the high caliber of its computer science and engineering programs."

About ClearOrbit

ClearOrbit's mission is to improve the speed, visibility, and control of extended manufacturing and distribution supply chains, and create significant economic value for its customers and their trading partners. Since 1994, ClearOrbit has assisted more than 275 clients in automating and controlling process execution within their extended supply networks. ClearOrbit's award-winning solutions work within the existing enterprise system to leverage a "single version of the truth," expanding rather than duplicating functionality to eliminate inefficiencies in the supply chain. By using the customer's data model, ClearOrbit delivers on the promise of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) and SAP (NYSE:SAP) with fully integrated supply chain execution and collaboration solutions that address "last mile functionality" issues inherent in most ERP systems. ClearOrbit customers include Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ:JDSU) and Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN). For more information, visit www.clearorbit.com.

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