JDA Software and Intel Corp. Announce Strategic Relationship.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Companies Form a Joint Marketing Relationship Focused on the Sale of JDA Portfolio Solutions for Retailers, Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Distributors

Intel(R) Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and JDA(R) Software Group Inc. (Nasdaq: JDAS) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding outlining an anticipated long-term strategic relationship focused on joint marketing, sales and technology initiatives for the JDA Portfolio(R) software suite and Intel products and services. The proposed arrangement will result in the two companies working more closely together to market and deliver optimized performance, scalability and enhanced execution on the latest technologies to new and existing demand chain customers.

"As a leading provider of software applications and a key Microsoft go-to-market partner in the demand chain space, JDA continues to show vision and leadership in bringing high-value solutions to the market," commented John Davies, vice president of Intel's solutions marketing development group. "By joining together, Intel and JDA will align key strategic initiatives and product road maps to ensure the continued availability of top-quality technology solutions across this important business sector."

"Together, Intel and JDA are uniquely positioned to collaborate in the delivery of world-class solutions to retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors," stated Peter Charness, JDA's senior vice president of global marketing and chief product officer. "By combining Intel's superior hardware architecture and technology platforms with JDA's best-of-breed software utilizing Microsoft .NET, we are in an excellent position to leverage our expertise while delivering a significantly lower cost solution every retailer will consider a compelling alternative to the competition."

JDA and Intel Look to Meet the Demands of the Tier 1 Retail Demand Chain

As part of the evolution and innovation of the JDA Portfolio suite, JDA is consolidating and enhancing its retail demand chain software applications using Microsoft .NET technologies running on Intel platforms for robust, reliable and scalable solutions. The JDA Portfolio suite will benefit from the technologies Intel offers on its computing platforms running the most demanding applications while simultaneously boosting computing performance. EM64-T, Execute Disable and Hyper-Threading are available today to provide support for 64-bit applications, access to larger memory, backward compatibility to IA32 applications, hardware assistance to protect against virus attacks and hardware support for threaded applications. JDA's applications also will benefit from the significant additional computing power that Intel's multicore products will deliver in the near future. Additionally, to enable users to move seamlessly throughout the store/warehouse/logistics environments without loss of data or the need for system reboots, JDA will continue to develop solutions on Intel Centrino(TM) Mobile Technology for fully integrated wireless capabilities.

As part of the joint technology initiative, Intel has agreed to provide JDA with the hardware needed to test and confirm that its new PortfolioEnabled(TM) applications will deliver performance and scale to support the high-performing data models of Tier 1 retail demand chain customers. JDA and Intel intend to work cooperatively to ensure that PortfolioEnabled solutions are operationally optimized using advanced, 64-bit computing space with Intel Xeon, Extended Memory 64-bit Technology(TM) and Intel Itanium(TM) processor family-based servers. Intel Solution Center Services can assist JDA consultants and customers in optimizing JDA applications on Intel technology hardware platforms.

Co-Marketing Activities to Bolster Market Success

As part of the proposed arrangement, the two companies will educate their respective sales and field teams and participate in lead management activities. JDA and Intel are already executing co-marketing activities to bolster the market success of both sides' applications. In the first quarter 2005, Intel co-sponsored the event JDA Customer Value Days, which took place in major cities across the United States and Canada. At six half-day seminars, a total of more than 200 JDA clients listened as industry experts discussed cutting-edge concepts and best practices to increase merchandise performance, profitability and customer satisfaction.

Intel was recently one of the top diamond sponsors at JDA FOCUS 2005, JDA's 15th annual global conference and exposition, which took place April 17-20, 2005. Intel's Jon Stine, retail-consumer packaged goods global strategic manager, was among the prestigious Super Session speakers and shared his company's vision of transforming the retail experience using digital technology. JDA drew more than 1,400 participants to FOCUS, which was held in Orlando, Fla.

Numerous other JDA/Intel engagements throughout the year will enable the retail demand chain community to discover the joint value proposition and experience the solutions for themselves.

About Intel Corp.

Intel Corp. is helping retailers and consumer packed goods (CPG) manufacturers to transform their companies with business process innovations and continued IT modernization best practices. Flexible, open standards-based systems running on Intel(R)-based platforms provide retailers with a competitive advantage that can improve productivity, differentiate the shopping experience and increase profitability. Intel plays a unique role as a major catalyst for business process transformation -- working with a global network of leading software vendors, hardware manufacturers, service and solution providers as well as forward-thinking retailers and CPG customers. For more information on Intel, visit www.intel.com.

About JDA Software Group Inc.

With more than 4,700 retail, manufacturing and wholesale customers in 60 countries, JDA Software Group Inc. is a global leader in delivering integrated software and professional services for the retail demand chain. By capitalizing on its market position and financial strength, JDA commits significant resources to advancing JDA Portfolio, its suite of merchandising, POS, analytic and collaborative solutions that improve revenues, efficiency and customer focus. Founded in 1985, JDA is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., and employs more than 1,100 associates operating from 25 offices in major cities throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit www.jda.com, e-mail [e-mail], or call 800-479-7382.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include Davies' assurance that our solutions will become available across the business sector, Charness' remarks that JDA and Intel are uniquely positioned to deliver solutions to the retail demand chain, and our expectation that the new PortfolioEnabled applications will deliver fast performance and scalability. Future events may involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the fact that the proposed arrangement is subject only to a nonbinding memorandum of understanding, therefore the parties may be unable to reach a definitive agreement. Additionally, we may be unable to deliver the anticipated products or the desired performance improvements, increasing the likelihood that users may license competitive products. Other risks are detailed from time to time in the "Risk Factors" section of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these and other risks, actual results may differ materially from those predicted. We undertake no obligation to update information in this release.

"JDA," "JDA Portfolio" and "PortfolioEnabled" are trademarks or registered trademarks of JDA Software Group Inc. Any trade, product or service name referenced in this document using the name "JDA" is a trademark and/or property of JDA Software Group Inc. Intel, Centrino, Itanium and Extended Memory 64-bit Technology are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corp. All other trade, product or service names referenced in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.