QAD Offers Application-to-Application Solutions Framework.

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000

Ingersoll-Rand Employs QAD/Connects A2A Solutions Framework to

Enable Easy Connectivity Between QAD E-business Solutions

and Other Applications

QAD (Nasdaq:QADI), developer of e-business solutions supported by best-in-class manufacturing applications, today announced the availability of QAD/Connects A2A, a solutions framework delivering easy connectivity between QAD applications and ERP and legacy systems from other vendors.

Ingersoll-Rand, a worldwide manufacturer of industrial and commercial equipment and components, has implemented the QAD/Connects A2A connectivity solution and gained greater productivity, competitiveness and satisfaction from best-in-class enterprise applications that now interoperate more effectively across its enterprise.

"We wanted to have a robust connection from our operations system to our corporate systems, and chose QAD for the job because of the complexity of the integration," said Joe Taylor, Ingersoll-Rand's manager of application support. "We felt that if someone was going to go in there and give us state-of-the-art integration to QAD applications, it had to be QAD."

Companies are choosing the QAD/Connects A2A connectivity solution to interface quickly and securely with other systems that must share information to and from QAD applications. Leveraging the industry-specific knowledge of QAD's Global Services organization, these companies are finding that the QAD/Connects A2A solution facilitates the timeliness of their integration projects.

"Our total solutions approach provides the functionality required to develop effective interoperability solutions, thus helping customers establish a more integrated foundation for adding new e-business applications," said Pam Lopker, QAD president.

The QAD/Connects A2A solutions framework supports the development and delivery of specific QAD/Connects A2A connectivity solutions to manufacturers and distributors, and contains all the key elements required for successful interoperability solutions, including:

-- The QAD Q/LinQ connectivity engine and messaging system, which

provides automated message management, logging and error

recovery between applications;

-- Customizable API connectors, based on Open Applications Group

(OAGIS) messaging standards and eXtensible Markup Language 

(XML);

-- Compatibility with industry-standard mapping tools and

transports, such as MQSeries from IBM;

-- Support for several leading third party integration adapters,

with standard connectors to other ERP systems;

-- Complete implementation and integration services from QAD

Global Services and its Alliance Partners, including

evaluation, customization, integration, implementation,

training and support services.

About QAD

Founded in 1979, QAD is a leading provider of industry-specific e-business solutions and services to multinational manufacturers and distributors of all sizes, with special focus on the mid-market. Available in 26 languages and able to support multiple currencies, QAD software helps speed business processes for more than 300,000 licensed users at more than 4,800 licensed sites in more than 80 countries.

QAD software is specifically designed for global manufacturers in the following targeted industries: automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial, and medical products. For more information about QAD, telephone [phone], or visit the QAD web site at http://www.qad.com. To receive any of QAD's press releases via facsimile, contact 800/356-0747, or outside the United States contact +1 213/253-5647.

QAD is a trademark and MFG/PRO is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Note to Investors: This news release contains certain forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks include evolving demand for the company's software products and products that operate with the company's products; the publication of opinions by industry analysts about the company, its products and technology; the entry of new competitors and their technological advances; delays in localizing the company's products for new markets; delays in sales as a result of lengthy sales cycles; changes in operating expenses, pricing, timing of new product releases, the method of product distribution or product mix; and general economic factors. In addition, revenue and earnings in the e-business and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software industries are subject to fluctuations and the growth rates recently experienced by the company do not necessarily represent future operating results. Investors should not use any one quarter's results as a benchmark for future growth. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the company and the enterprise resource planning industry, refer to the company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 1999.