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UniPress Software Continues Strong Growth Through First Half of 2005; Company Cites Use of FootPrints Service Desk Product Line by Organizations Worldwide to Drive Business-Critical Help Desk and Customer Support Operations.


EDISON, N.J. -- UniPress(R) Software, Inc., a leading mid-market provider of web-based service desk automation software, today announced strong revenue growth for its FootPrints(R) 100% web-based service desk line through the first half of 2005. The company recorded an increase of nearly 20% in revenue compared to the same six-month period in 2004 ending in June. New products and services coupled with the market demand for a cost-effective and flexible service desk system are just a few of the factors driving the company's growth, which averaged an increase of 25% over the past five years, and 44% in 2004.

New customers of FootPrints during the first half of 2005 include JC Penney(R) Co., Inc., Shutterfly(R), Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. (R), Inc., First DataBank First DataBank, Inc. (FDB), currently owned by Hearst Corporation, is a publisher of pharmaceutical industry market information and information technology. The firm, headquartered in San Bruno, California, is best known for its controversial drug pricing surveys of the McKesson , Inc., The Hearst Corporation The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media. , Luxottica(R) Retail, Cleartel(R) Communications, Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. , Meridian IQ(R), the Federal Air Marshall Service, and many more. The company is seeing balanced growth for FootPrints across a variety of industries in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , such as the federal government, higher education higher education

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The FootPrints product line offers an easy-to-use, comprehensive, and 100% web-based support automation system to centralize and streamline help desk and customer service operations as well as other business-critical processes. It is used by more than 2,000 organizations worldwide to streamline workflow processes and enable help desk and customer support departments to incorporate industry best practices to reduce costs, improve customer problem resolution, increase customer satisfaction, and achieve greater levels of efficiency.

"Since the launch of FootPrints in 1996, we have seen steady and consistent growth for this solution as it offers an extremely flexible system to manage all types of help desk and customer service operations and other business activities," said Mark Krieger, President of UniPress Software. "The system's signature ease-of-use and ability to be continuously customized, all without programming are just a few of the reasons why so many organizations are embracing FootPrints over other solutions. These capabilities combined with the other built-in features give organizations a scalable platform that can keep pace with changing business requirements, while leveraging investments in existing systems and applications."

In 2005, UniPress has continued to expand its FootPrints line of products and services. UniPress launched a formal FootPrints Professional Services and Training Program in March 2005. This program offers standards-based product and support industry-based training courses along with comprehensive, professional consulting services. In addition, UniPress announced several new integrations with leading best-of-breed solutions. In the first two quarters of 2005, UniPress introduced a new integration with LANDesk(R) Software and the capability to link FootPrints to leading third-party CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization.  tools via its FootPrints CRM Bridge(R). The FootPrints integration with LANDesk Software offers a dynamic link between FootPrints and LANDesk Inventory Manager, providing help desk agents with direct access to comprehensive IT asset management functionality to quickly troubleshoot and resolve technical problems. The FootPrints CRM Bridge gives FootPrints users the ability to share and access contact records and other data stored in leading sales automation tools, including Microsoft(R) CRM, Salesforce.com(R), and Salesnet's(R) hosted CRM sales-focused solution.

FootPrints solutions are sold direct by the UniPress sales organization in North America and they are sold through UniPress' domestic and international reseller channel. In July, UniPress hosted its annual International Distributor Conference for its worldwide distribution partners who are located throughout Europe, Japan, Mexico, Latin America, China, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , and South Africa. As part of the company's overall sales strategy, it continues to add new channel partners to its FootPrints North American North American

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About UniPress Software, Inc.

Headquartered in Edison, New Jersey Edison Township (usually known as Edison) is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 97,687, making it at the time the fifth largest municipality in New Jersey. As of the U.S. , UniPress Software, Inc. is a developer of web-based service desk automation software serving the mid-market, as well as large and small organizations. The company's FootPrints(R) product line, launched in 1996, provides a comprehensive range of capabilities to significantly improve help desk and customer support operations, and is used worldwide by over 2,000 corporate organizations, government offices, and educational institutions, including Prudential Financial(R), BHP Billiton(R) Petroleum, 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) (R), Kampgrounds of America, Hunter Fan Company(R), the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , and the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli.

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Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
. UniPress software develops and markets FootPrints software, available in numerous versions, along with add-on tools and best of breed integrations. The company also offers a complete line of product and best practices training courses and professional services. For more information, contact UniPress Software at 1-800-222-0550, or via the web at http://www.unipress.com.

UniPress(R) Software and FootPrints(R) are Registered Trademarks of UniPress Software, Inc. All other trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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