Mortgage Cadence, Inc. Becomes a 'Front Runner' with the Upgraded Release of Mortgage Cadence® 4.0; Mortgage Cadence Reports a 25-30% Increase in Performance Due to SQL Server 2005 Upgrade

Business Wire, Dec 19, 2005

DENVER -- Mortgage Cadence, Inc., a leading end-to-end mortgage lending platform provider, today announced it has launched a new application using Microsoft SQL Server 2005, earning the company Front Runner status from Microsoft Corp. Mortgage Cadence 4.0, in combination with Microsoft SQL Server 2005, helps enable customers by not only providing better performance and scalability, but better security and more reliability as well. SQL Server 2005 is the next-generation data management and analysis software that will deliver increased scalability, availability and security to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy and manage.

"Microsoft has always been committed to the success of our broad ISV partner community and will continue to rely heavily on that community to drive innovative solutions to market," said Pradeep Rathinam, general manager of U.S. ISV Strategy in the U.S. Partner Group at Microsoft. "The Front Runner program was designed to provide our partners with the best development environment possible and give them the technical and marketing tools they need to be successful over the long term."

Microsoft wanted to ensure that ISVs had access to a full host of benefits to enable them to bring best-of-breed solutions to market more quickly and effectively. Giving ISVs the resources they need to fast-track the development of these applications enables customers to start taking advantage of the increased scalability, availability and security of the application built on top of SQL Server 2005 almost immediately, increasing their company's productivity.

"Mortgage Cadence is excited to support SQL Server 2005 because it's a great platform and a great leap forward," said Jerry Heinz, COO of Mortgage Cadence. "Achieving Front Runner status enables us to deliver applications to customers within the same timeframe as the launch of SQL Server 2005. As a result of the solution we have developed, we are uniquely positioned to help our customers get the most from their technology investment."

Mortgage Cadence upgraded its existing application, Mortgage Cadence 4.0, from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005. The upgrade process went smoothly and there has been a 25-30% increase in performance from the database on identical hardware. Mortgage Cadence anticipates even more gains as they begin to leverage the new functionality in SQL Server 2005.

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The Microsoft ISV/Software Solutions Competency recognizes the skill and focus partners bring to a particular solution set. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners that have obtained this competency have a successful record of developing and marketing packed software based on Microsoft technologies.

About Mortgage Cadence

Mortgage Cadence supplies a leading enterprise lending solution (ELS) that enables companies to focus on profitability and superior service. Comprised of comprehensive end-to-end LOS functionality at its core, an embedded business rule management system (BRMS), workflow engine, product and pricing functionality, and integrated imaging, the system gives companies the flexibility to easily adapt to industry changes and easily capitalize on new business opportunities. Built on an ever-evolving, SOA-based architecture, functionality to innovate the mortgage process, and an eye toward the eventual realization of e-Mortgages, Mortgage Cadence provides the last lending platform a company will ever need. To learn more, please visit us on the Web at www.mortgagecadence.com.