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Attunity's Information Integration Software Platform Helps AccuWeather.com Stream Real-Time Weather Information to the World

Business Wire, June 20, 2005

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Maps, Satellite Images, Winds, Precipitation Get Federated and Streamed in Real-Time to Keep Weather Professionals and Public Informed Up To The Minute

Attunity Ltd. (NASDAQ: ATTU), a provider of data integration solutions that simplify the on-demand access, integration, delivery and usage of enterprise information, announced today that AccuWeather.com(R) has selected Attunity's real-time data integration software platform to federate its diverse weather information sources and stream information to weather professionals and the general public.

"We selected Attunity's data integration software platform because hundreds of millions of people worldwide are relying on the timeliness and reliability of our weather forecasts," said Jack Higham, CIO, AccuWeather.com. "The enormous, ever-increasing demands on our web site, coupled with the variety of complex data sources we use to generate our forecasts, require highly accurate, real-time information flow from each source. Attunity's platform allows AccuWeather.com to perform data transfers quickly and flawlessly, so our customers will continue to get the weather information they want when they need it."

By selecting Attunity's software platform, AccuWeather.com joins more than 1,100 of the largest companies around the world that integrate multiple data sources with the Attunity software platform. Today, many organizations like AccuWeather.com are creating sustainable competitive advantage by streaming data through the organization, and out to customers, in real time. Financial transactions, operational throughput and marketing sales campaign response are all available in near real-time with the Attunity software platform, giving managers better decision-making information.

"AccuWeather.com is the perfect example of how streaming integrated data, based on a comprehensive information integration platform, can be a vital part of competitive advantage," said Daniel Sapir, vice president of worldwide marketing for Attunity. "The decision-making process for meteorologists and others in the weather business is critically dependent upon timing. We now see that playing out in more and more businesses and business functions where information integration has become a business imperative."

About Attunity Ltd.

Attunity is a leading provider of enterprise information integration software. Using Attunity's products, companies can seamlessly connect to data sources, stream data changes across the enterprise, and federate heterogeneous information to achieve a single view of their business. Employing a unique distributed architecture, Attunity software runs natively on enterprise data servers, turning locked data silos into an efficient Information Grid. The result is significantly enhanced performance and reduced cost of ownership.

More than 1,100 customers are using Attunity software worldwide for data integration initiatives such as service-oriented integration to the mainframe as part of EAI projects, legacy data access for business intelligence and reporting, real-time and efficient ETL based on change data capture, and single customer views from disparate information sources. Also, Attunity is a trusted partner for industry leaders like Oracle and HP, who embed Attunity software into their products and solution offerings.

About AccuWeather.com

AccuWeather.com, The World's Weather Authority(R), provides a portfolio of products and services through the airwaves, via the Internet, in print, and behind the scenes that benefit hundreds of millions of people worldwide. AccuWeather.com services more than 235,000 paying customers in media, business, government and institutions, and millions more through its free website. AccuWeather.com also provides content onto more than 1,200 Internet sites including CNN Interactive, ABC's owned and operated stations, The Associated Press(R), The Washington Post and The New York Times.