IONA Names Proven Industry Executive to Lead Strategic Partnership Efforts; Robert Napolitano Joins Company as Vice President, Corporate Development

Business Wire, May 3, 2005

DUBLIN, Ireland & WALTHAM, Mass. -- IONA(R) Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), a world leader in high-performance integration solutions for mission-critical IT environments, today announced that Robert Napolitano has joined the company as Vice President, Corporate Development. In this role, Mr. Napolitano brings nearly 20 years of corporate development leadership in the high technology industry to IONA. As Vice President, Corporate Development, Mr. Napolitano will hold primary responsibility for expanding IONA's strategic corporate relationships.

Throughout Mr. Napolitano's career in the high technology industry, he has demonstrated an ability to build strong partner relationships with industry leading vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Sun and with system integrators including Accenture, BearingPoint, CSC and EDS, among others. He has held senior corporate and business development positions with companies including Pegasystems, Engage, Nortel Networks, Compaq and Digital.

"Robert joins IONA with tremendous experience in driving new business value from the partnership portfolios he has developed, managed and ultimately expanded during the course of his career," stated Peter Zotto, CEO, IONA. "A strong partner ecosystem continues to be an important part of IONA's growth strategy, and I am confident that Robert's expertise in building strong, mutually beneficial relationships that extend the value proposition for all parties involved will make a positive impact on the company."

Prior to joining IONA, Mr. Napolitano served as Vice President, Strategic Alliances for Pegasystems, Inc., a provider of Business Process Management software products. While with Pegasystems, Mr. Napolitano was responsible for the development of a multi-faceted, global strategic alliance with IBM.

"Companies that demonstrate a commitment and ability to provide bi-directional business value with their partners create strong and relevant relationships that ultimately benefit everyone, most notably their customers," said Mr. Napolitano. "I'm very excited by the opportunity to help IONA take the company's partner and channel relationships to the next level. The products IONA offers are all about making software work together, and through close relationships with our partners we can validate this every day."

About IONA

For more than a decade, IONA(R) Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA) has been a world leader in delivering high-performance integration solutions for enterprise IT environments. IONA pioneered standards-based integration with its CORBA-based Orbix(R) products. Artix(TM), IONA's extensible Enterprise Service Bus, enables existing enterprise systems to be integrated with an organization's common infrastructure components. Customers use Artix to incorporate current IT assets into valuable new business applications through enterprise-class, standards-based connectivity.

With its partners, IONA can deliver NOW on the promise of service-oriented integration, making it possible for customers to achieve system longevity and agility at a significantly lower cost.

IONA's customers include Global 2000 companies in telecommunications, financial services, aerospace and manufacturing, including AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth, Deutsche Telekom, British Telecom, Hong Kong Telecom, NTT, Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, Winterthur Insurance, Zurich Insurance and Boeing.

IONA is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts and offices worldwide. For additional information about IONA, visit our Web site at http://www.iona.com.

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