A3 Solutions Awarded ''Front Runner'' by Microsoft; Company's Business Intelligence Platform Among First to Support SQL Server 2005

Business Wire, June 27, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO -- A3 Solutions, Inc. today announced that A3 Modeling, the Company's web platform for automation of complex corporate analytic applications including budgeting, forecasting and line of business profitability analysis, now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, earning the company Front Runner status with Microsoft Corp. A3 Modeling in combination with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services helps customers transform their complex corporate spreadsheet systems into scalable web applications. 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.

A3 Solutions is a Microsoft Gold ISV.

The Front Runner program was designed to provide Microsoft partners with the best development environment possible to integrate SQL Server 2005 into ISV applications thus enabling joint A3 and Microsoft customers to start taking advantage of increased scalability, availability and security almost immediately, increasing their company's productivity.

"A3 Solutions is excited to support SQL Server 2005 because it's a great platform and a great leap forward," said Robert Lautt, President & CEO of A3 Solutions. "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."

A3 Modeling is especially suited for automation of the most complex corporate analytic processes, especially those involving elaborate financial and operational spreadsheet models, complex consolidation processes, and multiple geographically dispersed users. Enterprises choose A3 Modeling when their needs demand more flexibility, greater ease of use, and lower total cost than can be achieved with packaged applications from industry leaders.

About A3 Solutions

A3 Solutions is an innovator in the Business Intelligence, Analytic Applications market. Leveraging its advanced spreadsheet automation server technology, A3 Solutions delivers a more flexible, more scalable budgeting, forecasting, and operational profitability applications more quickly and at lower total cost than competing Business Intelligence solutions. Come to our website (www.a3solutions.com) and see how American Airlines, Avon, Cox Communications, McDonald's, Safeway, Toyota, Williams Sonoma, and Verizon use software from A3 to reduce the time and labor, increase confidence in reporting and analysis, enjoy more timely and detailed visibility into operational performance, and empower decision makers to act more quickly and confidently. A3 Solutions' tightly integrates with leading enterprise analytic database technology from Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT, News), IBM (NYSE: IBM, News), and Hyperion Solutions (Nasdaq: HYSL, News). A3 Solutions is headquartered in San Francisco, California and has offices in London, England to service the European market. To learn more about our patent-pending spreadsheet automation server technology, A3 Modeling, visit www.a3solutions.com, send an email to sales@a3solutions.com, or call (800) 666-CUBE (2823) or 415-356-2300.

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