Optio(R) Software And Deloitte & Touche Announce Strategic Alliance To Enhance Outsourcing Service

Market Wire, 20050229

Optio Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTO), a leading provider of software that captures, transforms and delivers information and data to allow automated processes, and Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, recently announced a strategic alliance.

The alliance builds on the successful working relationship between the two organizations, and entails Deloitte & Touche utilizing Optio technology as part of its Applications Outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing services. Deloitte & Touche is an established provider of outsourcing services, extending its traditional accounting and IT consulting capabilities to deliver world-class outsourcing solutions on a shared platform.

"We are proud to work with one of the top professional services and outsourcing firms in the world," said Warren Neuburger, president and chief executive officer of Optio. "Together, we will help Deloitte & Touche's outsourcing clients to improve operational efficiencies that are needed for an organization to compete effectively. Optio is looking forward to a solid relationship with Deloitte & Touche."

Optio e.ComIntegrate(TM) provides the software infrastructure to enable business-to-business integration, communication, and presentation of critical information in several formats, including the inbound and outbound processing of XML. Deloitte & Touche will offer Optio e.ComIntegrate(TM) in conjunction with market-leading software applications, like J.D. Edwards, Lawson and Solution 6, to its outsourcing clients.

"We are pleased to create an alliance with a company like Optio that can help us increase our success in delivering cost-effective, rapid time-to-market solutions for our clients," said Mike Stipa, national director of Deloitte & Touche's Applications Outsourcing practice. "Optio's core products and its reputation within the Integrated Output Management niche are a good fit with Deloitte & Touche, and will serve to enhance the value of our services."

About Deloitte & Touche Outsourcing

Deloitte & Touche Outsourcing is a business unit of Deloitte & Touche LLP. As a natural extension of the firm's traditional accounting and IT consulting services, Deloitte & Touche Outsourcing provides clients with the value and peace of mind only an established provider can produce. Its primary practice areas are Business Process Outsourcing and Applications Outsourcing. Deloitte & Touche has been delivering outsourcing solutions to the marketplace since the early 1990s. For more information, contact David F. Burleigh at dburleigh@deloitte.com or visit www.deloitte.com/us/outsourcing.>About Deloitte & Touche

Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to helping our clients and our people excel. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, Deloitte & Touche has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" by Fortune magazine for five consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP and related entities.

Deloitte & Touche is the U.S. national practice of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is a Swiss Verein, and each of its national practices is a separate and independent legal entity. For more information, please visit Deloitte & Touche's web site at www.us.deloitte.com.

About Optio Software, Inc.

Optio Software, Inc. provides infrastructure software that enables organizations to capture information from disparate systems and networks, transform it into formats needed by various recipients, and deliver it via print and to a global network of digital destinations. Optio's software improves the organization's ability to communicate and connect with their e-commerce constituents, including customers, suppliers, partners and employees. With headquarters in Atlanta and offices in Europe, Australia and Asia/Pacific, Optio has more than 4,000 customers serving the manufacturing, healthcare, retail, distribution and financial industries. For more information, please visit www.optiosoftware.com or contact Optio Software: info@optiosoftware.com.