Third Annual OpenPages User Symposium (OPUS) to Bring Together World's Leading Companies to Share Best Practices in Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Operational Risk Management and IT Governance

Market Wire, May, 2006

OpenPages, the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) solutions, today announced that registration is open for its annual user conference, the OpenPages User Symposium (OPUS). Following last year's sold out event, OPUS III marks the third consecutive gathering of customers, industry luminaries, analysts and technology experts to share ideas and learn best practices for business governance. Customers can register to attend the event, which will be held at the brand new Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel October 18-20, 2006, at www.openpages.com .

"OPUS is OpenPages' signature customer event. The combination of customers, partners and industry experts creates a collaborative environment for everyone from senior-level executives to hands-on users," said Brian Cleary, vice president of marketing at OpenPages. "The OPUS event provides customers with a means to exchange ideas and best practices around the different disciplines of governance including regulatory compliance, operational risk management and IT governance."

OPUS is a three-day forum designed to foster thought-leadership in the areas of governance, risk and compliance and offer real-world experiences for increasing efficiency and business improvement. The event brings together a significant cross-section of OpenPages' customers, as well as industry experts and analysts, leading risk and assurance firms, and technology providers, to discuss business governance efforts, share perspectives and obtain valuable advice from each other. Attendees represent the majority of OpenPages' Global 2000 customer base, with leading firms in the manufacturing, media and entertainment, pharmaceutical, high technology, consumer products, financial services, telecommunications, and energy and power industries.

About OpenPages

OpenPages is the leading provider of governance, risk and compliance management software solutions. The company's solutions provide the visibility, decision support and control to improve accountability, better manage risk, achieve compliance with numerous regulations, improve operational performance and align strategies to ensure better results.

Market-leading corporations in financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, media/entertainment, retail/consumer, energy, high technology, health services and life sciences rely on OpenPages to help them achieve sustainable governance, risk and compliance management -- enabling them to become well-governed businesses. Founded in 1996, the company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with international offices in Hong Kong, Japan, France and the United Kingdom, and regional offices throughout North America.

For more information on OpenPages' suite of business governance software solutions or to register for an online demonstration, please call 781-693-5999 or visit www.openpages.com .

OpenPages is a trademark of OpenPages, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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