Toronto, ON, June 16, 2008 – From May 12th to 15th, Longview Solutions hosted its 14th annual customer conference in Montreal, Quebec. Attendees represented more than 200 customers, prospects, partners and industry analysts as well as key personnel from Longview and Exact worldwide. The theme of the conference was Collaboration and it was interwoven throughout the event – from the keynote presentations, hands-on learning labs, and product sessions to the customer-led breakout sessions, numerous group activities, and events that attendees look forward to each year. "Longview’s singular focus on CPM and commitment to its customer base is evident in every aspect of Dialog," said Patrick Moult, Project Manager at QBE Insurance Group, who travelled more than 30 hours from Australia to attend the conference for the second time. "Coming from so far away, it was important for us to be able to confirm Longview's commitment from all levels up to CEO; this we were able to do. Dialog is a conference where there is a collective desire to learn, share best practices and provide feedback in a forum that is both educational and entertaining."

Keynote Presentations from Market Leaders
This year, attendees heard first hand how eBay, Corning and Alpharma have used the Longview Platform to improve the speed, visibility and financial transparency of their key financial business processes. Mark Schutzman, US Leader – Tax Function Effectiveness, from conference sponsor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, shared his insights on the "Convergence of Tax and Corporate Accounting". Attendees also had their first opportunity to hear directly from Exact Software CEO, Raj Patel, and Longview President, John Power, as they discussed their joint vision and commitment to Longview’s technology vision and product roadmap. "One of the key objectives of this year’s conference was to reinforce our commitment to building out our product roadmap and delivering on our mission to provide a fully-integrated performance management platform. This was a consistent theme throughout the conference and customer feedback has been extremely positive," said Power.

Synergies within Customer Base
Dialog 2008 was also an opportunity to introduce Longview customers to Exact’s global value proposition and product suite in a keynote address from Roland Rott, Director of EMEA for Exact Software, and the response was extremely positive. In fact, more than 25 percent of the companies in attendance requested follow-up regarding Exact’s global value proposition and product portfolio. "It was very exciting to receive such a positive response from the conference attendees and to see first hand the extremely collaborative relationship Longview shares with its customers," said Rott.

New Product Offerings Unveiled
Dialog 2008 included several product announcements exclusively for customers including new enhancements to the current version of Khalix 3.5 as well as a new product, Longview Optix™, which provides support for strategy maps (balanced scorecards), a suite of pre-packaged business metrics and a library of graphics to enhance data visualization. Both will be available in September 2008. Customers also got an in-depth view of Longview 7, the next major release of the Longview Performance Management Platform, scheduled for release in 2009.

Looking Forward to 2009
Using the momentum and positive feedback from this year’s conference, plans are underway for next year’s event where attendees will again have the opportunity to meet, share ideas, learn, and collaborate. Full program details including location, speakers, and events will be announced in the coming months.

About Longview Solutions
Longview Solutions provides corporate performance management (CPM) software that leading companies like Trustmark, Time Warner, Home Depot, Ingersoll Rand, JC Penney and GE Healthcare use to drive performance with speed, visibility and financial integrity. Since 1994, many of the world’s most respected companies have been using our technology platform to create a single repository of financial truth from which statutory consolidation, management reporting, financial planning, modeling and analysis, budgeting, forecasting and tax reporting can be performed quickly and accurately, enterprise-wide. Longview is an Exact Software company headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in Philadelphia, Chicago (USA) and London (UK).

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