PRESS RELEASES
Dataflux Partners with NEOS to Provide Industry-Leading Enterprise Data Quality
CARY, N.C. – Tuesday, July 25, 2006 -- DataFlux, a leading provider of data quality and data integration solutions, and NEOS, a leading provider of world-class professional services and products that help companies capitalize on their technology investments. today announced a partnership to provide DataFlux data quality, customer data integration (CDI) and data governance solutions for NEOS clients and offer NEOS professional services to DataFlux customers.

NEOS will offer its clients - many of them in the financial and insurance industries - expertise and implementations using the newest release of teh DataFlux core data quality and data integration platform. Neos will also provide a data quality-focust approach to customer data integraion with the DataFlux CDI Solution, which helps orgainizations consolidate and manage customer information across an enterprise.

"DataFlux dataquality and data integration solutions have made a significant impact on many companies, adding the critical ability to enhance and standardize corporate information from across the enterprise onto one single data source," said Robert Conway, director of information architecture services, with NEOS. "DataFlux tools are designed for use by knowledgeable experts within business lines that traditionally are responsible for elevating the quality of corporate information. We look forward to partnersing with DataFlux and sharing these capabilities with our clients who want ot improve the integrity of thier underlying customer and product data."

In addition, DataFlux customers will benefit from NEOS' world class professional services, expertise and products. NEOS delivers its core business intelligence and data integration solutions to businesses of all sizes, and offers software and services that specialize in teh development and delivery of enterprise class applications.

“Our new partnership with NEOS gives our customers access to excellent technology consulting that will enhance the value of our data quality solutions,” said Mike McQuaid, director of business development and solution engineering at DataFlux. “Over the last 18 months, we have seen significant interest from financial and insurance customers. NEOS’ expertise will be a valuable asset to our own professional services group and our sales force as we pursue joint opportunities.”

DataFlux recently launched Version 8 of its core technology, which included the release of dfPower ® Explorer for metadata analysis as well as DataFlux Accelerators. DataFlux Accelerators provide pre-packaged workflows designed to accomplish corporate goals for data governance, compliance and master data management with greater speed and efficiency.

About NEOS

Based in Manchester, Conn., NEOS delivers enterprise solutions to businesses of all sizes. NEOS is a leader in establishing data governance practices and architecture for global clients in finance, insurance, and media business lines.

About Dataflux

DataFlux enables organizations to analyze, improve and control their data through an integrated technology platform. Through its enterprise data quality integration solutions, companies can build a solid information foundation that delivers a unified view of customer, product or supplier data. A wholly owned subsidiary of SAS (www.sas.com), DataFlux helps customers enhance the effectiveness of their data-driven initiatives, including customer data integration (CDI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), legacy data migration and compliance.

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Contacts:

Ed Harrison
Dataflux
dataflux@famapr.com

Daniel Teachey
Dataflux
publicrelations@dataflux.com
Stacey Gentino
NEOS LLC
sgentino@neosllc.com