ILOG Expands in China

Company Moves to New Building, Underscores Commitment To Chinese Software
Market

SHANGHAI, China, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ILOG(R) (Nasdaq: ILOG;
Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced its growing operations in
China have resulted in a move to its first purpose-built building in China at
No. 81, Bo Xia Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech District in the new Pudong Software
Park in Shanghai -- making it the first French company to be located in the
Park. The occasion will be marked today by an opening ceremony, officiated by
the Consul General of France, French business leaders and ILOG executives as
well as Pudong government and Fudan University officials.
The four-story, 2,300-square meter building will consolidate management,
technical support, sales and marketing teams supporting ILOG's growing Chinese
customer base from three locations in Shanghai to one location. The larger
building will also house the ILOG Development Center for delivering services
and custom solutions for both the domestic and international markets. The
Center currently employs 60 software development professionals with plans to
expand. The building also houses training rooms which can be used for customer
training and events.
"This new building demonstrates both our long-term commitment to China and
our confidence in the future prospects of Shanghai. It also demonstrates our
commitment to helping create a software ecosystem for the development of a
world-class Chinese software market and innovation economy," said Pierre
Haren, Chairman and CEO of ILOG. "This is our ninth year in China and we are
excited to be expanding our China operations to support the growing demand for
ILOG services and solutions."
ILOG currently has more than 130 local clients and more than 20 business
partners in China. ILOG's customers include industry leaders like the China
Construction Bank, CPIC, Baoshan Iron & Steel Corporation, Huawei and Shanghai
Stock Exchange, and leading system integrator partners like Digital China,
AsiaInfo and Neusoft.
"ILOG's expansion in China is timely. There is a rising need for services
and software to help Chinese companies better manage business change and
complexity in this fast-moving economy," said Bounthara Ing, deputy CEO and
executive vice president in charge of Asia Pacific operations. "We will
continue to invest in a network of reliable local partners and strong academic
alliances to train local talent in ILOG optimization tools, business rule
management systems and visualization software."
"As a leading provider of software for sophisticated application
development, ILOG solutions are very pertinent to the developing Chinese
software market," said Professor Xu Yufan, Chairman and Professor from the
Department of Management Science at Fudan University. "We have incorporated
ILOG optimization solutions into our curriculum and research programs because
of the company shares our commitment to technical excellence. We are pleased
to see ILOG committing significant resources in China and providing greater
opportunities for local talents to deliver solutions to global customers."
Fudan University is a top Chinese university and an ILOG academic partner.
For more information on ILOG in China, please visit http://www.ilog.cn
About ILOG
ILOG delivers software and services that empower customers to make better
decisions faster and manage change and complexity. Over 3,000 corporations and
more than 465 leading software vendors rely on ILOG's market-leading business
rule management systems (BRMS), supply chain planning and scheduling
applications as well as its optimization and visualization software
components, to achieve dramatic returns on investment, create market-defining
products and services, and sharpen their competitive edge. ILOG was founded in
1987 and employs more than 860 people worldwide. For more information, please
visit http://www.ilog.com.
ILOG is a trademark of ILOG S.A. and ILOG Inc. All other trademarks are
the properties of their respective owners.
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Monika Raj of ILOG, +1-408-991-7128, mraj@ilog.com