Descartes Sets Date to Announce Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results

WATERLOO, Ontario, Nov. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group
(TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS)
logistics solutions provider, is scheduled to report its third quarter fiscal
year 2010 financial results before market open on Wednesday, December 2, 2009.

Members of Descartes' executive management team will host a conference call to
discuss the company's financial results at 8:00 a.m. EST on December 2.
Designated numbers are 800-738-1032 for North America or +1 212-231-2921 for
International.

The company simultaneously will conduct an audio webcast on the Descartes Web
site at www.descartes.com/company/investors. Phone conference dial-in or webcast
log-in is required approximately 10 minutes beforehand.

Replays of the conference call will be available in two formats and accessible
for 24 hours after the call's completion by dialing 800-558-5253 or +1
416-626-4100 and using passcode number 21442347. An archived replay of the
webcast will be available at www.descartes.com/company/investors.

About Descartes

Descartes (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), is making the world a better place by
enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money
by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying
Descartes' offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the
world's most extensive multi-modal business applications network. As a federated
platform, the Descartes GLN combines with component-based 'nano' sized
applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners,
shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private
fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes' solutions
and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to
reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs,
and mileage driven; improve pickup and delivery reliability; and optimize
working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes' hosted, transactional and
packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast
time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers
and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and
third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers,
retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The
company has more than 450 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with
operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis,
Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more
information, visit www.descartes.com.

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CONTACT: Descartes
Investor Contact:
Laurie McCauley
(519) 746-6114 x 2358
investor@descartes.com