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Comprehensive Offer Includes More than Financial Incentives

As manufacturers grapple with increasingly global competition and
pressure to respond to customer demands at even lower cost, investment
in technology has become a mainstay of competitive advantage -- and
industry consolidation reduces the available solutions to
manufacturers ' challenges. QAD applications provide critical
functionality for managing manufacturing resources and operations
within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to
collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners to make and
deliver the right product, at the right cost and at the right time.

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"NEC Solutions America is focused on providing total solutions to
meet customers' global business needs both now and in the future, and
prides itself on delivering seamless implementations worldwide through
NEC's global presence, methodology, and local resources," said Yuji
Okumura, general manager, Global Services Division of NEC Solutions
America. (C) 2005 NEC Solutions (America), Inc. All Rights Reserved. A leading provider of
enterprise applications for global manufacturers, QAD has created a
package of software, implementation and trade-in incentives for these
companies.

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"As such, our role as an SAP Business One partner is vital to
the success of our customers, and we are pleased at our ongoing
affiliation with SAP. Information
regarding NEC Solutions America can be found at www.
In response, QAD is helping these companies assess their
opportunity and options to add value to existing systems and establish
a strategy and roadmap for long-term success.

World-Class Enterprise Solutions Tailored to Vertical Market Needs

QAD applications are designed with specific functionality for the
six manufacturing markets the company serves, to help customers
automate manufacturing operations and streamline supply chain
communication , implement advanced manufacturing techniques and improve
responsiveness to demand. These risks
include , but are not limited to, QAD's ("the company") ability to
integrate the EDI assets into its business; the ability of the
company's consultants to deliver successful operating models and plans
to their customers; the ability of the company's customers to benefit
from the company's application-enabled approach; evolving demand for
the company's software products and products that operate with the
company's products; the company's ability to sustain strong licensing
demand; the ability to sustain customer renewal rates at current
levels; the publication of opinions by industry analysts about the
company, its products and technology; the reliability of estimates of
transaction and integration costs and benefits; difficulties relating
to integration of a new business; the entry of new competitors and
their technological advances; delays in localizing the company's
products for new markets; delays in sales as a result of lengthy sales
cycles; changes in operating expenses, pricing, timing of new product
releases, the method of product distribution or product mix; general
economic conditions , exchange rate fluctuations and the global
political environment.

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SAP Business One offers a flexible , core business management
platform for SAP solution partners to build extensions to meet
vertical industry and other critical business needs. "By leveraging the experience and expertise of NEC
Solutions America we can further extend our offerings to the smaller
subsidiaries of global enterprises by providing a comprehensive,
flexible solution that helps them master the specific challenges of
their industry.
A META Group study confirmed that QAD delivers manufacturers the
lowest total cost of ownership relative to company revenue (Relative
TCO); the fastest time to implement (TTI); and the highest average
annual quantifiable benefits as a percentage of TCO.

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Initially, NEC Solutions America plans to bring its business
consulting and services expertise to bear on behalf of global
enterprises with subsidiaries in North America. The study
compared more than 200 customers' software installations, including
industry-leading products.(a)

About QAD

QAD is a leading provider of enterprise applications for global
manufacturing companies.

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With headquarters in Rancho
Cordova , California, NEC Solutions America serves a wide range of
markets, including the health care and public safety, financial
services, cinema, retail and manufacturing markets.

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Availability

For more information on NEC Solutions America/Global Service
Division's consulting and services offerings, please contact Atsuko
Lombardo at 866-632-0767 or visit www. A number of
risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements . In addition, revenue and earnings in the
enterprise resource planning (ERP), e-business and distributed order
management software industries are subject to fluctuations.

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The agreement provides for NEC 's
marketing and distribution of SAP Business One, SAP's affordable,
integrated business management solution for small to midsize companies
and subsidiaries of global enterprises.

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Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners. (NASDAQ:QADI) announced today to help former JD Edwards' World
and EnterpriseOne users get the most value from their ERP software
deployments both now and in the future. "We believe global manufacturers shouldn't be forced to
disrupt their businesses because of software market dynamics, and hope
they will put innovation at the forefront of their plans.
QAD software offers manufacturers the advantage of enhancing their
legacy systems immediately with advanced manufacturing functionality:
QAD Lean Manufacturing, QAD SupplyVisualization and QAD EDI ECommerce.
These and other QAD applications help manufacturers better align
supply with demand, and support advanced capabilities such as
vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and advanced production techniques such
as lean manufacturing and just-in-time (JIT) sequencing .
Manufacturers of automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and
beverage, industrial and medical products use QAD applications at
approximately 5,300 licensed sites in more than 90 countries and in as
many as 26 languages.

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"NEC is a recognized global leader in total business consulting
and services," said Dan Kraus, vice president, SAP Business One, SAP
America, Inc.com

"QAD" and "MFG/PRO" are registered trademarks of QAD Inc. All
other products or company names herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners.

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Manufacturers worldwide have standardized
on the QAD MFG/PRO platform to manage enterprise operations at some
5,300 sites in more than 90 countries .

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For more information about QAD, telephone +1 805
684 6614, or visit the QAD Web site at: www.

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Business Editors/Technology Writers/Manufacturing Writers

CARPINTERIA, Calif.qad.

Note to Investors: This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more detailed description of the risk factors
associated with the company and the industries in which it operates,
please refer to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended January 31, 2004.

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, a premier provider of integrated solutions
for the Connected Enterprise in North America, today announced an
agreement with SAP America, Inc.1), NEC
Solutions America taps into a global resource network to help clients
leverage technology to achieve a competitive edge.

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necglobalservices. is a premier provider of integrated
solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America. Given the high margins associated with license revenue,
modest fluctuations can have a substantial impact on net income.

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NEC Solution America's Global Services Division (GSD) provides
total business consulting , IT professional services, and managed
services to global companies in order to help them manage and expand
their business operations worldwide.

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The group offers consulting
services in enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship
management (CRM), business intelligence (BI), and supply chain
management (SCM) deployments, as well as managed services that include
hosting, 24x7x365 multilingual help desk, applications management,
desktop support, network security and more.

QAD Announces Special Offer for Global Manufacturers Facing Software Vendor Consolidation

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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. QAD's comprehensive
offer includes an assessment of business process and systems based on
QAD Global Services' proven methodology to determine the most
effective solution and implementation plan, and help minimize risk.

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As an
affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q. As a result, manufacturers can now add advanced
manufacturing capabilities to their existing systems to achieve
immediate business benefits, and establish a solid foundation and
smooth transition path for streamlining manufacturing enterprise
operations and supply chain communications over the long term. With support for 26 languages and capacity
for an unlimited number of currencies, QAD solutions also feature
open, industry standards-based architecture that allows manufacturers
to standardize and centralize functions shared by all facilities,
while preserving operational flexibility to accommodate the production
models, plant locations, and local business and government
requirements of each site. Software
license revenue, in particular, is subject to variability with a
significant proportion of revenue earned in the last month of each
quarter., "Deriving Value from Twenty-First Century ERP
Applications," 2003.

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, a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE:SAP),
to further enhance NEC's integrated business management solutions and
services offerings in North America.

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NEC Solutions America Teams with SAP America to Provide Business Management Solutions

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Solutions (America) Inc.com

About NEC Solutions (America) , Inc.

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"Today, former JD Edwards customers have three choices: wait for
Oracle to deliver 'Project Fusion,' complicate their worlds by
migrating to another mega-suite vendor such as SAP, or innovate what
they already have -- by adopting QAD software with advanced
manufacturing capabilities," said Pamela Lopker, QAD president and
founder.

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NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. For 25
years, QAD has focused on solving manufacturers' real-world challenges
with the best thinking in manufacturing theory and leading
technology.
In addition to world-class software , QAD has established more than
25 major offices and a team of services professionals around the world
to design, deploy and support QAD solutions on a global scale.

(a) META Group Inc.

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By implementing SAP
Business One for smaller subsidiaries of larger, headquarters
companies running SAP enterprise solutions, NEC can help global
enterprises better integrate and manage their operations to achieve
gains in efficiency, control and growth.

NEC Solutions (America), Inc. From corporate
performance management and biometric security solutions to digital
cinema and in-theatre advertising systems , visual displays and server
solutions, the expertise is delivered with the personal attention
needed to address individual situations. All Rights
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QAD Outlines How Former JD Edwards Users Can Innovate Their
Manufacturing Businesses Now

Manufacturers can remove software vendor consolidation from the
list of mounting pressures they face, thanks to a special offer QAD
Inc. With a
wealth of experience resolving complex manufacturing problems
worldwide, QAD support centers in the United States, the United
Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands , Mexico, Spain and Hong Kong have
received HDI Support Center Certification (SCC), making QAD the first
company ever to achieve global certification from HDI, the world's
largest membership association for service and support professionals.
Investors should not use any one quarter's results as a benchmark for
future growth.