PRESS RELEASE | DTS Latin Forms Alliance with AIM Software

AIM Software, a leading provider of risk management and reference data management software to the financial industry, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DTS Latin, a market leader of software and consulting services in the Americas.

This comprehensive alliance enables AIM Software to enter South and Central America with its risk management solution, GAIN Risk Management, and its reference data management software, GAIN DataDesktop. The GAIN financial analysis platform offers market, credit and operational risk management modules and guarantees the high-quality processing of data from more than 15 data feeds, thereby improving the calculation of risk indicators.

AIM Software's new partner, DTS Latin, has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Along with its top-quality consulting skills, DTS Latin is one of the most important key players providing services to the banking industry.

"We have high expectations of the partnership with AIM Software, as DTS' main market is also the financial industry. To strengthen this new partnership, AIM will be at the DTS exhibition booth at the CIAB 2005, the largest IT trade show for financial institutions in Latin America," said Leandro Martins, Technology Director at DTS Latin.

"After becoming the market leader with our reference data management platform in Europe, we have expanded our activities into the United States, the Middle-East, and Asia. The alliance with the leading software provider, DTS Latin, is a logical step forward in AIM's internationalization strategy," said Matthias Rahmatian, Head of Marketing & Alliances at AIM Software.

Thanks to direct and local services and the combination of expertise and skills of AIM Software and DTS Latin, banks will be able to fully cope with the requirements of modern risk management and regulatory standards, such as Basel II.

About DTS Latin

DTS Latin was founded in 1983 by Fernando Parra, the President and CEO of DTS. DTS is an established global technology consulting provider of software and business solutions to the largest global industry leaders. Committed to provide solutions to complex business challenges, DTS utilizes the best-in-class enterprise software technology as well as proven experience and excellence in consulting in order to maximize productivity and efficiency of its clients.

DTS operates with 15 offices in the most important countries in Americas, including the USA. We can draw on a team of approximately 2,000 specialized consultants that are fully prepared to participate in innovative projects and can provide their customers with the competitive edge in diversified markets.

About AIM Software

Founded in 1998, AIM Software specializes in creating innovative data management and risk management software solutions for financial markets. Based on its worldwide distribution and service partner network, AIM Software provides internationally recognized modular software solutions. With offices in Austria, New York, Switzerland and Hong Kong, AIM operates globally in the major financial centres with 80 clients.

GAIN Risk Management emphasizes a synergetic risk management approach by combining data feed connectivity, pre- and post-processing, instrument pricing and risk management.

Contacts

Ms. Fernanda Parra
DTS Latin
Marketing Director
T: +55-11-3044-5032
fernanda.parra@dtslatin.com
www.dtslatin.com

Ms. Gerlinde Pachinger
AIM Software
Corporate Communications
T: +43.1.5124652-228
pr@aim-sw.com
www.aimsoftware.com