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SSA Global wins Platinum award at Cognos Partner Summit 2006 CHICAGO, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SSA Global (NASDAQ:SSAG), a leading global provider of extended enterprise solutions and services, today announced that it has won a Cognos Platinum Award for the fourth consecutive year in recognition of sales performance and customer acceptance. In addition, SSA Global was awarded Best Packaged Analytic Solution and Best Industry Solution for Manufacturing for the company's depth of integration with Cognos technology and shared vision for corporate performance management. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051213/CGTU005LOGO ) The Cognos Business Intelligence and Planning tools are used by SSA Global to power SSA Corporate Performance Management (SSA CPM), a strategic solution that helps customers measure the performance of their business and take actions that align strategy and execution for better bottom line results. "By leveraging Cognos technology, SSA Global is able to offer packaged analytic and business intelligence solutions that help customers worldwide improve their operational efficiency, make better decisions and meet the challenges of compliance," said Cory A. Eaves, chief technology officer, SSA Global. "The SSA CPM solution and Cognos technology also play an important role in our enablement of a service-oriented architecture, SSA Open Architecture, by delivering dynamic reporting capabilities that enable the analysis of business issues from multiple perspectives." "Cognos' broad, global ecosystem of successful partnerships helps our customers drive performance management through a blend of technology, product, and services offerings that best suits their needs," said Neal Hill, senior vice president, Global Development, Cognos. "Building on our recent innovations such as Cognos 8 BI, performance applications, and industry blueprints, our partners have achieved new successes and demonstrated even greater depth of industry expertise. We are proud to honor SSA Global for its contributions to helping our customers gain greater visibility and insight into their organizations and drive performance management to the next level." SSA Global recently expanded the capabilities of SSA CPM, announcing the general availability of SSA Business Intelligence for its enterprise resource planning solution, SSA ERP(LN)(TM). SSA BI is a comprehensive solution that delivers reporting, analysis, monitoring and notification functionality in a single, easy-to-integrate solution. In addition, SSA Global plans to enhance its Cognos-powered CPM solution with new SSA Enterprise Analytics capabilities for building and managing business data warehouses. The awards were presented this week during the Cognos Partner Summit 2006 in Las Vegas. About SSA Global SSA Global (NASDAQ:SSAG) is a leading provider of enterprise business software for mid-sized and large organizations, primarily in select manufacturing, consumer and services industries. The company's software solutions include enterprise resource planning, financial management, human capital management, corporate performance management, customer relationship management, product lifecycle management, supply chain management and supplier relationship management. Headquartered in Chicago, SSA Global has over 50 locations worldwide and its product offerings are used by customers in over 90 countries. For additional information, visit the SSA Global web site at http://www.ssaglobal.com/ . SSA Global is the trade name and corporate brand for SSA Global Technologies, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their products, services and offerings. SSA, SSA Global, SSA Global Technologies, forward faster, and other SSA Global products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SSA Global in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and service names mentioned in this publication may be registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners. Forward-Looking Statements These materials may contain "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "project," "plan," "will be," "will likely continue," " will likely result," or words or phrases with similar meaning. All of these forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by our management that, although we believe to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors outside of our control that may cause our business, strategy or actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. We operate in a changing environment in which new risks can emerge from time to time. It is not possible for management to predict all of these risks, nor can it assess the extent to which any factor, or a combination of factors, may cause our business, strategy or actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements. Factors you should consider that could cause these differences include, among other things: -- General economic and business conditions, including exchange rate fluctuations in the United States and abroad; -- Our ability to identify acquisition opportunities and effectively and cost-efficiently integrate acquisitions; -- Our ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; -- Our ability to attract and retain personnel, including key personnel; -- Our success in developing and introducing new services and products; -- Competition in the software industry, as it relates to both our existing and potential new customers. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051213/CGTU005LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: SSA Global CONTACT: press inquiries, Maria Diecidue of SSA Global, +1-312-258-6000, , or Alyson Howard of Edelman, +1-312-297-7430, ; or Investors, Dawn Drella of SSA Global, +1-312-474-7694, Web site: http://www.ssaglobal.com/

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