ILOG Announces New BRMS and Graphics Toolkit for Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005

PARIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. May 10, 2006 – ILOG® (NASDAQ: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364), today announced that ILOG Rules for .NET 2.5, a key offering in ILOG’s Business Rule Management System (BRMS) product line, and ILOG Gantt for .NET 3.0, a set of graphics tools for creating visually-rich Gantt charts for the Microsoft .NET environment, now support the recently launched Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The Company also today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program as an ISV/Software Solutions provider . Achieving Gold Certified Partner status demonstrates ILOG’s expertise with Microsoft technologies and their ability to meet customers’ needs. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, ILOG receives many benefits, including access, training and support, giving it a competitive advantage in the channel.

The products demonstrate ILOG’s commitment to delivering best-in-class solutions for the Microsoft .NET environment. Underscoring ILOG’s aim to improve business and IT collaboration and policy automation in the .NET environment, the new ILOG Rules for .NET 2.5 allows developers to seamlessly create and manage business rule applications within Microsoft’s development environment. From the “Rule Studio for .NET” module that interfaces with the Visual Studio 2005 environment , developers can take full advantage of Visual Studio 2005 features such as re-factoring, enhanced Windows Forms and the new data access controls, tools and application programming interfaces (APIs), which when combined, allow them to implement rule applications faster.

lLOG Gantt for .NET 3.0 customers creating custom project management applications can take advantage of Visual Studio 2005 features such as Smart Tags, improved ADO.NET support, new text rendering features and managed visual style APIs. Through seamless integration with Visual Studio 2005 and the Microsoft .NET framework 2.0, developers can modify the data connection, scheduling algorithms, user interface and interaction and rapidly configure and deploy their project management solutions.

ILOG is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
ILOG’s Gold Certified Partner status represents the latest milestone in a technical relationship with Microsoft. ILOG previously participated in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program.

“We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers,” said Jean-François Abramatic, chief product officer at ILOG. “The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to ensure that our customers leverage the latest Microsoft technology and benefit from the highest level of integration with Microsoft’s products.“

“Customers are looking for business partners that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities. They need to trust in someone that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies,” said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. “Today, Microsoft recognizes ILOG as a new Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.”

ILOG has consistently built on its history of product innovation to make it the industry’s leading provider of business rule software. Recently, Gartner Dataquest ranked ILOG the market share leader of the worldwide business rule engine software market for 2004, and Gartner positioned ILOG in the leader’s quadrant of Gartner’s 2005 Magic Quadrant for Business Rule Engines. The company has also been twice-named the BRMS market leader by IT research firm IDC.

Through its Java, .NET Framework-based and Microsoft C++ graphics libraries and components, ILOG provides one of the industry’s most comprehensive set of graphics tools for creating sophisticated, interactive user displays. ILOG’s graphics products enhance decision making speed and ability by making vast quantities of complex data more comprehensible and manageable for users.

About ILOG
ILOG delivers software and services that empower customers to make better decisions faster and manage change and complexity. Over 2,500 corporations and more than 465 leading software vendors rely on ILOG's market-leading business rule management system (BRMS), 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 730 people worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.ilog.com.

ILOG is a registered trademark, and ILOG Rules for .NET and ILOG Gantt for .NET are trademarks of ILOG. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.