Immedient Business Solutions from INS to Showcase Collaborative Product Development Solution at Microsoft's Global Automotive Summit

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--April 29, 2005--

Immedient's CPD Solution Helps Automotive Manufacturers Streamline Product Development Processes by Leveraging Microsoft's Collaborative Platform and Familiar Desktop Tools.

Immedient Business Solutions from INS, which offers business and technology consulting services and software solutions worldwide, announced today that it will be demonstrating its Collaborative Product Development (CPD) solution at Microsoft's Global Automotive Summit. Immedient is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leader in manufacturing collaborative product development solutions.

The CPD solution provides a collaborative environment, based on the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) platform, to support product development across the entire organization, while enabling a holistic view of both the product lifecycle and product design process. With visibility into the portfolio of product development initiatives throughout the organization and supply chain, CPD gives managers the insight and control to optimize business performance. By realizing these product development efficiencies, automotive manufacturers can gain the competitive edge they need to meet customer demands.

"Immedient's CPD solution addresses automotive manufacturers' mounting demand for new product innovation, increasing pressure to reduce costs, and the need for improved insight into their operations, supply chain and customer management systems," said Kyle Solomon, Worldwide Industry Manager, Automotive at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft is pleased to have the support of companies like Immedient, whose industry-specific solutions foster collaboration and enterprise efficiency that embrace the very spirit of this initiative."

Immedient will be demonstrating the CPD solution at its booth at the Global Automotive Summit, to be held in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 29, 2005. Among the many advantages of the CPD solution that will be shown are how it:

1) provides shared workspaces and applications to allow
   cross-functional team members to rapidly share ideas and
   information,

2) presents a clear view of the performance of an organization's
   product development initiatives, programs, and projects, and

3) simplifies repetitive tasks to ensure that a product moves
   rapidly through its lifecycle.

"To stay competitive, automotive manufacturers are looking for better ways to develop compelling products and accelerate time-to-market," said Rob O'Dell, Solution VP for Immedient's EPM Practice. "Immedient's CPD solution provides a collaborative environment integrated with project management, workflow, and enterprise data access tools to streamline the product development process across the entire organization."

The Immedient Collaborative Product Development solution is available for viewing by calling Russ Pistone of Immedient at 800-760-3491, x673, or emailing russ.pistone@ins.com.

About Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative

Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative is designed to help manufacturers accelerate insight through advanced analysis services, drive innovation through collaboration, and improve performance via increased visibility into operations across the manufacturing value chain. Using proven Microsoft technology -- including the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Office, SQL Server, SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 -- as well as a variety of open industry standards, the Peak Performance Initiative provides a streamlined and cost-effective opportunity for automotive manufacturing customers to take full advantage of their legacy investments. More information can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/automotive.

About INS

INS offers a comprehensive set of business and technology consulting services and software solutions to help organizations reduce operational risk, increase productivity, and support revenue growth. Our Immedient Business Solutions streamline and enhance business processes for enterprise project management and collaboration and analytics to increase efficiencies, strengthen customer relationships, facilitate faster and more effective decision-making, and maintain competitive advantage. Our IT Infrastructure Consulting Services deliver secure, business-centric infrastructures that integrate network, security, and storage technologies with best-practice operational frameworks. And our Diamond IP Software provides flexible and scalable software solutions for managing today's complex IP networks. We have delivered tens of thousands of successful engagements worldwide over more than a decade of operation. INS is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and has offices in the U.S., Europe, and SE Asia. For additional information, please contact INS at 1-888-767-2788 in the U.S., 44 (0) 1628 503000 in Europe, 65 6549 7188 Asia, or 1-408-330-2700 worldwide.

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