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JDA Software and Gladson Announce Strategic Alliance

As a result of the alliance, companies will be better able to more easily streamline their category management processes from the delivery of superior integration between JDA's industry-leading category and space management solutions and Gladson's comprehensive database of product information and images. This renewed alliance builds on a strong five-year working relationship forged by the two companies through the delivery of innovative solutions to the industry.

"One of the key offerings as the result of our alliance is the improved and streamlined delivery of product images into JDA's images library called PIIX," said Mark Nation, group vice president of global alliances, JDA Software. "PIIX offers a more efficient and centralized product characteristic and image file storage update, maintenance and reporting capability and is closely integrated with the Gladson's delivery system. This integrated delivery of data to the category management community is available exclusively from Gladson for JDA Intactix Knowledge Base clients."

Sue Sentell, Gladson's president and chief executive officer, added: "By combining our unique strengths ― JDA's suite of category and space management software and Gladson's industry-leading database of complete, accurate and up-to-date product images and data ― this alliance will help accelerate the capabilities to our shared space management users."

"JDA and Gladson each have led important recent advancements in category and space management," said Bret Thurston senior manager space and assortment planning of Sara Lee, a JDA and Gladson client. "We appreciate their very important role in Sara Lee's category management programs."

Additionally, Gladson's category and space management database services are now available in special package fee programs to JDA clients in all channels, including: grocery, drug, general merchandise and convenience stores.

Gladson is a silver sponsor of JDA FOCUS, scheduled for May 1-4 at the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. Attendees to the conference can visit Gladson and learn more about Products and Images by Intactix (PIIX) in the FOCUS Innovation Zone. Glasdon is also hosting a panel session of industry leaders titled "How to Achieve and Maintain Planogram Compliance." More information can be found at www.jda.com/focus.

For additional Information on the Gladson-JDA alliance and menu of available services, contact: Paul Waldron, pwaldron@gladson.com or George Mirza, george.mirza@jda.com.

About JDA Software Group, Inc.

JDA Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company, is the leading provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions worldwide. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2 Technologies, Manugistics^®, E3, Intactix^® and Arthur^®. JDA's multiple service options, delivered via the JDA Private Cloud, provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional and technical support and expertise. To learn more, visit www.jda.com or e-mail info@jda.com.

About Gladson

Gladson, headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, is the leading provider of syndicated product content, category management and shopper marketing services to consumer packaged goods manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers and brokers. The company's CPG database contains the most comprehensive source of product information and package images for a wide range of uses, including shelf space management, category management, logistics, advertising, research and e-commerce applications such as online shopping and nutrition programs for consumers. Gladson also provides data analysis, consulting and in-store merchandising solutions that support efficient planogram implementation and increase product sales. For more information, visit www.gladson.com and http://twitter.com/gladsontweets. Media contact: Bob Bregenzer (bob@invernesscommunications.com) or 847 682-2854

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as "can," "will," "ensure," "help," "enable" and "expect" and other words with forward-looking connotations. In this press release, such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Mr. Nation's remarks that the combined offering of Gladson and JDA will deliver certain improvements to companies. The occurrence of future events may involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: (a) certain solutions may not perform exactly as anticipated; (b) there may be implementation and integration problems associated with our solutions; and (c) other risks detailed from time to time in the "Risk Factors" section of JDA's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional information relating to the uncertainty affecting our business is contained in our filings with the SEC. As a result of these and other risks, actual results may differ materially from those predicted. JDA is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

"JDA" is a trademark or registered trademark of JDA Software Group, Inc. Any trade, product or service name referenced in this document using the name "JDA" is a trademark and/or property of JDA Software Group, Inc.

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