Microsoft and Clarity Systems Sign Strategic Alliance

to Deliver Budgeting, Planning & Consolidations

                Solutions to Customers World-Wide
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Microsoft and Clarity Systems Sign Strategic Alliance to Deliver Budgeting, Planning & Consolidations Solutions to Customers World-Wide

TORONTO, April 8, 2010--

    - Strategic Alliance Between the two Firms Provides Customers With a
Clear Roadmap for Budgeting, Planning & Consolidation Solutions that are
Ideally Tuned for the Microsoft Platform

    Clarity Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM),
today announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft (Nasdaq: "MSFT") to
provide customers with budgeting, planning & consolidations solutions that
are ideally tuned for the Microsoft technology platform. Additionally, both
firms are dedicating sales and marketing resources to promote Clarity's
applications to the Office of Finance, across the globe.

    "As a customer of both Microsoft and Clarity, we've been impressed by the
complementary nature and easy integration of Clarity's applications with
Microsoft's technology platform." said Howard Abrams, Vice President,
Finance, American List Counsel. "With Microsoft's endorsement of Clarity as a
leading provider of budgeting, planning and consolidations solutions, we look
forward to ever closer integration of their respective products."

    Customers to Benefit Most from Microsoft-Clarity Systems Alliance

    "This alliance is greater than the sum of its parts and will deliver
significant value to our shared customer bases," said Dewey Forrester, Senior
Director, Microsoft Corporation. "Clarity provides visionary solutions to the
Office of Finance. These focused solutions together with Microsoft's proven
technology platform offer our joint customers the ability to deploy
industry-leading CPM solutions that are ideally tuned for the Microsoft
platform."

    "This is a significant milestone in the evolution of Clarity's
relationship with Microsoft," said Mark Nashman, President, Clarity Systems.
"With this strategic alliance, both Clarity and Microsoft are committing
significant resources to deliver our joint offering to the market. As such,
Clarity, together with Microsoft's active support, will help even more
customers reap the benefits of improved process efficiencies, enhanced
controls and reduced risk within the Office of Finance."

    This alliance follows Clarity's selection as the winner in the
ISV/Software Solution of the Year category at the latest Microsoft Partner
Network IMPACT Awards. "We are proud to have earned this significant award
from Microsoft," added Nashman.

    Joint sales, marketing and product training activities, across all
geographies worldwide, have started and customers interested in learning more
about how they can garner the benefits of the Microsoft-Clarity alliance are
urged to contact either organization.

    About Clarity Systems

    Clarity Systems delivers software solutions to the Office of Finance. Our
software helps large and mid-market organizations around the world improve
their budgeting, planning, consolidations and management reporting processes,
and also automates their external reporting processes to support the
production of regulatory and statutory reports. Our unified applications help
CFOs reduce risk while simultaneously improving operational efficiency. For
more information, please visit our website at http://www.claritysystems.com
or call us at 1-877-410-5070.

    For further information: on Clarity, please contact: Dave Paolini,
Communications Manager, Clarity Systems Limited, +1-647-242-1184,
dpaolini@claritysystems.com/

Source: Clarity Systems Limited

For further information: on Clarity, please contact: Dave Paolini, Communications Manager, Clarity Systems Limited, +1-647-242-1184, dpaolini@claritysystems.com/

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