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Apriso Reports 72 Percent Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth for First Half of 2011

Apriso logoLONG BEACH, CA – August 17, 2011 – Apriso, a leading provider of manufacturing software solutions, today announced total revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 grew 29 percent from the same period of the prior year. For the first half of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, total revenue grew 72 percent on a year-over-year basis. Software revenue more than doubled when compared with the first half of the prior year.


“Apriso’s sustained revenue growth is driven by growing market share in the manufacturing execution systems market and is testament to our ability to deliver higher value solutions to global manufacturers,” stated Jim Henderson, president and CEO of Apriso. “By selecting Apriso’s strong lineup of products and services, these global manufacturers continue to achieve higher product quality, improved manufacturing efficiency and real-time visibility into their global manufacturing supply chains.”


Customer ActivityApriso added a number of new customers in second quarter 2011, each recognizing the value of implementing FlexNet as a platform for manufacturing operations and extending the value of their existing ERP and PLM systems. New customers in the second quarter 2011 include:


• Thales Optronique, which is implementing Apriso’s FlexNet to elevate visibility and control to improve process traceability and efficiency

• Safran Group, which made an enterprise-wide decision to standardize on Apriso for global manufacturing operations management; Messier Dowty is Safran Group’s first Apriso implementation

• L’Occitane, which selected Apriso’s FlexNet as their next-generation platform for manufacturing operations management to help manage the firm’s strong expected growth


Product UpdatesIn May, Apriso announced FlexNet Manufacturing Process Intelligence (MPI), a solution for manufacturing intelligence and analytics. This product provides standardized Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) as a way to extend further value from FlexNet deployments performed on a global scale. MPI delivers enterprise wide, real-time visibility to improve synchronization and control across manufacturing operations, helping to increase flexibility, profitability and customer satisfaction.


Partners

In April, Microsoft announced their new Reference Architecture Framework for Discrete Manufacturers (DiRA) in response to the need to better serve and guide customers in today’s dynamic manufacturing environments. Apriso was selected to be a featured partner to help implement this program. Apriso’s global manufacturing solutions help extend user experiences with seamless device access, role-based productivity improvement and greater agility across the manufacturing enterprise and supply network.


In June, Apriso spoke at the PlanetPTC™ Live conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a group of PTC users about “bridging the gap” between manufacturing and engineering. Ingegrating Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications with manufacturing operations have generated strong interest by manufacturers eager to simplify the execution of engineering change orders in dynamic markets.


Awards

Apriso was recognized in April for the third consecutive year as a “Progressive Manufacturing Technology Provider,” according to Managing Automation magazine, based on Saint-Gobain being recognized as a PM100 progressive manufacturer.


About Apriso

Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to helping its customers transform their global manufacturing operations. It does so by enabling manufacturers to achieve and sustain manufacturing excellence while adapting quickly and easily to market changes. Apriso’s FlexNet is a BPM platform-based software solution for global manufacturing operations management. Apriso supports global continuous improvement by delivering visibility into, control over and synchronization across manufacturing and the product supply network. Apriso serves nearly 200 customers in 40+ countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Customers include GM, Volvo CE, Honeywell, L’Oréal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier, Textron Systems, MBDA, Saint-Gobain and Essilor. Learn more at: www.apriso.com.


Apriso and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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Gordon Benzie

Apriso Corporation

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I.D. Systems to Deploy Wireless Industrial Vehicle Management Technology at Three Caterpillar Plants

PowerFleet Vehicle Management SystemWoodcliff Lake, NJ, January 18, 2011—I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), a leading provider of wireless asset management solutions, today announced that its marketing partner, Wiese USA, has placed a series of purchase orders for I.D. Systems’ PowerFleet™ wireless Vehicle Management System (VMS). The system will be deployed on fleets of industrial trucks at three U.S. manufacturing plants of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT).


Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and dieselelectric locomotives, as well as a leading services provider, with fiscal 2009 revenues of $32.4 billion. Wiese USA is a leading lift truck dealer and fleet services provider with operations throughout the midwest United States.


Wireless Vehicle Management Systems help improve material handling productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment, ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time, streamlining material handling work flow, and providing unique metrics on equipment utilization. A wireless VMS also helps reduce industrial fleet maintenance costs by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment. In addition, a wireless VMS helps improve workplace safety and security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operators, providing electronic vehicle inspection checklists, and sensing vehicle impacts.


“Wiese has long been a leader and an innovator in managing industrial vehicle fleets,” said Mike Lonigro, Manager of Wiese’s Caterpillar Business Unit. “The PowerFleet VMS has been extremely effective and reliable for our customers, including Caterpillar, where our initial PowerFleet deployments generated significant benefits in terms of material handling safety, cost reductions, and productivity improvements. These benefits led directly to the decision to expand the system fully across these three Caterpillar facilities.”


“We are gratified that the positive results achieved by our PowerFleet system have compelled Wiese and Caterpillar to expand deployment of our technology across multiple plants,” said Ken Ehrman, I.D. Systems’ president. “This roll-out affirms our view that PowerFleet is a best practice in material handling management, which helps optimize industrial truck operations and gives our customers a significant competitive edge in their supply chains.”


About I.D. Systems:

Based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems is a leading provider of solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets, including vehicles, powered equipment, trailers, containers, baggage, and cargo. The Company’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to improve safety, security, efficiency, and productivity. For more information, visit www.id-systems.com.

Raymond Corporation Places $1.1 Million Order for I.D. Systems’ Wireless Vehicle Management System

PowerFleet Vehicle Management SystemWoodcliff Lake, NJ, January 13, 2011— I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), a leading provider of wireless asset management solutions, today announced that it has received purchase orders totaling approximately $1.1 million from The Raymond Corporation, which offers I.D. Systems’ PowerFleet™ vehicle management system through a marketing agreement. The system will be deployed enterprise-wide across the industrial truck fleets of a major North American provider of package delivery and logistics services.


The Raymond Corporation is a leading global provider of material handling solutions, including Raymond® brand lift trucks and the iWarehouse® fleet optimization system. Kenneth Ehrman, president of I.D. Systems, said, “The best-in-class vehicle management systems and fleet optimization tools that we provide jointly with Raymond provide end-users with compelling value, as demonstrated by the investment that this package delivery and logistics organization has made in our solutions. I.D. Systems’ wireless technology helps customers establish best practices for material handling safety, reduce capital and operating costs, and increase supply chain productivity.”


About Wireless Vehicle Management Systems

A wireless vehicle management system (VMS) helps improve material handling productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment, ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time, and providing unique fleet utilization metrics. A wireless VMS also helps reduce industrial fleet maintenance costs by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment. In addition, a wireless VMS helps improve workplace safety and security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operators, providing electronic vehicle inspection checklists, and managing vehicle impacts.


About I.D. Systems:

Based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems is a leading provider of solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets, including vehicles, powered equipment, trailers, containers, baggage, and cargo. The Company’s patented technologies address the needs of organizations to monitor and analyze their assets to improve safety, security, efficiency, and productivity. For more information, visit www.id-systems.com.

Forward Air Expands Use of Asset Intelligence Solutions, Deploys VeriWise™ Track & Trace on Cargo Trailer Fleet

VeriWise Track & Trace     VeriWise Track & Trace


Plano, TX, December 7, 2010—Asset Intelligence (AI), a leading provider of transportation asset management solutions and a subsidiary of I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), today announced that Forward Air Corporation (Nasdaq: FWRD) has selected AI’s  system to monitor and manage its cargo trailers. Forward Air has retro-fitted Track & Trace on its current trailer fleet and is deploying the system on all new trailers as they are acquired.


Forward Air is a leading provider of time-definite surface transportation and related logistics services for the expedited freight market in North America. With flexible sources of capacity and a network of terminals at 85 U.S. and Canadian airports, the company provides cost-effective, reliable transportation for freight that must be delivered at a specific time. Forward Air sells its services to a wide range of wholesale customers, including third-party logistics providers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and airlines.


VeriWise Track & Trace is an easy-to-deploy asset tracking system that provides real-time data to improve the efficiency and security of trailer and container fleets. It is designed for quick, flexible installation on a wide range of cargo-carrying assets, with patented power management technology to provide exceptionally long battery life and years of maintenance-free operation.


“To maintain our position as a recognized leader in providing expedited, time-definite transportation, everything we do is focused on making safe, on-time, low-cost, damage-free deliveries to our customers,” said Jeff Woods, Forward Air’s Senior Vice President of Logistics. “After extensive testing, we deployed the VeriWise Track & Trace system because it provides us with reliable, affordable visibility and control of our trailer fleet, and helps ensure we exceed our customers’ service expectations. By providing real-time trailer analytics, eliminating manual yard checks, and improving our dispatch efficiency, Track & Trace has improved our trailer fleet utilization by 15%, allowing for a significant reduction in our trailer-to-tractor ratio, and ultimately adding more than $500,000 to our bottom line profits each year.”


“We are delighted to strengthen our long-term relationship with Forward Air,” said Darryl Miller, Chief Operating Officer of I.D. Systems. “The unique asset management capabilities of our Track & Trace system, as well as the ease and flexibility of its installation, fit perfectly with Forward Air’s continuing commitment to provide the most efficient, reliable, cost-effective expedited freight services in North America.”

NGK Spark Plug Goes Live with Apriso’s FlexNet

Apriso LogoAutomotive supplier is now using Apriso’s enterprise manufacturing execution system to manage production and supply network operations.


LONG BEACH, CA & Tokyo – (Oct 12, 2010) — Apriso, a leading provider of manufacturing software solutions for sustained operational excellence, today announced that NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd (NGKNTK), a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier based in Japan, has adopted and installed Apriso’s FlexNet as their enterprise manufacturing and logistics execution system. Three sites are now live in NGKNTK’s Sensor Division, along with the management of several outsourcing companies across their supply network. These sites are a part of an implementation in process across NGKNTK’s automotive business unit.


Apriso’s solution supports NGKNTK’s strategy to meet various operational objectives, which includes collaboration between production processes and billing, managing production and packing while ensuring inventory levels are minimized to support Lean initiatives. Due to the limitation of the ERP system, these functions, along with others, were managed by FlexNet and integrated to ERP, helping NGKNTK gain further value out of their ERP investment.


“NGKNTK’s implementation of FlexNet has enabled us to realize greater visibility across each production line, resulting in improved operational performance. We now see actual production performance to plan, helping to raise people’s awareness, even causing an attitude change on site. We plan to expand this visibility further by increasing our use of FlexNet,” explained their General Manager of the Systems Promotion Department, Ceramic Sensor Division.


With the support of Apriso, the solution delivers real-time visibility and control to NGKNTK’s automobile sensor’s manufacturing plants and various outsourcing companies, located both domestically and internationally.


“By leveraging the best practice processes within each of FlexNet’s business components, our project’s objectives were completed faster resulting in dramatically improved financial results. We now understand and enjoy the flexibility of FlexNet, after a successful project completion. Based on these results, we now recognize FlexNet as being the industry’s best manufacturing execution system, a global enterprise solution worthy of expanded deployment,” said the Supervisor of their Komaki System Development Team, Information Systems Department, NGKNTK.


“Apriso is pleased to play such an important role in our customer’s success, as has been the case with NGKNTK. We look forward to expanding our relationship to support NGKNTK’s plans to implement FlexNet as their standardized, global manufacturing execution system across the company’s Japanese and overseas operations,” offered Gerry Fosnick, General Manager, Apriso Japan.


About Apriso

Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by enabling organizations to achieve and sustain manufacturing excellence while adapting quickly and easily to market changes. Apriso’s FlexNet is a BPM platform-based software solution for global manufacturing operations management. Apriso supports global continuous improvement by delivering visibility into, control over and synchronization across manufacturing and the product supply network. Apriso serves 180+ customers in 40+ countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Customers include General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, L’Oréal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Saint-Gobain, Novelis and Essilor. Learn more at: www.apriso.com.


Apriso and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


Media Contacts:

Gordon Benzie

Apriso North America

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Kazuyuki Maeba

Apriso Japan K.K.

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info@apriso.co.jp

ContainerPort Group Selects VeriWise™ Track & Trace System to Manage Container Chassis

VeriWise Track and Trace


Plano, TX, September 8, 2010—Asset Intelligence, a leading provider of supply chain asset tracking solutions and a subsidiary of I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), today announced that its VeriWise™ Track & Trace system has been purchased by ContainerPort Group (CPG), a leading provider of cargo transportation services. CPG will deploy the system on a fleet of container chassis for an initial contract term of five years.


VeriWise Track & Trace is an easy-to-deploy asset tracking system that provides real-time data to improve the utilization, efficiency, and security of trailer and container fleets. It is designed for quick, flexible installation on a wide range of cargo-carrying assets, with patented power management technology to provide exceptionally long battery life and years of maintenance-free operation.


CPG, based in Cleveland, Ohio, provides a service network of approximately 20 facilities across the Midwest and East Coast of the United States. The company’s intermodal cargo transportation services include containerized freight shipping, cargo terminal operations, rail operations, container and chassis maintenance, and warehousing and logistics.


“ContainerPort Group chose VeriWise Track & Trace for its value, ease of installation, and reliability,” said CPG President Richard Coleman. “With our recent acquisition of another container management business, it became essential for us to optimize the control and efficient utilization of our expanding fleet of cargo-carrying assets. We needed a system that could be mounted quickly in an unobtrusive location on our chassis, yet could still communicate reliably, without relying on line-of-sight connectivity to a satellite.


“We tested several other solutions and concluded that VeriWise Track & Trace was the most robust solution available, with a unique covert mounting option, essentially maintenance-free life cycle, and reliable cellular communications. We expect the system will provide us with immediate real-time visibility of our assets, even when they are in remote customer facilities or rail yards, and significantly increase the utilization of our chassis fleet.”


“We are very pleased to add ContainerPort Group to our base of successful customers,” said Darryl Miller, Chief Operating Officer of I.D. Systems. “VeriWise Track & Trace is an ideal solution for CPG’s application—it’s an affordable, simple, effective system for basic asset tracking that can quickly drive cost and inefficiency out of container fleet operations.”


About I.D. Systems:

Based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, with subsidiaries in Germany and the United Kingdom, I.D. Systems is a leading provider of wireless solutions for managing and securing high-value enterprise assets, including industrial vehicles, such as forklifts and airport ground support equipment, and rental vehicles. The Company’s patented technology, which utilizes radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology, addresses the needs of organizations to control, track, monitor and analyze their assets. For more information, visit www.id-systems.com.


Asset Intelligence, a subsidiary of I.D. Systems based in Plano, Texas, is a leading provider of trailer and container tracking solutions for manufacturers, retailers, shippers and freight transportation providers. It offers a full range of solutions to improve safety, security and productivity throughout global supply chains.


“Safe Harbor” statement:

This press release contains forward looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as the Company’s outlook for 2009 financial results and prospects for additional customers and revenues. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the Company’s beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond the Company’s control, and which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, future economic and business conditions, the loss of any of the Company’s key customers or reduction in the purchase of its products by any such customers, the failure of the market for the Company’s products to continue to develop, the inability to protect the Company’s intellectual property, the inability to manage the Company’s growth, the effects of competition from a wide variety of local, regional, national and other providers of wireless solutions and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. These risks could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release, and expressly disclaims any obligation to do so.

MOL Logistics Selects Descartes for ISF “10+2” Compliance

WATERLOO, ONTARIO—April 2, 2009Descartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, announced that MOL Logistics, a leading global freight forwarder, has selected Descartes’ Global Logistics Network (GLN) to help it comply with the United States Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) new Importer Security Filing (ISF) “10+2” initiative.


On November 25, 2008, CBP released its interim final rule on ISF, also known as the “10+2″ rule. This security measure is often referred to as “10+2″ because, for ocean shipments inbound to the United States, the regulation requires the collection of 10 new data elements from importers or their agents and 2 message sets from the ocean carriers. CBP’s goal is to have these data elements submitted 24 hours prior to vessel departure and the two new message sets from ocean carriers within 48 hours of vessel departure, however, CBP has allowed for some flexibility in this timing and submission of the data elements.


The Descartes ISF service helps organizations manage an ever-increasing amount of legally required containerized shipment information in a small window of time. It helps shippers, carriers, intermediaries and customs brokers ensure compliance with CBP ISF programs by leveraging an organization’s existing technology and data sources with a single point of contact for data connectivity.


“Our customers expect us to support new customs filing regulations and simplify the shipment process for them,” said Scott Larson, Corporate Compliance Manager of MOL Logistics. “As a leader in global customs filing, Descartes has proven to be a reliable and efficient supplier that provides us with services to easily electronically manage shipment information and comply with CBP electronic submission requirements for customs filings.”


“Our focus is to standardize a set of business processes across a broad community of participants. This community includes airlines, freight forwarders, inspection agencies, trucking companies, ocean liners and customs brokers – just to name a few,” said Scott Sangster, Vice President of the Global Logistics Network at Descartes. “The Descartes ISF service is a natural extension of our Global Logistics Network and an add-on service for our customers. Our focus is helping our customers comply with new emerging customs filing and compliance initiatives by leveraging our customers existing data infrastructures.”


About MOL Logistics

For more information, visit www.mol-logistics.com.


About Descartes

Descartes (TSX: DSG) (NASDAQ: DSGX), is making the world a better place by enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying Descartes’ offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the world’s most extensive multi-modal business applications network. As a federated software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, the Descartes GLN combines with component-based ‘nano’ sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes’ solutions and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven; improve pick up and delivery reliability; and optimize working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes’ hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has more than 350 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.descartes.com .


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For more information contact:


Nicole German

Descartes Systems Group

1-416-741-2838 ext. 298

ngerman@descartes.com


This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (”forward-looking statements”) that relate to Descartes’ solution offering and potential benefits derived therefrom; Descartes’ ability to help customers comply with emerging compliance initiatives and other matters. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in the structure or deployment of compliance initiatives and the factors and assumptions discussed in the section entitled, “Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results” in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities commissions across Canada. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. We do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

AmeriGas Rolls-Out Additional Descartes Services to Drive Operational Savings

WATERLOO, Ontario— March 31, 2009 — Descartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, has been contracted to roll-out its routing, dispatch and intelligent automated vehicle locator (AVL) services at AmeriGas, the largest retail propane marketer within the United States. Following the successful implementation of other Descartes solutions, AmeriGas is targeting additional operational savings and productivity improvements to help manage a segment of its national propane delivery operations of over 3,000 vehicles.


By combining route planning and delivery visibility between dispatchers and the field, Descartes’ intelligent AVL service extends the traditional route planning process and provides real-time delivery status. This service helps improve customer responsiveness through real-time status updates, forward predictability and enhanced exception alerting. This information allows AmeriGas to reduce the need to track delivery schedules and identify potential service issues through exception reporting.


“Our organization is focused on improving customer service and operational efficiency as well as reducing our impact on the environment,” said Eugene V. N. Bissell, CEO of AmeriGas. “With the extension of the Descartes solution to include intelligent AVL with routing and dispatch, we can modify our routes dynamically as changes occur during the day to optimize our performance and enhance our responsiveness to customers.”


Descartes Routing, Dispatch and intelligent AVL solutions are an integral part of AmeriGas’ current delivery technology strategy. The comprehensive Route Planning, Dispatch and AVL offering is hosted by Descartes, resulting in reduced implementation costs and shortened time-to-implementation to help AmeriGas impact its bottom-line quickly.


“Our solutions don’t cost, they pay. Our customers have realized benefits and cost savings quickly, allowing them to focus on other areas of their business,” said Adam Moore, Senior Vice President of Descartes. “We also help our customers leverage existing technology investments and extend their business processes further. This is the case with Amerigas, with a planned integration to an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, to help them extend their end-to-end delivery management operations.”


About AmeriGas

Based in Valley Forge, PA, AmeriGas Partners is the nation’s largest retail propane marketer, serving nearly 1.3 million customers from over 600 distribution locations in 46 states. UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI), through subsidiaries, owns 44% of the Partnership and individual unitholders own the remaining 56%.


About Descartes

Descartes (TSX: DSG) (NASDAQ: DSGX), is making the world a better place by enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying Descartes’ offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the world’s most extensive multi-modal business applications network. As a federated software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, the Descartes GLN combines with component-based ‘nano’ sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes’ solutions and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven; improve pick up and delivery reliability; and optimize working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes’ hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has more than 350 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.

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Media Contact

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Descartes Systems Group

1-416-741-2838 ext. 298

ngerman@descartes.com


This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (”forward-looking statements”) that relate to Descartes’ solution offering and potential benefits derived therefrom in general and by AmeriGas; and other matters. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the factors and assumptions discussed in the section entitled, “Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results” in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities commissions across Canada. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. We do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Descartes Unveils its Next Generation of Logistics Solutions at Global User Group Conference

Comprehensive, Multi-modal, Multi-process Solutions Are Designed to Deliver Rapid Results for Customers


ATLANTA, Georgia — March 25, 2009 — Descartes Evolution 2009 User Group ConferenceDescartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, unveiled its latest generation of solutions at its Global User Group Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, which runs from March 24-26, 2009.


Descartes’ updated offerings provide a broad footprint of capabilities across multiple modes of transportation to support the end-to-end shipment management process. The solutions leverage the power of the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), a community of over 20,000 companies in over 130 countries exchanging logistics information. As announced earlier this week, Geodis Wilson and Sanimax, are among the major brands that have selected Descartes for the value it delivers by standardizing business processes, connecting them to a community of logistics service providers, as well as extending their shipment management process.


Highlights of enhanced solutions to be demonstrated at the conference include:

• Integrated shipment management for air, ocean, truck and small package operations;

• Combined private fleet and common carrier management;

• Integrated route planning and mobile for fleet operations;

• Multi-national customs and regulatory compliance;

• Advanced messaging services for logistics and commercial communities;

• Integrated visibility, dock appointment scheduling and yard management for inbound operations; and

• Management of customs broker and freight forwarder back-office operations.


The new and enhanced services empower customers to better manage their contract carriers, connectivity with their trading partners, regulatory compliance and fleets. Available as individual components or integrated with the GLN to support end-to-end processes, these solutions are offered on a pay-as-you-go basis to help accelerate time-to-value.


“We’ve spent the last year working on extending and streamlining our offerings to help our customers save money in their businesses. Regardless of size or mode, our solutions deliver results quickly for logistics-intensive organizations,” said Chris Jones, executive vice president of Solutions and Services at Descartes. “At the same time, we deliver some of the most comprehensive and advanced, end-to-end logistics technology available in the market today.”


“In this tough economic climate, providing solutions that pay rather than cost is critical for our customers,” said Arthur Mesher, CEO at Descartes. “Our pay–as-you-go pricing model helps lower the operational and financial risk for our customers. We empower our customers to achieve operational results that impact their bottom line and enable them to compete more effectively in the global economy.”


About 2009 Descartes Global User Conference

Descartes is hosting its Global User Conference and Global Logistics and Customs Advisory Council meetings in Atlanta, Georgia on March 24, 25 and 26, 2009. Details on the events can be found at http://www.descartes.com/usergroup. The primary sponsors for the event are Xata, Avocus Group, BSM Wireless, CombineNet, Intermec, Motorola, Navteq, NationLink Wireless, SMC3, TeleAtlas, Telogis, Turnpike Global Technologies, and Viewnyx. Descartes customers speaking at the event include the Vice President of Engineering at DHL Express, as well as spokespersons from CVS/Pharmacy, Delta Cargo, The Home Depot, Ideal Supply, Panalpina and others. Samuel Banks, Executive Vice President of Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services and retired Deputy Commissioner of US Customs will also be speaking at the event covering key issues and strategic global trends for international trade, customs and public health/safety agencies.


About Descartes

Descartes (TSX: DSG) (NASDAQ: DSGX), is making the world a better place by enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying Descartes’ offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the world’s most extensive multi-modal business applications network. As a federated software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, the Descartes GLN combines with component-based ‘nano’ sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes’ solutions and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven; improve pick up and delivery reliability; and optimize working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes’ hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has more than 350 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.


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Media Contact

Nicole German

Descartes Systems Group

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Descartes Customers Leading the Way with “10+2” Importer Security Filing Success

ATLANTA, Georgia — March 24, 2009 — Descartes Evolution 2009 User Group Conference Descartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, announced that its more than 200 Importer Security Filing (ISF) “10+2” customers are making the new filing with U.S. Customs & Border Security (CBP) at an accuracy rate close to 99% - significantly higher than the overall rate of approximately 85% recently reported by CBP.


These results were announced by Descartes’ ISF “10+2” working group, a customer subcommittee of Descartes’ Customs Advisory Council. This working group was formed in response to CBP’s new ISF “10+2” rule that requires importers to provide CBP with 10 data elements about ocean shipments inbound to the U.S. at least 24 hours prior to vessel departure, and ocean carriers to provide 2 data messages at least 48 hours prior to vessel departure.


Descartes’ ISF “10+2” customer working group works with Descartes to enrich the Descartes ISF service, offer industry insight into adoption and roll-out, and communicate with government representatives to better understand and normalize compliance requirements for smoother adoption.


The Descartes ISF Service offers importers, customs brokers, carriers, freight forwarders, NVOCCs and shippers a comprehensive solution to help them make the new ISF filing. To accommodate customers’ varying technical capabilities, Descartes offers options that range from a user-friendly Web solution that permits manual entry of data information, to a tightly integrated system-to-system electronic data interchange (EDI) connection. Regardless of the option chosen, Descartes ISF Service submits required data information electronically to CBP and gathers the status of that filing in real-time streamlining the process and ultimately improving productivity and ensuring compliance.


“At Descartes we strive to enhance our Global Logistics Network and help our customers be prepared for new regulations,” said Ed Ryan, Executive Vice President, Global Field Operations at Descartes. “Our customers have come together with Descartes through this “10+2” working group to standardize business processes and ensure that we deliver solutions to improve their ability to manage shipments while complying with this and future regulations.”


About 2009 Descartes Global User Conference

On March 24, 25 and 26, 2009, Descartes will host its Global User Conference and Global Logistics and Customs Advisory Council meetings in Atlanta, Georgia. Details on the events can be found at http://www.descartes.com/usergroup. The primary sponsors for the event are Xata, Avocus Group, BSM Wireless, CombineNet, Intermec, Motorola, Navteq, NationLink Wireless, SMC3, TeleAtlas, Telogis, Turnpike Global Technologies, and Viewnyx. Descartes customers speaking at the event include the Vice President of Engineering at DHL Express, as well as spokespersons from CVS/Pharmacy, Delta Cargo, The Home Depot, Ideal Supply, Panalpina and others. Samuel Banks, Executive Vice President of Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services and retired Deputy Commissioner of US Customs will also be speaking at the event covering key issues and strategic global trends for international trade, customs and public health/safety agencies.


About Descartes

Descartes (TSX: DSG) (NASDAQ: DSGX), is making the world a better place by enabling global organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Underlying Descartes’ offerings is the Descartes Global Logistics Network (GLN), one of the world’s most extensive multi-modal business applications network. As a federated software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, the Descartes GLN combines with component-based ‘nano’ sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. Descartes’ solutions and services deliver results by enabling organizations around the world to reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven; improve pick up and delivery reliability; and optimize working capital through fleet visibility. Descartes’ hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has more than 350 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Montreal, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.


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Media Contact

Nicole German

Descartes Systems Group

1-416-741-2838 ext. 298

ngerman@descartes.com

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