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HiSoftware Broadens Footprint in EU to Leverage Growing Accessibility and Regulatory Compliance Markets

New area director named as latest customer wins, channel growth and broadening governance fuel expansion

Nashua, NH – November 4, 2008 – HiSoftware Inc. (www.hisoftware.com), a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimize Web content, quality and regulatory compliance for accessibility and privacy content, today announced that it has continued the company’s growth and expansion opportunities with a new office location outside London, UK. HiSoftware also announced the appointment of Ian Bruce as its Business Development Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The opening of the London office is the latest in a series of strategic growth objectives by HiSoftware, providing greater exposure and presence in the rapidly growing EMEA market sector for accessibility, privacy and Web-based governance initiatives throughout the region.

HiSoftware President and CEO, Kurt A. Mueffelmann, stated, “With a six-fold increase in European sales during the past 12 months, our London presence enables us to rapidly respond to the growing demand of our current customers, and support future business activities and opportunities in the EMEA region. It will allow us to work more closely with our local partners to create deeper relationships with new EMEA customers and provide improved support to our existing customers across the region.”

As Director of Business Development for EMEA, Ian Bruce is responsible for building and managing overall partner and client relationships throughout the region. Bruce has spent the last six years as a Solutions Architect and Program Manager for Aviva, and a sales and operations director for Maxamine / Accenture Marketing Sciences. He brings an extensive understanding of both Web and Intranet domains, distributed application design, quality and compliance issues, Search Engine Optimization, and Web Analytics, all of which impact traffic volumes, customer experience, customer conversion and overall cost of ownership.

About HiSoftware Inc.

Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a leading provider of software, services and On-Demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content, quality and regulatory compliance. The company’s solutions empower content developers, Web site architects and executives to work collaboratively to create and manage corporate Web standards for accessibility, privacy, security, search engine optimisation (SEO), site quality and performance, branding, competitive intelligence and application transaction testing. HiSoftware’s customers boast many of the world’s largest public and private sites including U.S. and international government agencies and Global 2000 companies such as HP, California State University, BBC-Worldwide, Tata Consulting, U.S. Department of Transportation and Microsoft. For more information about HiSoftware visit www.hisoftware.com.

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