June 9, 2008: APS|ENTERprise and GFS Software Announce Distribution Partnership in Brazil

GFS Software e Consultoria Ltda is the most preeminent Brazilian software company in the z/OS infrastructure application market with an extensive line of enterprise level solutions. APS|ENTERprise solutions, such as VISUALjob for Control-M, will be incorporated into and enhance this already impressive portfolio.

“Based on the broad acceptance of our solutions in the US, European and Australian markets establishing a relationship with a distinguished software company in Brazil was a next logical step for growth opportunity” said Anthony Blye, Managing Director of APS|ENTERprise Software, Inc. “GFS has the breadth and experience within the Brazilian market to best represent our solutions.”

Pedro Figueiroa, International Relations Manager for GFS, stated “The new partnership established with APS|ENTERprise represents an important upgrade to GFS’s portfolio and delivers essential and innovative tools to the Brazilian software market. The quality of APS solutions is unquestionable based upon the very positive feedback already provided by our major customers!”

About APS|ENTERprise software consulting gmbh
APS|ENTERprise software consulting gmbh was founded in Mönchengladbach, Germany in 1996 with the mission of providing leading enterprises with excellent solutions for their batch production and output management. Since 1998 APS|ENTERprise has developed products for production management, which complement existing environments such as IBM´s Tivoli Workload Scheduler (formerly OPC) or BMC´s Control-M and Control-D.

About GFS Software e Consultoria Ltda
GFS Software e Consultoria Ltda was established in Brasília-DF, Brazil in 1988 aiming to offer simple and essential solutions to the most important z/OS installations in Brazil. A national leader in the Tape Management segment, GFS also markets solutions from the most respected worldwide software houses. GFS Software acts in the international market since 2002, through its offices in Spain and Germany.