Hitachi Software Hires John Meredith and Shashikala Shamarao

Two Appointments Add To Company's GIS Integration Expertise

Westminster, CO - July 2, 2004 - Hitachi Software Global Technology, Ltd. (HSGT), the leading provider of spatial data integration and Open GIS solutions, announces the appointment of two new employees, Mr. John Meredith and Ms. Shashikala Shamarao. Both employees join Hitachi Software as members of the Any*GIS product team in the GIS group.

Shashikala Shamarao joined Hitachi Software on May 27th as a project engineer. She is responsible for customer specific project services and technical development and enhancement of the Any*GIS Smallworld GeoAdapter(r). She has a bachelor's degree in telecommunication engineering from Bangalore University and was most recently employed by GE Power as a technical lead in the Smallworld Internet Application Server team.

John Meredith joined Hitachi on June 28th as an account executive. He will be responsible for sales of Any*GIS to utilities and telecommunication companies in North and South America. His previous work background includes twelve years of technical sales experience with Broadband Services Inc., GE Smallworld, and Autodesk. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical design engineering from Brigham Young University.

"We are very pleased to have John and Shashi on board the Any*GIS team," said Rob Carroll, vice president of Hitachi Software Global Technology. "Their considerable expertise will advance our strategic direction of offering enterprise-wide integration of Smallworld datasets with other spatial and non-spatial data."

"We believe that Shashi's engineering and Java programming skills will help us to better integrate Any*GIS with Smallworld. John's experience in technical sales at GE and Autodesk fit perfectly with our strategy of integrating CAD and GIS for utilities and telecom companies. We look forward to including them into our GIS team, and putting their capabilities to work for our existing and future customers."

About Any*GIS
Built on Open GIS Consortium standards and open systems architecture, Any*GIS is a multi-tiered interoperable framework that integrates multiple GIS data sources. Any*GIS supports spatial data access and updating to OpenGIS(r) Simple Feature Specification data stores in Oracle and SQL Server, as well as proprietary formats from Autodesk, ESRI, Intergraph, MapInfo and GE Power Systems (Smallworld).

Any*GIS was developed using Java 2, so it is highly customizable and can be tailored to meet the needs of any organization that depends on accurate geographic and associated non-spatial data. More information can be found at www.anygis.com.

About Hitachi Software Global Technology
Hitachi Software Global Technology (HSGT) is a leading software, data, and solution provider for companies seeking to maximize their potential through spatial information. HSGT solutions combine Open GIS Consortium standards, imagery and vector data products, and award-winning automatic vectorization software. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, HSGT continues to pioneer new technologies and services for utilities, telecommunications companies, and governments.

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