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For Immediate Release

 Myelin Repair Foundation Selects Scientific Software 
ECM to Accelerate Multiple Sclerosis Collaboration

Multi-Site Consortium Speeds Discovery of Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

Pleasanton, California  (December 6, 2004) — Scientific Software, Inc., a world leader in the development, sale and support of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, announced today the Myelin Repair Foundation (MRF), a consortium of research scientists dedicated to discovering and developing effective treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has chosen the Scientific Software Enterprise Content Manager (ECM) platform for collaboration and secure document sharing among research scientists among five major universities. The foundation’s research team includes principal investigators from Stanford University, Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University, Case Western Reserve University, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago. Like many geographically dispersed organizations, they are challenged with efficiently organizing, sharing and distributing information on the latest discoveries and effectively collaborating to leverage their collective expertise.

Most of this research information resides in the form of electronic analytical laboratory data, biological images, and reports. As such, a secure, centralized repository was needed to enable the collection, management, distribution, archiving, and retention of the information. The Scientific Software Enterprise Content Manager (ECM) platform will provide this capability, along with features such as access control, versioning, check-in/ check-out, audit trail, records retention, and archiving to hierarchical storage management (HSM) devices. The Scientific Software ECM system is designed to handle the type of information generated in over 80,000 research laboratories around the world.

“The Myelin Repair Foundation is taking an innovative approach to research where new information and discoveries among researchers are shared in real-time” said Russell Bromley, chief operating officer for the Myelin Repair Foundation. “To accomplish this we needed a secure, yet easy-to-use solution to promote online collaboration while protecting electronic intellectual property.  Scientific Software Enterprise Content Manager (ECM) provides our researchers with a proven, easy-to-use, web-based solution for total information and records management to help us accelerate collaborative efforts among our geographically-dispersed research labs.”

“The Myelin Repair Foundation is a fast-paced, knowledge-intensive environment with a critical need to consolidate information locked away in various geographic silos, making it a perfect customer for our enterprise content management (ECM) solutions,” said Dr. Soheil Saadat, president and CEO of Scientific Software, Inc. “We’re very excited about helping the foundation with its content and collaboration needs, and look forward to a long and lasting relationship.”

About the Myelin Repair Foundation
The Myelin Repair Foundation (MRF), a Northern California-based, non-profit research foundation, is the only research effort exclusively committed to discovering new treatments for MS and to rapidly moving these discoveries into development of drug therapies that improve the quality of life for people with MS. The MRF model of scientific collaboration provides a supportive environment in which leading research scientists at multiple universities and experienced business executives can work together to execute a five-year research plan - with milestones, parallel experiments, collaboration, and, most important, a constant focus on developing effective treatments for multiple sclerosis. MRF expects to raise $25 million in the next two years to support the research activities of five of the world's leading neuroscientists in myelin repair.  Additional information on the Myelin Repair Foundation is available at www.myelinrepair.org or by calling 408-871-2410.

About Scientific Software, Inc.
Scientific Software, Inc. is a world leader in the development, sale and support of enterprise content management (ECM), business process management (BPM), and compliance solutions to help organizations better manage the complete lifecycle of business information.  With installations at leading pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, petrochemical, food and beverage, environmental and government organizations, Scientific Software Enterprise Content Manager (ECM) provides a secure, central repository and rich content services to help organizations capture, manage, collaborate, archive and re-use business critical information. Business Process Manager (BPM) helps organizations accelerate processes across all industry applications, including SOP management, regulatory compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11, OSHA), Six Sigma process improvements, new product introductions, scientific data archiving, engineering change notices, purchase requests, insurance claims processing, and forms processing.  Scientific Software, Inc., is based in Pleasanton, California.  Further information about Scientific Software, Inc. and its products is available at www.scisw.com or at 1-800-588-8878.