E-Z Data Chooses IBM as Preferred Partner to Complement Offerings and Meet Financial Services Industry Customer Needs

Testing demonstrates scalability of enterprise data movement solution

Pasadena, CA, February 6, 2007 – E-Z Data, Inc., a leading provider of front-office systems for insurance companies, broker-dealers, general agents, agents, and investment advisors, today announced it has achieved the ‘industry optimized’ level in IBM’s PartnerWorld Industry Networks. E-Z Data can now complement its solution offerings with IBM’s sales, marketing, and technical expertise to help meet customer requirements in the financial services industry.

Recently, E-Z Data performed testing of its E-Z Data’s DataXchange™ Enterprise server on IBM’s AIX®, UDB®, and WebSphere® platforms at the IBM Innovation Center in San Mateo, CA. DataXchange Enterprise (DXE) is designed to efficiently move legacy and third-party data into SmartOffice®, E-Z Data’s integrated management platform for financial professionals. The impressive test results clearly demonstrated DXE’s ability to support large-scale deployments by moving large volumes of financial services data quickly, efficiently, and without error. The tests confirmed DXE’s excellent scalability and proficiencies supporting data volumes from even the largest financial services organizations.

“E-Z Data is pleased to be working closely with IBM as an ‘industry optimized’ partner, and we have already seen a high level of value from our collaboration,” said Muthu Arumugham, Vice President Technology, E-Z Data. “Successfully moving millions of records from back-end systems into SmartOffice®, our web-based CRM system for insurance and financial services companies, is an important step in helping our mutual clients gain the greatest benefit from using IBM and E-Z Data products.”

"We are pleased that E-Z Data has achieved optimized status in PartnerWorld Industry Networks and is committed to IBM as a partner of choice," said Buell Duncan, general manager, ISV & Developer Relations, IBM. "IBM recognizes the value E-Z Data brings to the financial services industry, and we are dedicated to working together to develop open solutions that best serve our customers."

The IBM PartnerWorld Industry Networks provide business partners with comprehensive business insight, technical resources, networking opportunities, and marketing and sales support designed to help them reach more customers and close deals faster. Participants in the PartnerWorld Industry Networks can team with IBM to bring on demand solutions to market more easily and to ensure these solutions meet specific industry needs, reflecting how customers buy technology today.

Business Partners can sign up for PartnerWorld Industry Network at www.ibm.com/isv.

To download the DataXchange Enterprise Performance white paper, go to www.ezdata.com/dataxchange.

About E-Z Data, Inc.
Leading financial services organizations and top financial advisors worldwide rely on E-Z Data’s practice management, agency management, and CRM solutions to systematize proactive, hi-touch communication with clients, increase sales, and reduce operational costs. E-Z Data solutions are used by more than a quarter million financial services professionals and industry-leading firms including HSBC, M Financial, MetLife, National Financial Partners, ProEquities, Prudential, Royal Alliance, and Securian. For more information about E-Z Data’s solutions, go to www.ezdata.com or call 800-777-9188.

Contacts:

CaroleAnne Hardy
E-Z Data, Inc.
caroleanne@ez-data.com
626-585-3505