Day Software Enhances Social Media and Open Source Expertise with Addition of Thought Leaders

December 12, 2007; 06:13 AM

BASEL, Switzerland & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Day Software (SWX:DAYN) (OTCQX:DYIHY), a leading provider of global content management and infrastructure software, today announced it has expanded its presence in the social media and open source markets with the acquisition of the founders and key innovators of Mindquarry, an open source collaborative software platform provider. Alexander Klimetschek, Alexander Saar and Lars Trieloff, experts in social media and collaboration, have joined Day’s product development team.

The entrepreneurs’ combined expertise in file sharing, task and content management, collaboration and social media technologies will enhance Day’s product pipeline. In addition, the team’s experience with Apache Jackrabbit, JCR (the Content Repository for Java Technology API standard) and open source platforms empower Day with additional resources for their ubiquitous ECM, WCM and DAM solutions.

“We are extremely excited to welcome this industry talent to our development efforts at Day. These talented, accomplished technologists are a tremendous asset to our team,” said David Nuescheler, CTO of Day Software. “They are all veterans of the social media and open source software industry and their commitment to driving innovation and operational excellence will deliver great value to our customers.”

Mindquarry is an open source collaborative software platform for file sharing (documents, images, media files, etc.), task and project management, team collaboration and Wiki editing. Prior to halting its commercial offering in October 2007, the company successfully meshed simplicity and functionality, enabling knowledge workers to effectively and efficiently connect with team members, positively impacting productivity through collaboration. Designed to combine integration and consultation services with an open source platform, Mindquarry was developed in Java and built upon a scalable REST architecture with AJAX and Web 2.0-style user interfaces.

“Day is the powerful partner we have been looking for. With its first-grade technology and team and clients among the largest enterprises in the world,” said Lars Trieloff, former COO of Mindquarry, “Day is the best fit when it comes to providing breakthrough innovations in the space of collaborative software and social media.”

Before joining the Day team, Alexander Klimetschek served as co-founder and chief architect for Mindquarry and is an expert in the Cocoon framework, REST architecture and modeling systems with FMC and User-Centered Design. He holds a master’s degree in software systems engineering from the Hasso Plattner Institute. Also a Mindquarry co-founder, Lars Trieloff served as the company’s COO and is a published luminary on DocBook-XML. He secured a master’s degree in software systems engineering from the Hasso Plattner Institute. Alexander Saar served as the company’s CTO, and managed systematic software development after founding Mindquarry with his colleagues Klimetschek and Trieloff. Saar also holds a master’s degree in software engineering from the Hasso Plattner Institute.

Both Day and Mindquarry were recently named to the EContent 100 list for 2007. Compiled by the magazine’s editorial staff, its contributing editors and colleagues from its publisher, Information Today, Inc., the list spotlights companies that provide valuable offerings for customers seeking digital content solutions, such as those providing content management, content delivery, digital rights management and knowledge management.

About Day – www.day.com

Day is a leading provider of integrated content, portal and digital asset management software. Day’s technology Communiqué offers a comprehensive, rapidly deployable framework to unify and manage all digital business data, systems, applications and processes through the web.

Day is an international company, founded in 1993, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (SWX:DAYN) since April 2000. Day shares are also traded Over the Counter (OTC) in the form of American Depositary Receipts (OTCQX:DYIHY). Day’s customers are some of the largest global corporations and include Audi, Daimler, Deutsche Post World Net, Deutsche Bank, InterContinental Hotels Group, McDonald’s and Volkswagen.