Compiere and Directive Soft Partner to Deliver Adaptable Solutions "ERP" throughout Spain and Latin America

Redwood Shores, Calif.., And Madrid, Spain - March 18, 2008 - Compiere, Inc. (www.compiere.com), the global leader in Open Source business solutions, today announced an agreement with Directive Soft, whose version Spanish specializes in software solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP). Under the agreement, Directive Soft has been positioned as "Authorized Compiere Gold Partner? Compiere Authorized partner that will locate, resell, implement and give support to Compiere in Spain and throughout Spanish-speaking 18 countries worldwide.

Directive Soft was founded in mid 1980 to provide sales, consulting, development, implementation and ERP services. The company joined the global network of Compiere to deploy and expand the Compiere platform software and adding locating the specific features of each region.

"After determining the future direction of our investment in engineering, we chose Compiere because they best represent the products and services that support companies in all parts of our need to automate market for ERP and CRM," said Isidro Fernández of Directive Soft.

Compiere business solutions enable businesses in industries such as manufacturing distribution, retail services and professionals to gain a competitive advantage for automating financial, distribution, sales and service processes. Offering solutions through a business model of open source, Compiere enables businesses to reap the benefits of ERP automation at only a fraction of the cost of traditional proprietary software products.

Stuart Bagshaw, the chief operating officer of Compiere, said, "Compiere and Directive Soft are working together to address the growing customer demand for an economical and adaptable solutions for business throughout Spain and Latin America. Directive Soft provides customers Compiere access to the Open Source business solutions backed by deep ERP experience. "

Compiere's network is a global network of integrated systems, application solutions providers that provide consulting, implementation and customization services to Compiere users. As an Authorized Gold Partner, Directive Soft will have direct access to Compiere support, engineering, marketing and sales resources.

About Directive Soft:

Directive Soft, has adopted Compiere to the Spanish market and the market for Spanish-speaking countries, according to its characteristics required tax and accounting functions in each region. This gets more stable ERP in the Latin American community, allowing accounting schemes take several companies that have different locations in different countries. Thus, Directive Soft meets the objective of helping its customers to generate efficiencies from the implementation of innovative solutions. For more information, please visit www.directivesoft.com.

About Compiere, Inc.

Compiere, Inc. delivers the most widely used enterprise resource planning ERP and CRM open source, with more than 1.3 million software downloads. Applications are built on a development platform based on an innovative model that provides customers unprecedented adaptability, rapid deployment and low cost of ownership. The private company is headquartered is located in Redwood Shores, California. Compiere, Inc. offers commercial backing, support and services to its worldwide network of authorized partners operating in more than 25 countries. For more information, please visit www.compiere.com.