Pilot Software Announces New Customers Including Coors Brewing Company, Swiss Re, ProQuest Alison and General Services Administration

More Than 150 Leading Companies Validate the Need for Pilot's Business Analytics Solutions

FREMONT, CA, Dec. 3, 2002 -- Building on its commitment to provide leading business analysis solutions, Pilot Software(TM) Acquisition Corp. (Pilot Software) today announced several new Pilot Suite customers including Coors Brewing Company (www.coors.com), ProQuest Alison (www.proquestalison.com), Swiss Re (www.swissre.com) and General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov).

"Since the company's inception in June 2002, more than 150 leading companies including Coors Brewing Company, Pacific Life Insurance and The Boeing Company have signed on with the newly formed Pilot Software," said Kurt J. Bilafer, director of sales and services at Pilot Software. "Pilot's competitive technologies, coupled with the market need for business analytics, will continue to push Pilot into a leadership position in the business analytics market."

About Pilot Suite

Pilot Suite is the award-winning business intelligence solution that enables businesses to conduct powerful, flexible, interactive analyses of corporate-wide data and transform it into profitable decisions. The Pilot Suite is the only business intelligence solution that has Time Intelligence(TM) built into the OLAP engine enabling companies to compare results by any time period that makes sense for their business. In addition, Pilot Suite's Hybrid Online Analytical Processing (HOLAP) capabilities enable companies to take advantage of the power of multi-dimensional OLAP while preserving the flexibility and detail of a relational database. For more information about Pilot Suite visit www.pilotsoftware.com/pilotsuite.

About Pilot Software

Pilot Software is a leading provider of business analytics solutions that enable companies worldwide to measure and meet business performance objectives by transforming corporate data into profitable decisions. Named to DM Review's 100 list as one of the best business intelligence providers, Pilot's award winning technologies include its business intelligence solution, Pilot Suite, a product of 15+ years of development; and Pilot HitList, a powerful, yet cost effective, Web site analysis solution. Pilot's solutions provide companies with a 360-degree view on virtually every aspect of the business, including financial, operations, marketing, sales, and product development. The resulting information enables Pilot's customers to increase sales, deepen customer relationships, build better products, streamline operations, and make better overall business decisions. Customers include Coors Brewing Company, The Boeing Company, General Services Administration, LendingTree, Pacific Life Insurance and Swiss Re.

Pilot Software was founded in 2002 and has headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. and Fremont, Calif. The company is privately held with funding from Excelsior Venture Partners III, LLC, a private equity fund managed by U.S. Trust. Pilot Software can be reached at (617) 374-9400. More information about Pilot Software is available at www.pilotsoftware.com.

Pilot Software and Pilot HitList are trademarks of Pilot Software Acquisition Corp. All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.

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