SUNNYVALE, Calif. and PARIS, May 14, 2008 -- ILOG(R) (Nasdaq: ILOG; Euronext: ILO, ISIN: FR0004042364) today announced a strengthening of its long-standing technology and business alliance with IBM(R). ILOG has been selected for IBM's Destination z Alliance Program, which aims to accelerate legacy modernization initiatives for IBM z-series customers. ILOG has also been tapped for IBM's ISV Advantage program for small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMB).

IBM Destination z is a community organization which is focused on accelerating the modernization of customers' information technology environments to more efficiently operate their businesses. In response to increased demand for System z(R)-based decision management, ILOG recently introduced ILOG Rules for COBOL(R), which allows IBM customers to leverage the processing power of IBM System z for both new application development and for fitting rule-based decision management into existing ILOG Rules for COBOL applications.

By joining IBM's ISV Advantage program for the SMB market, ILOG's business rule management system (BRMS) and optimization solutions will be promoted as part of IBM's portfolio of leading e-business SMB solutions in the Insurance, Banking, Capital Markets, Healthcare, and Public Sector areas. Many of these solutions already incorporate ILOG JRules(R), used in concert with IBM's service-oriented architecture (SOA) frameworks, including WebSphere(R) Business Services Fabric, WebSphere Process Server, and IBM ECM, and implemented by IBM Global Business Services. With these joint offerings, organizations can more safely manage business change in applications such as insurance policy underwriting, loan origination, claims adjudication and border security. The SMB market represents a large, diverse market with enormous IT opportunity. According to IBM, the SMB market comprises companies with 1-999 employees.

ILOG is also a Premier level partner within the IBM PartnerWorld(R) program. According to IBM, Premier level membership is for IBM business partners that make a very significant investment in IBM products and technologies.

About ILOG

ILOG delivers software and services that empower customers to make better decisions faster and manage change and complexity. Over 3,000 corporations and more than 465 leading software vendors rely on ILOG's market-leading business rule management system (BRMS), supply chain planning and scheduling applications as well as its optimization and visualization software components, to achieve dramatic returns on investment, create market-defining products and services, and sharpen their competitive edge. ILOG was founded in 1987 and employs more than 850 people worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.ilog.com.

ILOG, ILOG JRules and ILOG Rules for COBOL are registered trademarks of ILOG S.A. and ILOG, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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