ILOG Launches First Comprehensive Graphics Toolkit for Eclipse MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and PARIS, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ILOG(R) (Nasdaq: ILOG; Euronext: ILO; ISIN: FR0004042364), a leading provider of enterprise-class software components and services, today announced the first commercial Java graphics toolkit to support the widely adopted Eclipse Platform -- the ILOG JViews(TM) 6.5 family of products. The Eclipse Platform is an open extensible integrated development environment (IDE) that provides building blocks and a foundation for constructing and using integrated software-development tools. With the release of ILOG JViews 6.5, ILOG underscores its ongoing commitment to important standards bringing feature-rich displays to an even broader base of developers' worldwide. "The rate at which Eclipse has grown over the past two years -- its adoption and influence -- has been extraordinary, and we're thrilled that ILOG is basing its rich, graphical displays on Eclipse," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director, Eclipse Foundation. "With tools like JViews, we anticipate the Eclipse growth rate to gain even more momentum allowing developers to go from A to Z with displays that convey more and better information than before." In this latest release, ILOG takes advantage of a new "bridge" which enables developers of Eclipse user interfaces to include Java-based display components. Software developers now can embed rich, graphical Java displays such as charts, diagrams, maps, and schedule displays into their Eclipse-based applications. Packaged as standalone products, the ILOG JViews family includes JViews Diagrammer 6.5, JViews Charts 6.5, JViews Gantt 6.5, JViews Maps 6.5, and JViews Telecom Graphic Objects (JTGO) 4.5, and is designed so that users have greater visibility, collaboration and control to create graphics applications. For example, in the latest version of JTGO 4.5, the leading tool for building Operational Support System (OSS) interfaces, ILOG added new levels of support for the efficient management of complex networks, including features for creating ready-to-use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) consoles. In addition, the latest releases of Diagrammer 6.5, Charts 6.5 and Gantt 6.5 now support the JavaServer Faces standard, which make it easier to deploy visual and interactive applications in the form of rich web-based clients. The new JViews releases also support the latest Java platform, J2SE 5.0. Using ILOG's new JViews products, developers can save 50 to 80 percent of development time in creating sophisticated graphical user displays, while making vast quantities of data more comprehensible and manageable to their business users. ILOG joined the Eclipse consortium in February 2004 and in June 2004 introduced ILOG Business Rule Studio(TM) Developer Edition built entirely on the Eclipse IDE and ILOG JRules(TM). ILOG JRules, a key offering of ILOG's Business Rule Management System (BRMS) product family, is already widely acknowledged as being the easiest product of its kind to integrate with the Java environment. Joining Eclipse has helped ensure that business rules are fully integrated in the entire application development lifecycle. The new JViews 6.5 products will be available early March 2005 and will ship with examples for use as plug-ins for the Eclipse IDE. For more information on the ILOG JViews product family, please visit http://jviews.ilog.com/ . About ILOG ILOG delivers software and services that empower customers to make better decisions faster and manage change and complexity. Over 2,000 global corporations and more than 400 leading software vendors rely on ILOG's market-leading business rule management system (BRMS), optimization and visualization software components, to achieve dramatic returns on investment, create market-defining products and services, and sharpen their competitive edge. The BRMS market share leader, ILOG was founded in 1987 and employs more than 600 people worldwide. NOTE: ILOG is a registered trademark, and JRules, Business Rules Studio and JViews are trademarks, of ILOG. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: ILOG CONTACT: Sarah Johansen of ILOG, +1-650-567-8128, or Web site: http://www.ilog.com/

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