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TORONTO and NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMCNASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:HUM), a leading global provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) and network connectivity solutions today announced that TELUS has been named "Partner of the Year" for 2005 by RedDot Solutions, a Hummingbird company. The Partner of the Year award recognizes TELUS for its overall excellence in quality and timeliness of RedDot implementations and establishment of best practices for its many clients including: Westjet, AltaLink, The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, ATB Financial and the Alberta Motor Association. The largest telecommunications company in Western Canada, TELUS has partnered with RedDot since early 2004 to build Web, extranet and intranet sites with RedDot's Content Management Suite including CMS, XCMS and LiveServer. Quick to implement and easy to use, RedDot's products allow TELUS teams to easily build and implement content management solutions for their clients. "TELUS has proved to be extremely valuable in helping communicate the RedDot value proposition to the Canadian business community," said Detlef Kamps, president of RedDot Solutions. "We look forward to the partnership's continued success and future benefits for both companies." "We are honored to receive this award. It is a reflection of the industry leading solutions we deliver to our clients," said Michael Martyn, Director of Enterprise Content Management. "At TELUS, our solutions are based on the understanding that at the end of all the technology is a living, breathing person. We craft our solutions around user needs and usage scenarios, and the factors that drive successful interactions over digital platforms. As a result, our solutions are easy to use and understand, and their value to our clients is clear and measurable. RedDot helps us deliver on that promise." About TELUS TELUS (TSX: T, T.NV; NYSE: TU) is the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country, with $8.1 billion of annual revenue, 4.7 million network access lines and 4.5 million wireless customers. The company provides customers with a full range of telecommunications products and services including data, voice and wireless services across Canada, utilizing next generation Internet-based technologies. For more information about TELUS, please visit http://www.telus.com/. For more information on TELUS and RedDot visit http://www.telus.com/reddot. About RedDot Solutions RedDot Solutions, a Hummingbird company, provides enterprise content management software to create and manage the content that drives business. Recognized throughout the industry as the fastest to implement and easiest to use, RedDot's software products XCMS(TM) (Extended Content Management System), CMS (Web Content Management Software) and LiveServer are scalable solutions for Web content and document management, business process workflow, personalization and collaboration. More than 1,600 clients worldwide, including March of Dimes, Bank of New York, Honda, Starbucks, STA Travel, Triumph Motorcycles, The National Archives, O2 and London Fire Brigade rely on RedDot to increase productivity, improve operational efficiency and reduce risk. For more information, please visit: http://www.reddot.com/. About Hummingbird Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMCNASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:HUM) is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions. The Company's enterprise software solutions fall into two principal categories: enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, and network connectivity solutions. Hummingbird's ECM solutions enable organizations to manage the lifecycle of enterprise content from creation to disposition, thereby enabling organizations to address critical business needs, such as information management, business continuity, compliance and risk mitigation. The network connectivity solutions provide a comprehensive set of core network technologies that enables the enterprise to connect to any type of legacy system. Founded in 1984, Hummingbird employs over 1,400 people and serves more than 33,000 customers, including 90% of Fortune 100. Hummingbird solutions are sold directly from 40 offices worldwide and through an Alliance Network of partners and resellers. For more information, visit http://www.hummingbird.com/ DATASOURCE: Hummingbird Ltd. CONTACT: Dan Coombes, Director, Investor Relations, Hummingbird Ltd., Tel: (416) 496-2200 ext. 6359, ; Michele Stevenson, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Hummingbird Ltd., Tel: (416) 496-2200, ext. 2623, ; Elizabeth Torrie Zwaryczuk, Director of Public Relations, RedDot Solutions Corporation, (212) 425-3988, ext. 215, ; To request a free copy of this organization's annual report, please go to http://www.newswire.ca/ and click on Tools for Investors.

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