Press release: Special Operations Software Announces Another Record Year of Revenue Growth

Strong Demand Will Continue to Fuel New Systems Management Group Policy Extension Products

Special Operations Software STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 4, 2006 -- Special Operations Software, www.specopssoft.com, a global leader of Group Policy based Systems Management and Security software, today announced another record year of profitability, with a 122% increase in annual revenues over the previous year.

"Over the past year we've seen very strong growth in demand for systems management Group Policy extension products. And recent market activity such as Microsoft's acquisition of DesktopStandard further validates our observations and reaffirms the commitment to Group Policy technology," said Robert Lundh, CEO of Special Operations Software. "With another record year behind us, we stand even stronger to deliver more Group Policy extensions being requested from our customers. Our fast growth will help us better utilize our GPX framework. GPX allows us to quickly develop new Group Policy extensions in managed code."

Highlights for Special Operations Software's fiscal 2006 include:

• 2006 represents the third consecutive year of surpassing 100% revenue increases.
• The company surpassed the 1000th customer milestone mid year.
• The availability of several new Group Policy extension products, including Specops Password Policy, Specops Deploy 3.1, Specops GPUpdate and Specops Inventory.
• Specops Deploy 3.0 was named one of the three best in its category in SearchWin2000.com (now SearchWinIT.com) "Products of the Year" awards.

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