PRESS RELEASE

75 percent of Microsoft Axapta Customers Achieved a Positive ROI within 2 Years

Oct 18, 2004

Nucleus cites reduced staffing and IT costs as factors and improved customer
and partner satisfaction as key benefits

Nucleus Research, a global provider of Return on Investment (ROI)-focused research and advisory services, today announced the results of an independent study on Microsoft Business Solutions-Axapta (NASDAQ: MSFT), an enterprise business planning application provider. The study, published today and titled, “The Real ROI from Microsoft Business Solutions-Axapta,” concluded that 75 percent of the Microsoft Axapta customers interviewed had achieved a positive ROI from their deployments, with an average payback period of 23 months. The report is available at NucleusResearch.com.