Datalliance Recognizes Steady Growth in Vendor Managed Inventory for 2008

• Customer base grew 32%
• Individual customer locations increased to 26,500
• Total SKU's managed increased to 10.2 million

Cincinnati, Ohio, February 03, 2009 - Datalliance®, the leading independent supplier of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) services, today announced 2008 fiscal growth statistics for its Datalliance VMI service. Substantial growth was realized in several key areas including overall customer base, customer locations and SKU's managed. The Datalliance customer base grew by 32%, individual customer locations managed by Datalliance increased to 26,500 (36% increase), and total SKU's managed by Datalliance increased to 10.2 million (14% increase). Datalliance VMI makes it easy for suppliers and their customers to establish vendor managed inventory processes that fully align business objectives, improve collaboration, and streamline supply chain operations.

Growth in the Datalliance VMI business was a combination of existing customers who are expanding their VMI programs to include additional distributor locations and new Datalliance customers. Of the new customers, approximately two thirds are new to VMI, and Datalliance will be their first VMI program. The other new customers are moving from an older generation VMI system to take advantage of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) architecture and strong reporting capabilities of Datalliance VMI. New customers represent a broad range of industries including electrical, heavy duty, automotive, consumer packaged goods, and industrial manufacturers. New customers in 2008 included industry leaders such as Affinia, Champion Labs, Lithonia Lighting, Maple Pictures, Ortronics, Siemon, Ward Manufacturing, and WIKA.

"Over the past few months, VMI has been recognized in several industry articles as an initiative that companies can use in down markets to improve profitability and cash flow," stated Carl Hall, Datalliance President. "The combination of the significant increase in our customer base and the fact that we currently have over 130 VMI relationship implementations in process is proof that companies realize the business benefits of VMI. During these challenging economic times, suppliers and distributors across a wide range of industries are aggressively implementing VMI as a critical piece of their supply chain strategies. We look forward to delivering added value to our customers in 2009."

About Datalliance

Datalliance is the world's largest independent VMI service provider, processing almost $5 billion in orders, over 10 million SKUs managed, and more than 25,000 customer locations. Delivered as a managed service via the Internet using the 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) model, Datalliance VMI makes it easy for suppliers and their customers to establish effective VMI relationships that fully align business objectives, improve collaboration, and streamline supply chain operations. Datalliance serves leading Fortune 1000 companies in a number of different industries. For more information about Datalliance and VMI, visit www.datalliance.com

Contact: Brian Lindner, Datalliance
513-791-7272 or blindner@datalliance.com