Panopticon and Polystar OSIX form strategic alliance
focusing on the telecom market

— Operators worldwide can now benefit from Panopticon’s visualization tools —

Stockholm, Sweden, January 4, 2007 – Panopticon Software, the leading provider of visual business intelligence software today announced it has formed a strategic alliance with Polystar OSIX, part of the Polystar Group and the market leader of OSS and BSS solutions for telecom operators and service providers. The strategic alliance will allow Polystar OSIX to provide Panopticon's cutting edge visualization tools to the telecom market world-wide.

Polystar OSIX CSO Stefan Eklund said, "By joining forces with Panopticon we will further solidify the Polystar OSIX’s high market value. It is also important to point out that Panopticon's products are a perfect match with the OSIX products and we will now be able to offer a unique solution to network operators worldwide."

The offering let actors on telecom markets world-wide explore business critical data in new ways and act on information as it happens. Panopticon’s tools for visual analytics have proven to reduce time spent on synthesizing data, ensuring network quality and quick detection of fraudulent behavior. Panopticon’s products are flexible and can be simultaneously integrated with Polystar OSIX platforms or plugged into existing system architectures.

“The strategic alliance with Polystar OSIX is a unique way to leverage the opportunity within the telecom sector”, said Panopticon co-founder and CEO Willem De Geer. "Polystar OSIX’s excellent industry knowledge and track record gives Panopticon the opportunity to capitalize on market demand.”

About Polystar OSIX

Polystar OSIX are telecommunication industry specialists who provide the world’s leading operators and service providers with first-class OSS and BSS solutions. Polystar OSIX design, develop, manufacture, and support highly flexible systems for network monitoring, quality assurance, statistical reports and real-time xDR-generation for third party systems, as well as operational support systems for fixed, mobile, VoIP, and NGN networks.

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About Panopticon

Panopticon offers Visual Business Intelligence software for financial institutions, telecommunications firms and other organizations that must make decisions based on very large datasets and real-time streaming data feeds. The company offers a variety of enterprise and desktop products as well as a comprehensive SDK that allows clients to integrate Panopticon’s visualization technology with their own systems and workflows. Panopticon and its clients have won several technology awards from Euromoney and The Banker for their implementations of Panopticon technology. Clients include JP Morgan, Fidelity, Reuters, and Citi. The company has offices in New York, London and Stockholm.

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For more information, contact:

In Europe:
Robert Ekström, CEO, email: robert.ekstrom _at_ panopticon.com, Tel: +46 (0)8 53 480 480
Panopticon Software AB, Brunnsgatan 9, SE-111 87 Stockholm, Sweden

In the US:
Sam Giertz, President, email: sam.giertz _at_ panopticon.com, Tel: +1 212 907 6420
Panopticon Software USA, The Chrysler Center, 405 Lexington, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10174 USA