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ClioSoft Expands in Pacific Rim, Appoints Chinese and Japanese Distributors

FREMONT, Calif., October 15, 2009--ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the premier hardware configuration management system for the electronics design industry, has appointed new distributors for the company’s SOS design data collaboration solutions in the growing electronic design markets in China and Japan. AcconSys Inc. will provide distribution and support in China; Synkom Co., Ltd. will distribute and support in Japan.

SOS provides seamless integration with popular IC flows such as Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Mentor’s ICstudio, SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System and Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer. The SOS Enterprise Edition, with Universal DM Adaptor technology, is tailor-made to manage design data from any tool in the design flow.

"China and Japan are important areas of growth for ClioSoft," said Srinath Anantharaman, founder and CEO of ClioSoft. "Both AcconSys and Synkom have excellent reputations for superior customer service, and each came recommended by partners and customers. We are very fortunate to be working with each company, and look forward to their support as we continue our expansion in China and Japan."

"Worldwide design collaboration is becoming the norm, and ClioSoft is in the forefront of hardware configuration management systems" said Frank Xiao, technical director of AcconSys. "The combination of SOS’ capabilities and our expertise in distribution and support to the EDA industry in China will help our customers efficiently manage their design data and improve team productivity."

"Our worldwide customer based constantly deals with multisite configuration management issues," said Makoto Hayashi, president of Synkom. "We look forward to bringing them an unparalleled data management solution to increase productivity and improve the way that design teams work, share and collaborate."

About AcconSys Inc.

AcconSys Inc. provides world-leading EDA and PLM solutions to Chinese customers in the electronic industry. As a professional consulting and service company, AcconSys helps its customers adopt advanced design tools to enhance their R&D capability, and supports its customers by improving their design management process to increase design productivity.

About Synkom Co., Ltd.

Synkom offers a full line of design services, design flow consulting, and EDA software services. The company counts as its customer many of the largest semiconductor companies in Japan including Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu and STARC. Synkom’s extensive IC design experiences span a wide range of applications including wireless communications, video, multimedia, home entertainment, and central processing units. Synkom is headquartered in Shin-Yokohama.

About ClioSoft

ClioSoft is the premier developer of design management (DM) solutions for hardware design. The company’s SOS design data collaboration platform is built from the ground up to handle the requirements of hardware design flows. The SOS platform gives design teams the freedom and flexibility to choose the way they work, share and collaborate, enabling efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out and improving global team productivity. Custom engineered adaptors seamlessly integrate SOS with leading design flows – Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System.

ClioSoft’s innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology “future proofs” data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed. For additional information, please see www.cliosoft.com.


Media Contact:

Linda Marchant
Cayenne Communication
Tel: 919-451-0776
Email: linda.marchant@cayennecom.com

SOS viaDFII™ is a trademark of ClioSoft Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.