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UBmatrix, Inc. Appoints Andre M. Boisvert as Chairman

Veteran of Oracle, IBM and Cognos to Guide Expansion of Leading XBRL Information Exchange Solutions Company

Kirkland, WA and Palo Alto, CA - February 27, 2007 - UBmatrix, Inc., the leading provider of XBRL information exchange solutions announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Andre M. Boisvert as Chairman. Boisvert brings more than 30 years of executive experience at Oracle, IBM, Cognos and other leading technology companies, to the position.

"We are delighted to have a person of the caliber and vision such as Andre leading our Board and helping to guide the expansion of UBmatrix," said Sunir Kapoor, president and chief executive officer of UBmatrix, Inc. "With his years of experience in Business Intelligence, Enterprise Information Management, and Open Source software, Andre is in a unique position to help us manage our growth during a period of rapid expansion in the XBRL market globally. As UBmatrix provides some of its products under an Open Source business model, Andre's skills at coupling traditional and Open Source business models will serve our customers and partners well."

UBmatrix develops and provides XBRL-based information exchange solutions to leading global organizations and enterprises allowing them to more efficiently and effectively address the challenges of business and financial information management and reporting. As recently noted in a Harvard Business Review, "XBRL will make it much easier to generate, validate, aggregate, and analyze business and financial information, which in turn will improve the quality, timeliness, completeness, and comparability of the information that companies use to make decisions."

"I'm excited to serve as Chairman of UBmatrix precisely because of the unique strategic challenges and tremendous opportunities available in the rapid expansion of this company and this market," said Andre M. Boisvert, newly appointed Chairman of the Board for UBmatrix, Inc. "UBmatrix, with a strong customer base, compelling value proposition and talented management team, is in a unique position to accelerate its growth and market leadership."

Boisvert is a long-time leader in the Business Intelligence arena with over 30 years of senior management and executive leadership experience with enterprise software and technology leaders such as Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL); Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Sagent (NASDQ: SGNT), now part of Group 1 Software (NASDAQ: GSOF). He also has served as president and chief operating officer of the SAS Institute Inc, the largest privately held software company in the world with nearly $2B in annual revenues. More recently, Boisvert has become a leading industry voice on the open source software movement and an active individual investor in some of the most promising open source companies, such as Pentaho, Zenoss, and Compiere.

About UBmatrix
UBmatrix, Inc. is the leading provider of XBRL-based information exchange solutions for global organizations and enterprises allowing them to more efficiently and effectively address the challenges of business and financial information management, exchange and reporting. XBRL is fast becoming the standard for financial information exchange and reporting demonstrated by the XBRL programs being driven by the SEC, FDIC and the European Central Banks. UBmatrix XBRL solutions increase operational efficiency and financial transparency, and ensure reporting accuracy and regulatory compliance. UBmatrix is based in Silicon Valley with development centers in Kirkland, WA, and New Delhi, India. For further information, visit www.ubmatrix.com

UBmatrix and xBReeze are trademarks of UBmatrix, Inc. US Patent No 6,947,947 B2 and other patents pending. Any third-party trademarks and patents are the property of their respective owners.

 
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