Bangalore, July 13, 2004

Sonata Software today announced that its solution was recognized by Microsoft as the winner of the Customer appreciation award in the 2004 Microsoft® Partner Program Awards. Sonata's solution was adjudged an innovative solution for their UK client Beanstalk Interactive.

Beanstalk Interactive required a highly sophisticated and complex e-commerce B2B and B2C trading platform, which will help automobile suppliers, financiers, insurers and automobile breakdown service providers to collaborate and address the needs of automotive buyers. Sonata Software aligned with Microsoft and Microsoft .NET framework, and the result was one of the most advanced Internet-based trading portals in the UK: www.carhound.com

Speaking on the occasion Simon Witts, Corporate VP Enterprise & partner Group said, "We were very pleased with the solution that Sonata designed and delivered for Beanstalk. .NET was an obvious answer to the complex requirements and challenges facing Beanstalk, and Sonata designed an architecture keeping in mind user traffic, scalability, integration With external systems such as payment gateways, insurance companies & vehicle financiers."

Wajid Shafiq, CEO, Beanstalk Interactive, mentioned, ".NET is able to support rapid iterative development cycles, and this was critical in this situation where our business and technical requirements constantly change. The Sonata development team rapidly scaled-up to address accelerated deadlines, reflecting their commitment to the project and the strength of the integrated .NET development environment"

B. Ramaswamy, President and MD of Sonata Software, added, "We are delighted by this recognition from Microsoft. Sonata continues to proactively invest in Microsoft technologies and deliver extraordinary customer experience based on Microsoft platforms"