GoldenGate Customer Awarded InfoWorld CTO 25 for Leading Edge Technology Innovation

Chris Uriarte, CTO of Retail Decisions, Recognized for Global Expansion and Scalability Projects to Support Fraud Detection for World's Largest Retailers

San Francisco, CA - June 20, 2007 - GoldenGate Software Inc., a leading provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions, today announced that Chris Uriarte, CTO of its customer Retail Decisions (ReD), has been named among the InfoWorld 2007 CTO 25 Awards. Each year, IDG's InfoWorld , the leading media brand for IT solutions management, honors IT executives who have shown leadership both inside and outside of their organizations. Uriarte was recognized for the successful global expansion of Retail Decisions' fraud detection platform, and a major infrastructure replacement project which included real-time transactional data management technology from GoldenGate Software.

"This year's CTO 25 award winners are true visionaries who believe that leading edge technology equals leading edge business," said Steve Fox, InfoWorld editor in chief. "Their constant invention and reinvention of strategic tools, coupled with an eagle eye for business opportunity, provide a blueprint for IT success."

ReD, a payment card issuer and a world leader in card fraud prevention and payment processing, handled 11 billion of the 65 billion worldwide credit card transactions last year, a number which Uriarte expects to grow. "We needed a mega-scalable architecture capable of handling increasing holiday e-commerce traffic, while meeting our retail customers' stringent service level agreements."

According to Uriarte, the eight month project called for zero downtime and no margin for error. Under his direction, ReD installed new Sun and Dell servers, upgraded Oracle databases, and replaced its homegrown data replication system with a new global real-time, high-speed solution from GoldenGate Software.

Recently, Uriarte was a featured presenter at the GoldenGate Real-Time 2007 user conference, where he emphasized the mission-critical nature of the GoldenGate solution for the ReD platform, which supports fraud detection for the world's largest retailers. He explained, "If our fraud detection system is down, we're essentially out of business."

"Chris Uriarte is among a group of young, visionary technologists successfully bridging flexible, real-time technologies with formidable business objectives. His accomplishments in the field of fraud detection show how innovative IT can drive business success on a global scale," said Ali Kutay, president and CEO of GoldenGate Software. "We congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition and look forward to a continued relationship with ReD to demonstrate the value of real-time access to real-time information."

The InfoWorld CTO 25 results are available at: http://www.infoworld.com/5246 .

About InfoWorld Media Group
InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, a weekly print publication, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.

About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.

IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.

Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at http://www.idg.com .

About GoldenGate Software
GoldenGate Software Inc. is a leading provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions for improving the availability, accessibility and performance of critical data across enterprise systems. GoldenGate's technology offerings enable businesses to capture, route, transform, deliver, and verify transactional data in real time across heterogeneous IT environments. With more than 300 customers worldwide, GoldenGate is used to drive solutions for critical initiatives in high availability, disaster tolerance, and real-time data integration. Customers include Visa, Bank of America, US Bank, UBS, Sabre Holdings, DirecTV, Comcast, Federated Investors, Mayo Foundation and Overstock.com. GoldenGate broadens its global market reach through relationships with leading application and hardware vendors including ACI Worldwide, Business Objects, Eclipsys, GE Healthcare, HP, IBM, Ingres, Oracle, Teradata, and others. A private company, GoldenGate is headquartered in San Francisco and can be found on the Web at www.goldengate.com .

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Kulesa Public Relations/ for GoldenGate
tami@kulesapr.com
(650) 340-1984

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