Alchemy Layout Manager™ accelerates delivery of desktop, mobile and internet applications

Alchemy Layout Manager™ offers radical new way of localizing software applications

DUBLIN and SALEM – April 4, 2006 – Alchemy Software Development, the world leader in visual localization solutions, today announced the release of Alchemy Layout Manager™ 2.0, a productivity application for localization engineers that dramatically reduces the time to re-size and re-position user interface, leading to shorter engineering cycles and reduced lead-times to markets.

Alchemy Layout Manager™ 2.0 now supports all Microsoft desktop, mobile and internet platforms including Win16, Win32s, Win64x (Vista Applications), MS .NET 1.x, MS .NET 2.0 and MS Visual Basic.NET. Alchemy Layout Manager™ enhances the efficiency and velocity of localization engineering by creating localized layouts for translated software applications. Using patented and advanced mathematical analysis of translated software applications, Alchemy Layout Manager™ can re-shape and re-position application user interfaces. This dramatically improves the efficiency and speed which localized applications can be released into international markets, creating new revenue growth opportunities for enterprise clients.

“Alchemy Layout Manager™ provides a quantum leap in efficiencies for localization engineering”, said Tony O'Dowd, CEO and President of Alchemy Software Development, “it reduces the time taken to layout translated applications to a fraction of what it would be using traditional manual methods. This helps our enterprise clients reach markets quicker and gain competitive advantage in the market place”.

“Alchemy Layout Manager™ is the first of our next generation productivity tools for the localization industry. Based on a patented algorithm, it can create fully laid-out translated applications using advanced mathematical analysis of the application user interface”, said Enda McDonnell, Chief Architect at Alchemy Software Development, “this technology fundamentally redefines the localization process and will significantly impact the cost and time it takes to enter new international markets for our worldwide clients”.

For more information on Alchemy Layout Manager™, please refer to http://www.alchemysoftware.ie

About Alchemy Software Development
Alchemy CATALYST™ is the world's most recognized visual localization technology. 80% of the world's largest software companies use Alchemy CATALYST™ to accelerate entry to international markets, improving revenue growth opportunities and reducing their costs.

With over 12,000 licenses worldwide, Alchemy CATALYST™ is the dominant visual localization technology among professional development companies, localization service providers and global technology leaders such as Siemens, Corel, Philips, Canon, JD Edwards, VistaTec, Bowne Global Solutions and SDL.

Alchemy's technology is designed to boost the efficiency and quality of globalizing software products and is used by software development and globalization companies worldwide. With over 12,000 licenses installed worldwide, Alchemy CATALYST™ is used by translators, software engineers, quality assurance specialists and project managers and is referred to as the Gold Standard in Localization.

Alchemy Software Development has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland at Harcourt Business Center, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, and has offices and facilities in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States.

For more information on the company and its products, please refer to http://www.alchemysoftware.ie/