ILOG's Scorecard Modeler Advances Risk and Fraud Management Capability for Financial ServicesSupport for Complex Scorecard Boosts Predictive Power and Complexity Management

PARIS and SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ILOG(R) today announced ILOG Rule Studio(R) Scorecard Modeler in response to increased demand for building empirical models into credit and other risk-based decisions. Available as an add-on for ILOG JRules(R), a key offering in ILOG's business rule management system (BRMS) product line, the ILOG Rule Studio Scorecard Modeler enables ILOG customers to incorporate statistical scorecard models directly into decision services created and managed with JRules. Targeting financial institutions and a growing market for scorecard usage in other industries, the new ILOG Scorecard Modeler extends the capabilities of JRules by allowing users to directly create and manage scorecards, a commonly-used tool for predicting risk and assigning actionable metrics to customer behavior.

The ILOG Scorecard Modeler includes support for complex (nested) scorecards, allowing for more accurate prediction of behavior and thus enabling better risk assessment and management.

Precise and Effective Decisions Achieved by Integrating Rules and Predictive Models

Scorecards are used by companies for attributing a 'score' to a customer or transaction which indicates the statistically predicted probability of a certain outcome. Scorecards are already widely used in finance and retailing for credit decisions, and for fraud detection in insurance. Many other industries are increasingly interested in using scorecards in situations where the difficulty of integrating scoring into automated decisions has previously discouraged the use of predictive models. Instead, many institutions have used ad hoc data sampling or relied on subjective assessments to set decision policies. By providing an accessible and easy-to-use tool for creating and maintaining scorecards that can be directly integrated with related business rules into a coherent decision service, ILOG Rule Studio Scorecard Modeler bridges the gap between predictive models developed with business intelligence tools, and operational decisions managed by ILOG BRMS -- making for better decisions that can be transparently managed, updated, and audited.

"As a long-time user of JRules, Equifax was pleased to work with ILOG to define capabilities for ILOG Rule Studio Scorecard Modeler," said Sandeep Gupta, vice president, Strategic Software Development, Equifax. "This new technology simplifies integration of complex scorecards into JRules-based decision services, enabling better and more transparent credit decisioning. The solution's increased flexibility also provides new options for applying credit scoring models across multiple and disparate data sources."

Support for Complex Scorecards Provide Comprehensive Risk Assessment.

The Rule Studio Scorecard Modeler is one of the first BRMS products on the market to offer out-of-the-box support for complex scorecards. Prior to the availability of this feature, complex manual development of segmented scoring models was required to fully predict behavior and to form a complete assessment. For example, in a credit decision, separate scorecards may be needed to review an applicant, their spouse, or their type of employment or the history of similar transactions of applicants. The Rule Studio Scorecard Modeler complex scorecard feature can create scorecards that easily integrate the results of related scorecards into a final score as needed.

The ILOG Rule Studio Scorecard Modeler is available immediately. For more information, please visit http://jrules.ilog.com/.

ILOG has consistently built on its history of product innovation to make it one of the industry's leading providers of business rules management system software. Customers of ILOG's award-winning BRMS products include eBay, Equifax, Grupo Santander, Visa, Vodafone, Zurich, and many other leading Global 2000 companies and governments worldwide. ILOG's business rules management system (BRMS) product line includes ILOG JRules, ILOG Rules for .NET(R), ILOG Rules for COBOL(TM), and ILOG Rules (C++)(R). To learn more about BRMS please visit http://www.ilog.com/brms.

About ILOG

ILOG delivers software and services that empower customers to make better decisions faster and manage change and complexity. Over 3,000 corporations and more than 465 leading software vendors rely on ILOG's market-leading business rule management system (BRMS), supply chain planning and scheduling applications and optimization and visualization software components, to achieve dramatic returns on investment, create market-defining products and services, and sharpen their competitive edge. ILOG was founded in 1987 and employs more than 850 people worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.ilog.com/.

ILOG, ILOG JRules and ILOG Rule Studio Scorecard Modeler are registered trademarks of ILOG S.A. and ILOG, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Monika Raj of ILOG, +1-408-991-7128, mraj@ilog.com

Web site: http://www.ilog.com/

Spansion to Present at IDDA Webinar on Content Delivery

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Who: Brad Seegmiller, product marketing manager, of Spansion's Media Storage Division What: IDDA (International Disc Duplicating Association) Webinar on new opportunities in content delivery -- learn more about the advantages and cost-effectiveness of publishing on physical media When: Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at 3:30 p.m. CEST, 6:30 a.m. PDT, 9:30 a.m. EDT Where: Interested parties may access the Webinar live by registering at

IDDA Webinar (https://spansion.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/default.do?service=7&nomenu=true&m ain_url=%2Ftc0500l%2Ftrainingcenter%2FLoading.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dspansion%26rnd%3D 5189279568%26servicename%3DTC%26FM%3D1%26ED%3D101766507%26UID%3D962778253%26ne edFilter%3Dfalse&siteurl=spansion)

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060118/SFW077LOGO) ABOUT SPANSION

Spansion is a leading Flash memory solutions provider, dedicated to enabling, storing and protecting digital content in wireless, automotive, networking and consumer electronics applications. Spansion, previously a joint venture of AMD and Fujitsu, is the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling Flash memory solutions. For more information, visit http://www.spansion.com/.

Spansion(R), the Spansion Logo(R), MirrorBit(R), MirrorBit(R) Eclipse(TM), ORNAND(TM), ORNAND2(TM), HD-SIM(TM) and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Spansion LLC. Spansion, the Spansion Logo and MirrorBit are registered in the US and other countries. Other names used are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Laureen Chernow of Spansion Inc., +1-512-934-6475,
laureen.chernow@spansion.com

Web site: http://www.spansion.com/

Sam Rogan Appointed President of Xilinx Japan

OSAKI, Japan, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. today announced that Sam Rogan, 41, has been promoted to president and representative director of the company's Japan subsidiary, Xilinx, K.K. (Osaki, Shinagawa-ku) from his current position as vice president of sales. Rogan succeeds Hitoshi Yoshizawa, 60, who will retire after 35 years of service in the electronics industry. The appointment will become official at the annual Xilinx, K.K. general meeting of shareholders on May 30.

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In his new role, Rogan will build upon a foundation established over the past several years by a seasoned management team led by Yoshizawa as president of Xilinx, K.K. Rogan's charter is to strengthen the organizational, service and support infrastructure of its Japanese subsidiary to deliver the price, performance and flexibility benefits of Xilinx programmable solutions to a broader base of customers. As of the most recent quarter ending in March 2008, represents 10 percent of total Xilinx sales.

"Under Sam's leadership, the Japan team will continue to play a pivotal role in Xilinx' successful market diversification strategy, particularly in digital consumer markets," said Moshe Gavrielov, Xilinx president and CEO. "We're grateful for the contributions made by Yoshizawa-san over the past four years and confident that Sam is the right person to lead Xilinx K.K. through its next stage of growth, delivering solutions that contribute to the expansion of our customers' global business."

"It's an honor to take the mantle from Yoshizawa-san," added Rogan, newly-appointed Xilinx K.K. president. "As the world's leading supplier of programmable solutions, our top priority is to deliver solutions tailored to customer requirements and matched to the market. In Japan, the inherent benefits of programmability are ideally suited to help our customers meet the challenge of getting to market faster with highly-differentiated products with increasingly shorter life cycles."

Rogan brings more than 20 years of executive, sales and marketing experience to his new position at the helm of Xilinx, K.K. Before joining Xilinx in 2007 as vice president of sales, Rogan served as vice president of sales and marketing for Spansion Japan, with responsibility for the consumer, smart card, and industrial division. Before that, Rogan spent 16 years at AMD where he held a variety of positions, including director of marketing for Asia Pacific, president of AMD Korea and president of AMD Thailand. Rogan possesses a B.A. in Japanese from San Francisco State University.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/.

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Editorial Contacts: Yumi Homura Lisa Washington Xilinx, K.K. Xilinx, Inc. (81) 3-6744-7744 408-626-6272 yumi.homura@xilinx.com lisa.washington@xilinx.com

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CONTACT: Yumi Homura of Xilinx, K.K., (81) 3-6744-7744,
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Web site: http://www.xilinx.com/

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