LEEDS, UK 29th September 2003 - Luminary Solutions was launched today, 29th September 2003. This new systems integration company combines existing corporate systems to produce new, integrated applications delivered to multiple display technologies - such as browsers, PDAs and mobile phones.

The template architecture developed by Luminary ties together different data sources and application sources and presents it to new back office and mobile interfaces. The architecture provides secure and efficient access to underlying databases and applications, whilst existing operational systems remain unchanged.

In addition, the company is working with Computer Associates (CA) in the UK, to provide services to the installed base of Ingres RDBMS and OpenROAD customers.

Luminary has been founded by Neil Warnock, an 18 year IT services veteran with an outstanding track record in IT services delivery.

Warnock was a founding Director and a major shareholder in the UK based Apertus Systems Limited, a specialist supplier of services to the Ingres marketplace. Apertus was acquired by CA in 2000. Warnock then worked in International Research and Development within CA and was elected to the global Office of CA's Chief Technology Officer based in Islandia, New York.

With the full co-operation of CA, Warnock is now repeating his success with Apertus by setting up a company initially with six experienced integration specialists and an extensive part time contract resource pool. Luminary will both address the Ingres services marketplace and leverage the new business opportunities presented by mobile and other thin client technologies. For this to succeed, the integration of disparate legacy data sources is key.

"We are particularly interested in providing services to major organisations to deliver new business applications on new devices whilst maximising their investment in current IT infrastructure" said Warnock. "Businesses want the benefits afforded by new display technologies and supporting applications today, but are no longer prepared to risk --- nor pay for --- a major systems re-engineering programme. Return on investment must be rapid and absolutely certain. The ability to tie together and expose existing data sources and disparate operational systems without a major system rebuild is key. Our supporting methodology, frameworks and templates de-risk the whole process".

This builds on the leading edge work Warnock has undertaken within CA in the areas of data integration, application servers and display technologies.

"The post Y2K, post 'dot-gone' industry lockdown is lifting. To remain competitive, businesses are finding they can hold off no longer. Now is the time to implement new systems from old, and deliver functional integration of established data repositories for delivery to modern display devices. Mobile enablement of existing back office corporate data can increase the speed of existing business processes tenfold" commented Warnock.

CA welcomed the addition of this new partner. Chris Miller, Senior Vice President said "CA welcomes this new addition to its thriving set of partners. We have seen the work that Neil and his team can do - they add value where it counts. I am sure CA's Ingres customers also welcome this strong addition to the Ingres Community. Ingres continues to be a vital part of CA's portfolio and the synergy with Luminary's systems integration and mobile deployment capability is clear".

Warnock's team consists of high calibre IT professionals with a proven track record of delivering high ROI solutions across all industry segments. Luminary plans to expand to ten permanent technical staff within months and is targeting a overall size of 20 by the end of next year.

About Luminary Solutions

Luminary is a supplier of leading expertise in the area of Systems Integration and mobile enablement. Luminary has two key areas of service - the integration of disparate data sources presented by an integration layer to new generation devices and the provision of specialist services to the Ingres marketplace in conjunction with Computer Associates, one of the world's largest software companies.

Website: www.luminary.co.uk