Odessa, Ukraine, February 23, 2009 - CS Odessa, the leading provider of business productivity and visualization software solutions, and Uptown Inc. have partnered together in the development of a Japanese localized version of the award-winning business graphics and diagramming tool, ConceptDraw PRO.

Uptown Inc., a Japan-based company, was established to provide the best business solutions and software applications to Japanese users with cross platform (Windows, Mac and Linux) environments. Uptown Inc. has extensive experience in software technology and localization for cross platform products and solutions.

Takayoshi Nakao, President of Uptown Inc. says "We at Uptown Inc. are very happy to form this business alliance with CS Odessa. ConceptDraw PRO, which is the cross platform powerful business graphics and diagramming application, fits our business philosophy, which focuses on providing the Japanese business market with the best solutions at competitive prices. We hope to establish a long term, successful business alliance with CS Odessa to continue providing effective business solutions with high value for the Japanese market."

Gregory Zhukov, CEO at CS Odessa adds, "The ConceptDraw trademark, for our productivity line of products developed by CS Odessa, is reaching its 10 year mark in 2009, for providing effective and productive business solutions to world markets. We are happy to present the Japanese version of our visualization tool, ConceptDraw PRO. This application offers a wide and extensive set of powerful and easy-to-use tools to quickly create all types of charts and diagrams. Being easy to learn and deploy, ConceptDraw PRO helps maintain business processes performance by clear visual documentation."

"This release is a great contribution for our devoted and large customer base in Japan. We see the vast opportunities available within the Asia-Pacific marketplace. As published in IDC's study “Japan Small and Medium Business Market 2008-2012 Forecast", on the Japanese small and medium business market, there has been a substantial growth in demand for IT solutions. We believe that the ConceptDraw productivity line of products is a valuable contribution to the increased effectiveness for business in Japan."

"We are looking forward to our partnership with Uptown Inc. being long and beneficial for our potential and existing customers, who now have the opportunity to use ConceptDraw application for their everyday, professional and strategic tasks with a localized Japanese version of our product."

ABOUT CONCEPTDRAW PRODUCTIVITY LINE

The ConceptDraw product line for Macintosh and Windows is comprised of:

• ConceptDraw Office
  A versatile and flexible suite comprised of ConceptDraw PRO, ConceptDraw MINDMAP, and ConceptDraw PROJECT
• ConceptDraw PRO
  Diagramming and drawing software
• ConceptDraw MINDMAP
  Brainstorming tool that utilizes mind mapping techniques to help organize ideas and tasks
• ConceptDraw PROJECT
  Professional project management software

ABOUT CS ODESSA

To learn more about CS Odessa, please visit
http://www.conceptdraw.com/pg?id=news_february09_press-home-japan

Contact: Tatyana Kozovaya
Email: t.kozovaya@csodessa.com
Phone: +38 (0482) 722 66 14