Blue Agave Software and Edgewater Technology
Form Strategic Alliance

Partnership Brings Demand-Driven Enterprise to Extended Retail Industry

Cambridge, MA and Wakefield, MA (May 16, 2006) - Blue Agave Software ("Blue Agave"), a leading provider of software solutions for improving replenishment, fulfillment, and demand management execution, and Edgewater Technology ("Edgewater"), a technology management consulting firm specializing in providing premium IT services, today announced a strategic alliance that enables retailers and consumer goods suppliers to understand, predict, and respond to consumer demand variability down to the most granular store/SKU levels.

The partnership assists organizations in the extended retail industry to leverage demand signals in order to drive timely retail execution decisions that prevent stock-outs and reduce excesses, address forecast variances and store-level anomalies, and improve promotion and new product introduction performance. Edgewater's system integration and Data Services expertise combined with Blue Agave's rapidly configured applications ensures that clients are achieving these benefits in as little as 8 weeks.

"With advancements in point-of-sale and RFID, retailers and consumer goods suppliers have access to more consumer demand data than ever before," said Craig Kauffman , Director, Business Intelligence and Data Services at Edgewater Technology.

Diane Ort, Director of Consulting Services at Edgewater Technology added, "The challenge is how to make this huge volume of information actionable within the short timeframes necessary to positively impact the retail channel. Edgewater Technology combined with Blue Agave offers an innovative approach to transforming demand signals into real-time decisions that drive significant value for our clients."

Delivering Success

Blue Agave and Edgewater recently assisted a $1.0 billion plus consumer goods supplier to improve their replenishment performance with the world's largest retailer. The deployed solution leverages the supplier's business rules to perform automated, predictive analysis of their daily point-of-sale, sales, and inventory data in order to anticipate store/SKU level execution issues and guide users through consistent and timely response. The organization is on track to capturing millions of dollars in revenue by proactively resolving the store-level stock-outs and excesses that the software uncovers on a daily basis.

"With their considerable retail industry expertise, Edgewater is able to quickly understand an organization's business rules and best practices and then translate that knowledge into configuring our applications to meet those unique requirements," said Doug Percy , president and CEO of Blue Agave Software. "We are delighted with the success of our initial engagement together and look forward to bringing the same value to more customers down the line."

Edgewater Technology and Blue Agave Software will be showcasing these demand-driven solutions in Booth #217 at the upcoming Retail Systems 2006 show, May 21-24th at the McCormick Place in Chicago .

About Blue Agave Software

Blue Agave Software enables consumer products companies to improve replenishment, demand management, and fulfillment execution with their retail customers. Its Retail Channel ExecutionT family of integrated applications delivers real-time, store/SKU-level insight into demand-driven operating issues. These applications anticipate problems, present the issues in an intuitive visual environment, and guide timely, informed resolution. Blue Agave's customers have fewer stock-outs, less excess, better forecasts, more successful promotions, and a more satisfied & profitable retail channel. Blue Agave applications are quickly deployed, delivering measurable benefits within 8-10 weeks. Blue Agave is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge , Mass. and can be reached at www.blueagavesoft.com or (617) 621-3400.

About Edgewater Technology

Edgewater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGW) is an innovative technology management consulting firm. We provide a unique blend of premium IT services by leveraging our proven industry expertise in strategy, technology and corporate performance management. Headquartered in Wakefield , MA , we go to market by vertical industry and provide our clients with a wide range of business and technology offerings. To learn more, visit www.edgewater.com or call 800-410-4014.

Blue Agave Company Contact:
Susan Barr
(617) 621-3400 x210
sbarr@blueagavesoft.com

Edgewater Technology Company Contact:
Barbara Warren-Sica
Edgewater Technology, Inc.
781-213-9818
bwarren@edgewater.com