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Hummingbird Enterprise recognized for fourth consecutive year TORONTO and NEW YORK, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMCNASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:HUM), a leading global provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) and network connectivity solutions, today announced that KMWorld magazine has named both Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) and RedDot XCMS(TM) Extended Content Management System "Trend-Setting Products of 2006." RedDot Solutions is a Hummingbird company. "Assembling the list of Trend-Setting Products of 2006 is a year-long collaborative effort with editorial colleagues and analysts and, especially, users," says Hugh McKellar, KMWorld editor in chief. "Roughly 1,500 products from some 300 vendors were considered, and the ones listed here demonstrate exquisite execution designed for, and with input from, the most important constituency of them all - their customers." Hummingbird Enterprise Hummingbird Enterprise represents the evolution of enterprise content management. The integrated platform offers global organizations solutions to manage business information such as documents, records, virtual deal room discussions, e-mail, and financial data. With Hummingbird Enterprise organizations are provided with a true framework to deploy content-driven industry and process-specific solutions such as regulatory compliance, contract management, correspondence management and practice support for law firms. Customers are able to mitigate risk, reduce costs, and generate business advantage. "Hummingbird Enterprise has helped the City of Scottsdale gain easier access to public documents and records and allows our staff to respond quicker to constituent information requests, improving overall efficiencies," said Judy Silverthorn, Project Manager, City of Scottsdale, Arizona. "We are delighted to see Hummingbird Enterprise recognized as a trend-setting product once again this year." RedDot XCMS RedDot XCMS Extended Content Management System is the only ECM solution for the mid-market to securely deliver enterprise content to Web sites, extranets or intranets. With XCMS, business users manage all the elements of unstructured content that flow throughout their organization from a single, familiar interface. The solution's modular setup allows organizations to develop a phased approach to fulfilling their content management needs, so each module can be added as needed. RedDot XCMS management modules include Web Content Manager, Document Manager, Collaboration Manager, and Business Process Manager. "It's exciting to see RedDot's XCMS receive this accolade, especially since The Alberta Motor Association was an early adopter of XCMS," stated Rod Hodgson, Manager of Web Services at the Alberta Motor Association (AMA). "RedDot XCMS provides user-friendly management of documents and unstructured content across AMA's personalized corporate intranet." "Hummingbird is uniquely positioned to deliver tailored enterprise content management solutions to large and mid-sized organizations worldwide, leveraging both Microsoft(R) desktop and Web environments," said Barry Litwin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hummingbird Ltd. "We are pleased that KMWorld editors have acknowledged our position in the marketplace by recognizing both Hummingbird Enterprise and RedDot XCMS as trend-setting products of 2006." Earlier this year, Hummingbird received two additional accolades from KMWorld: in July, Hummingbird received a KMWorld Readers' Choice Award for being a leading provider of content and document management solutions to the legal marketplace; and in February, Hummingbird was named one of the '100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management' for the sixth consecutive year. The complete results of KMWorld's Trend-Setting Products of 2006 are featured in the September 2006 issue of KMWorld magazine and are also available on its Web site at http://www.kmworld.com/ About KMWorld Magazine The leading information provider serving the Knowledge Management systems market, KMWorld (with a focus on Content, Document and Knowledge Management) informs more than 51,000 subscribers about the components and processes -- and subsequent success stories -- that together offer solutions for improving business performance. About RedDot Solutions RedDot Solutions, a Hummingbird company, provides enterprise content management software to create and manage the content that drives business. Recognized throughout the industry as the fastest to implement and easiest to use, RedDot's software products XCMS(TM) (Extended Content Management System), CMS (Web Content Management Software) and LiveServer are scalable solutions for Web content and document management, business process workflow, personalization and collaboration. More than 1,700 clients worldwide, including March of Dimes, Bank of New York, Honda, Starbucks, STA Travel, Triumph Motorcycles, The National Archives, O2 and London Fire Brigade rely on RedDot to increase productivity, improve operational efficiency and reduce risk. For more information, please visit: http://www.reddot.com/. About Hummingbird Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMCNASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:HUM) is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions. The Company's enterprise software solutions fall into two principal categories: enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, and network connectivity solutions. Hummingbird's ECM solutions enable organizations to manage the lifecycle of enterprise content from creation to disposition, thereby enabling organizations to address critical business needs, such as information management, business continuity, compliance and risk mitigation. The network connectivity solutions provide a comprehensive set of core network technologies that enables the enterprise to connect to any type of legacy system. Founded in 1984, Hummingbird employs over 1,400 people and serves more than 33,000 customers, including 90% of Fortune 100. Hummingbird solutions are sold directly from 40 offices worldwide and through an Alliance Network of partners and resellers. For more information, visit http://www.hummingbird.com/ . DATASOURCE: Hummingbird Ltd. CONTACT: Dan Coombes, Director, Investor Relations, Hummingbird Ltd., Tel: (416) 496-2200 ext. 6359, ; Michele Stevenson, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Hummingbird Ltd., Tel: (416) 496-2200 ext. 2623, ; In the U.S.: Elizabeth Torrie Zwaryczuk, Director of Public Relations, RedDot Solutions Corporation, (212) 425-3988, ext. 215,

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