DAY : Revenue Leaps 33% in First Half 2009

Record Customer Growth Drives 11% Operating Income and Strong GAAP
Profitability

Basel, Switzerland and Newport Beach, California - 29 July 2009 - Day
Software Holding AG (SIX: DAYN, OTCQX: DYIHY), a leading supplier of
content management and content infrastructure software, today
announced strong revenue growth and a return to GAAP profitability
for the first half of 2009.

Day reported total revenues of CHF 17.0M, an increase of 33% from
total revenue of CHF 12.8M for the first half of 2008. License
revenue accounted for 42% of total revenue at CHF 7.2M, an increase
of 26% from total license revenue of CHF 5.8M for the first half of
2008. Strong customer renewals drove CHF 5.4M in support and
maintenance revenue, or 32% of total revenue, with services revenue
totaling CHF 4.4M for the period. Day also reported operating income
of CHF 1.8M, or 11% of revenue, and better-than-expected GAAP net
income of CHF 1.1M, or 6% of revenue. Total cash was CHF 18.3M, a 21%
increase over 1H 2008.

"Despite the continued difficult economic environment, we enjoyed
incredible momentum in the first half of 2009," said Erik Hansen,
CEO, Day Software. "In Q2 alone, we saw 18 new customers make a
significant investment in Day as CQ5 continues to take market share
and represent a solid alternative to legacy Web 1.0 content
management systems. We have also seen a significant increase in
customer reorders as our installed base updates to CQ5 and takes
advantage of our recently released CQ 5.2 Digital Asset Management
(DAM) and Social Collaboration (SoCo) modules."

In addition to strong revenue growth, Day also reaped the benefits of
the operational restructuring highlighted in its second-half 2008
earnings announcement. Commented Hansen, "In Q4 2008, we took the
decision to focus the company on its core business and to make the
financial structure of the company more transparent and thereby ready
for the 2009 economy. In addition, we invested in new sales capacity
in the United States and Europe and strengthened marketing and
channel development resources. I am pleased that the hard decisions
we made in Q4 2008 have yielded not only strong revenue growth, but
also better-than-expected operating results with our early return to
GAAP profitability and 6% reported net income."

Customer Success Highlights
* Day significantly increased its rate of customer acquisition,
  winning 18 new customers globally in Q2, including a major new win
  at Adobe. Other major new wins in the United States in the first
  six months of 2009 include General Motors (GM), U.S. Army, Arbella,
  RAND, the University of Cincinnati and Boston College. Major new
  wins in Central Europe include Boehringer, Fraport, SIKA, and the
  European Space Organization.
* Day also saw additional wins from its added sales capacity. Day
  added Virgin Media and Associated Northcliff Digital in the U.K.,
  LaRedoute in France, Telecom Italia in Italy, and Starhub and the
  Singapore Government in Singapore.
* Day drove significant reorders as a result of strong installed base
  uptake of CQ5 and Day's newly released DAM and Social Collaboration
  offerings. Major reorders included City of Chicago, F5 Networks,
  Sephora, Nissan, Volkswagen, Daimler, City of Zurich, and Sonova.

  Product and Industry Leadership Highlights
* In March 2009, Day released its CQ 5.2 Digital Asset Management
  (DAM) and Social Collaboration (SoCo) applications. Built atop a
  shared ECM platform and unified user experience, CQ 5.2 Web Content
  Management (WCM), DAM, and Social Collaboration as a combined suite
  drove increased win rates and migration from traditional, legacy
  Web 1.0 vendors.
* In April 2009, Day announced that Day's CTO, David Nuescheler, was
  named Star Spec Lead by the Java Community Process (JCP) for his
  work driving the JSR-170 and JSR-283 standards. Day also announced
  its efforts on the Content Management Interoperability (CMIS) draft
  specification, including sponsorship of a new Apache incubator
  project, Apache Chemistry, to serve as a vendor-neutral, shared
  reference implementation.

  Business Highlights
* Day significantly grew its worldwide ecosystem of solution
  providers. Accelerated demand for Day's new CQ5 solution spurred
  strong new business relationships with partners globally, including
  MRM, Digitas, Thoughtworks, Logica, Sapient, Acuity, and NCS
  Singapore amongst others.
* Day launched two new regional offices in Europe in the first half
  of 2009, opening new offices in Milan, Italy, and Paris, France. In
  Milan, Day hired industry veteran Bruno Degradi, formerly of
  Computer Associates (CA) and Netegrity. In Paris, Day hired Web
  Content Management veteran Lynda Lartique, former Country Manager
  for France and Belgium for Interwoven. Day's expanded market
  presence in Europe drove new channel relationships and immediate
  sales traction in the period.
* In May 2009, Day announced the addition of two new members to its
  Board of Directors. Industry veterans Barry Bycoff and David Arnott
  joined Day's Board to help Day continue momentum around CQ5 and
  assist in new strategic growth initiatives.

  "We had an exceptionally strong 1H 2009," said CEO Hansen. "Our
  operational improvements, new sales capacity, and new products
  doubled our rate of customer acquisition and grew our revenues at
  rates well ahead of overall industry. We demonstrated excellence in
  execution in all three key areas: top-line revenue growth,
  bottom-line earnings growth, and a healthy increase in overall cash
  position.

  Hansen concluded: "While the economy remains uncertain, we continue
  to see strong interest in Day solutions in our core CMS market as
  organizations invest in their online channel. We remain cautiously
  optimistic about the second half of the year. As a result, we
  anticipate a further step-up in our sales and marketing investments
  over the next two quarters to make the company ready for an even
  stronger 2010."

  About Day - www.day.com

  Day Software is the ECM pioneer that leading global enterprises
  rely on for their Web 2.0 content application and content
  infrastructure needs. Day's Content Repository Extreme (CRX) is the
  industry's leading Java Content Repository (JCR) that provides
  unique virtualization services to consolidate legacy repositories
  and unique cloud computing services to lower IT operational costs.
  Day's CQ5 provides industry-leading Web Content Management, Digital
  Asset Management, and Social Collaboration in a single, unified
  suite and won the 2009 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award for
  "Best Web CMS".

  Day is an international company with headquarters in Basel,
  Switzerland and Newport Beach, California, traded since April 2000
  on the SIX Swiss Exchange, and "Over the Counter" (OTC) as American
  Depositary Receipts (OTCQX:DYIHY). Day's customers are worldwide
  leading global enterprises, including: Adobe, Audi, Volkswagen,
  Daimler, General Motors, Nissan, Williams-Sonoma, Sephora,
  University of Phoenix, InterContinental Hotels Group, and
  McDonald's.

  A Warning Regarding Forward-looking Statements

  This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding
  future events or the future performance of Day Software Holding AG
  and its subsidiaries (the "Company"). Words such as "expects,"
  "plans," "believes," "may," "will," and variations of these words
  or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
  statements. These statements speak only as of the date hereof. Such
  information is subject to change, and we will not necessarily
  inform you of such changes. Actual events or results, of course,
  could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any
  forward-looking statement. The Company does not make filings (e.g.,
  Forms 10-K and 10-Q) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

  For Further Information

  Peter Nachbur
  Day Software AG
  Barfuesserplatz 6
  4001 Basel, Switzerland

  T [phone]
  E-Mail: [e-mail]

  Further and more detailed information on the financial results for
  the first half year 2009 will be published mid-August on the
  Investor Relations section of Day's website. Supplementary
  financial information for Q2 2009 is available immediately at
  http://www.day.com/investors/financialreports.html.

  The English text of this press release represents the binding
  version.
  


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