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Program designed to increase LegalKEY proactive compliance delivery capabilities to broader law firm customer base TORONTO and ILTA '06, ORLANDO, FL, Aug. 23 /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 the creation of a partner program specific to its LegalKEY(R) proactive compliance systems. A core component of Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) for Legal, the LegalKEY product suite is designed to assist law firms in managing client/matter information from initial business intake through to final disposition. This newly-created program certifies partners to resell and implement LegalKEY Records Management(TM), Conflicts Management(TM) and Critical Dates Management(TM) applications. In order to sell and implement LegalKEY applications, partners must complete a three-level certification process, including Sales Certification, Implementation Certification and Administrative Certification. Hummingbird has initiated the LegalKEY Certified Partner Program initiative with the following partners: ADV Document Systems, DocMan Technologies, EIM International, Matrix Logic Corporation and Onward Technologies. These five partners, who are certified partners of Hummingbird for Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) implementations, will be able to provide their law firm customers with a more comprehensive, matter lifecycle offering upon completion of the certification process which is expected to be by the end of 2006. "Hummingbird's LegalKEY Practice Management solutions comprise exactly the tools our Legal customers want in order to increase productivity and compliance," said Bryce Ostenson, CEO at ADV Document Systems. "We are pleased to be included in their partner program and consider it a key to our future success." "DocMan is excited and honored to be selected by Hummingbird to extend our partnership and become a certified partner for LegalKEY products and services," said Michael Pray, President, DocMan. "Just as LegalKEY has been a strategic direction for Hummingbird, it is now a strategic direction for DocMan. We are building a team of trained and certified LegalKEY Professional Services resources who have practice support experience and can draw upon DocMan's depth of knowledge from 12-plus years in the legal industry making this a win for everyone, especially our clients." "EIM International is honored to be a part of the initial LegalKEY partner program," said Peter Lieber, Vice President, EIM International. "Our mission as long-time Hummingbird partners has always been to provide our clients with the best technology, helping firms generate business advantage while reducing their administrative and financial overhead. We believe that ability to offer LegalKEY proactive compliance systems is a critical component of the services we offer to our clients, allowing us to provide true matter lifecycle solutions for today's legal marketplace." "Matrix Logic is pleased to be a reseller of LegalKEY Practice Support Solutions," said Stephen Page, President of Matrix Logic Corporation. "A long-time integrator of Hummingbird's document and records management offerings, Matrix Logic will bring the LegalKEY solution to the medium and small law firm market across the United States beginning in the Fall of 2006." "Onward Technologies are excited to be now offering the LegalKEY product line," said Matt Dell, Vice President of Sales at Onward. "Our customers demand that we offer the very best solutions and we are confident that this will be a great addition to the many Hummingbird products and services we currently provide." While these initial partners were chosen to pilot the program, Hummingbird intends to certify additional technology providers who have a proven record of supplying law firms with automated and intelligent solutions for capturing and managing client data and who will represent Hummingbird products exclusively. "Through these strategic partnerships, we'll be able to enlarge our Hummingbird Enterprise for Legal footprint and deliver a more comprehensive compliance framework to a broader customer base through partner installations," said Yuri Frayman, Vice President, Legal Business Solutions, Hummingbird Ltd. About Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) for Legal Hummingbird Enterprise for Legal, with LegalKEY(R) practice support solutions, provides an end-to-end proactive compliance framework to ensure that information is properly captured, reviewed, utilized and stored throughout the lifecycle of a matter - from initial client/matter intake through to final disposition. Hummingbird Enterprise for Legal includes: New Business Intake, Conflicts Management, Document Management, Records Management and Critical Dates Management systems, all tailored specifically to the way that information flows and is used in law firms. More than 65% of the AMLAW 100, and nine of the top 10 global law firms use Hummingbird. For more information, visit http://www.hummingbird.com/legal. 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,

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