Orc Software's advanced trading platform now available to Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading clients

Orc Software's advanced trading platform now available to Goldman Sachs
Electronic Trading clients

New York, Thursday, April 30, 2009 - Orc Software (SSE: ORC), the leading global
provider of technology for advanced trading and connectivity solutions, has
joined the Goldman Sachs Signature Program as a Signature Partner to provide
high performance trading solutions to Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading clients.

Goldman Sachs clients can leverage Orc Trading for low latency, high-frequency
trading of options, futures, and cash equities via connectivity to Goldman
Sachs. Clients will be able to access a volatility arbitrage strategy as well as
a volatility order strategy to quickly expand their trading capabilities. Orc's
robust pricing, analytics, and volatility management tools allow sophisticated
traders to successfully deploy their trading strategies on an algorithmic
trading platform that responds rapidly to market changes. The agreement was
signed in Q1, 2009. 

“Goldman Sachs is committed to providing the best trading tools to our clients,”
notes Rishi Nangalia, Managing Director and Head of Business Development at
Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading. “With Orc Trading, we are able to offer
customers a ‘plug-and-play' package of advanced strategies as well as the
capability to create their own strategies to match their trading objectives.”

“Orc Software is known for its best-in-class trading solutions,” notes Marty
Leamy, President, Americas of Orc Software. “We are delighted to provide Goldman
Sachs clients with advanced trading technology, especially in this time of high
volatility where robust and accurate analytics is essential. Orc's ultra-low
latency algorithmic trading engine coupled with strong analytics and pricing
functionality provides a powerful solution for Goldman Sachs clients in today's
market conditions.”

Orc Trading is used by leading financial firms worldwide for enhanced trading of
electronically traded instruments. Orc trading solutions provides a competitive
edge to trade from a single platform, on any listed instrument, across all asset
classes, on 100+ markets.

Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading, the multi-threaded, server-based
algorithmic trading solution capable of running thousands of complex trading
strategies simultaneously, is available on the Orc Trading platform. Orc Trading
is used by financial firms worldwide for enhanced trading, pricing and risk
management on electronically traded instruments.

About Orc Software
Orc Software (SSE: ORC) is the leading global provider of powerful solutions for
the worldwide financial industry in the critical areas of advanced trading and
low latency connectivity. Orc's competitive edge lies in its depth of knowledge
of the trading world gained by deploying advanced solutions for sophisticated
traders for over 20 years.

Orc Trading and Orc Connect provide the tools for making the best trading and
connectivity decisions with strong analytics, unmatched market access, powerful
automated trading functionality, high performance trading capabilities,
ultra-low latency, and risk management.

Orc's customers include leading banks, trading and market-making firms,
exchanges, brokerage houses, institutional investors and hedge funds.

Orc provides sales, quality support services and development from its offices
across EMEA, Americas and Asia Pacific.

www.orcsoftware.com

For further information:
Barry Vasudevan, Marketing Director - Americas, Orc Software, +1 212 792.5487,
barry.vasudevan@orcsoftware.com