Sterling Commerce Ranked Among Top 100 Largest Software Companies in Software Magazine's 26th Annual Software 500

COLUMBUS, OH--(Marketwire - October 29, 2008) - Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) company, today announced it has been named among the top 100 largest software companies on Software Magazine's annual listing of the world's largest software and service providers. Sterling Commerce was ranked 78 in the revenue-based ranking. The company earned $634 million in revenue for 2007, an increase of 16.1 percent from the previous year.

"It is a testament to our company's leadership in providing innovative software to top global businesses to be named to the Software 500," said Scott Pulsipher, senior vice president, product management and marketing for Sterling Commerce. "Sterling Commerce is offering today's companies a compelling value proposition as they look to enable new capabilities and gain competitive advantage, while also leveraging their existing systems. In utilizing our solutions for enabling seamless, secure integration of key business processes and our multi-channel selling and fulfillment applications, enterprises in a variety of industries are able to transform the way they do business."

"The 2008 Software 500 results show that revenue growth in the software and services industry was healthy, with total Software 500 revenue of $451.8 billion worldwide for 2007, representing 14.7 percent growth from the previous year," says John P. Desmond, editor of Software Magazine and Softwaremag.com. "The Software 500 helps CIOs, senior IT managers and IT staff research and create the short list of preferred business partners, and Sterling Commerce is once again a company that makes that list."

With 82 percent of the Fortune 500 as customers, the Sterling Commerce customer base includes over 30,000 companies who leverage the company's innovative applications and integration solutions to solve complex business process problems and eliminate barriers to productive collaboration inside and outside their enterprise. The company's solutions bring together the power of community, internal and external integration, and cross-channel applications to help customers adopt best practices in e-commerce, supply chain execution, payment processing and business-to-business integration.

The ranking is based on total worldwide software and services revenue for 2007. This includes revenues from software licenses, maintenance and support, training and software-related services and consulting. The financial information was gathered by a survey prepared by King Content Co. and posted at www.Softwaremag.com, as well as from public documents.

About Digital Software Magazine, the Software Decision Journal, and Softwaremag.com

Digital Software Magazine, the Software Decision Journal, has been a brand name in the high-tech industry for 30 years. Softwaremag.com, its Web counterpart, is the online catalog to enterprise software and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world's largest software and services companies, now in its 26th year. Software Magazine and Softwaremag.com are owned and operated by King Content Co.

About Sterling Commerce

Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) company, helps customers thrive in a global economy by connecting their business communities, processes, people and technology. More than 30,000 customers worldwide -- including 80 percent of the Fortune 500 -- use Sterling Commerce solutions for business process integration, multi-channel selling, and supply chain fulfillment to improve profitability inside and outside their company walls. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Sterling Commerce has offices in 19 countries and most major cities around the world. More information on the company can be found at www.sterlingcommerce.com.

Contact Information: For more information, contact: Julie Redard Sterling Commerce (978) 513-6386 Jamie Leicht Fleishman-Hillard (619) 237-7711