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RAINING DATA HEADLINES PANEL OF EXPERTS TO DISCUSS
THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES,
NAMED ZAPTHOUGHT LEADER

MORE INFORMATION: ZapThink and Raining Data recently joined in delivering a Webinar on “Turbo Charging Information Integration for Service Oriented Enterprises,” where Ron Schmelzer and Boris Geller discussed the challenges involved in implementing integrated data aggregation and high-speed XML query access to heterogeneous data sources. The recording of the event as well as electronic copy of the handouts can be accessed at www.rainingdata.com/registration_zt/index.html.

ABOUT ZAPTHINK: Founded in October 2000, ZapThink, LLC (http://www.zapthink.com) is an IT market intelligence firm that provides trusted advice and critical insight into XML, Web Services, and Service Orientation. ZapThink provides their target audience of IT vendors, service providers and end-users a clear roadmap for standards-based, loosely coupled distributed computing – a vision of IT meeting the needs of the agile business. ZapThink is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Its customers include Global 1000 firms and emerging businesses.

ABOUT RAINING DATA: Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA), headquartered in Irvine, California, has been providing reliable data management and rapid application deployment solutions for developers of database applications for more than two decades. Raining Data’s flagship products include: 1) high-performance TigerLogic™ XML Data Management Server (XDMS), which provides flexible, scalable and extensible storage and retrieval of critical business data across a variety of structured and unstructured information sources, delivering mid-tier scalability and transactional integrity of enterprise databases as well as dynamic extensibility and ease of use, mostly found in repositories and file systems; 2) D³®, mvEnterprise® and mvBase® family of powerful Pick® based hierarchical multi-dimensional database management systems that are the choice of more than a thousand application developers worldwide; 3) the Pick Data Provider for .NetTM which allows D³, UniData® and UniVerse® database platform users to take advantage of the .Net Framework by utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio® .Net by serving as a bridge between an application and the data source; and 4) Omnis Studio®, a powerful, cross-platform, object-oriented RAD tool for developing sophisticated thick-client, Web-client or ultra thin-client database applications.

The Raining Data customer installed base includes more than 500,000 active users, representing over 20,000 customer sites worldwide with a significant base of diverse vertical applications. With 150 employees in four countries, the company has an extensive distribution channel, 24x7 customer support and a strong international presence. More information about Raining Data Corporation and its products can be found at www.rainingdata.com

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Except for the historical facts contained herein, the foregoing release contains forward-looking statements related to service oriented architectures and the ability for TigerLogic XDMS to perform certain functions and to meet certain needs. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Please consult the various reports and documents filed by Raining Data Corporation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company’s most recent reports on Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statement provided in this release.

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