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Nu Horizons Electronics Selects Attunity B2B for Its RosettaNet B2B Solution

For Release August 28, 2000

BURLINGAME

Attunity Ltd. (International Software Group, Ltd, d/b/a Attunity, Ltd.), NASDAQ: SISG, a leading provider of B2B software solutions, announced today that Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (NASDAQ: NUHC), a national distributor of electronic components, has selected Attunity B2B™ as the solution for implementing its B2B processes using RosettaNet B2B-standard electronic business interfaces.

RosettaNet defines XML-based business process standards for the Electronic Components (EC) and Information Technology (IT) industries.

Attunity B2B enables companies to create, share, automate, and manage distributed business processes with their partners over the Internet. Attunity's software powers B2B process integration; giving companies a new way to attune their value-chain partners with business processes that improve responsiveness and efficiency for customers, partners, and employees. Companies that use Attunity B2B can incorporate existing IT resources and new best-of-breed solutions, including ERP, CRM and legacy systems, into their automated B2B processes.

"The deployment of Attunity B2B software solutions enables Nu Horizons to implement our B2B supply chain faster than with any other approach," said Alon Sanie, B2B manager of Nu Horizons Electronics. "Attunity's solution for implementing RosettaNet Partner Interface Processes™ (PIPs™) and integrating those processes with our internal IT systems, and especially its approach to sharing these processes with our partners and customers over the Internet, made it the obvious choice for us. Attunity's software enables us to expand our business reach and capitalize on the productivity and service quality promise of B2B."

About Attunity B2B
Attunity B2B is a fully distributed software solution that powers B2B process integration. The key components of the solution are the Attunity B2BEngine™ and the Attunity B2BDesigner. The B2BEngine provides a Business Rules Engine and a collection of services that together drive B2B process integration. The Attunity B2BDesigner is an independent, Java-based client application that provides an intuitive, graphical development environment so that IT specialists and business experts can quickly configure integration services and also design and implement dynamic business processes. In addition, Attunity Connect™ enables companies to integrate their back-office applications with their Internet-based B2B network.

"Distributed process-driven B2B will be the enabling technology of the next wave of B2B and Attunity B2B represents the next-generation solutions," said Arie Gonen, chairman and CEO of Attunity. "Nu Horizons has recognized the importance of creating, sharing, automating, and managing business processes with their supply-chain partners and Attunity provides them with a powerful and dynamic solution for integrating their community of manufacturing suppliers and their customers."

About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic business interfaces to align the processes between supply chain partners on a global basis.

More than 300 companies representing more than $1 trillion in annual information technology, electronic components and semiconductor manufacturing revenues currently participate in RosettaNet's standards development, strategy, and implementation activities. A complete list of member companies and more information on RosettaNet is available at www.rosettanet.org.

About Nu Horizons
Nu Horizons is a national distributor of high technology electronic components, which provide innovative, semiconductor solutions through products and technologies that are faster, smaller and lower powered. Nu Horizons was established in 1982 and currently has 29 branch offices located in the U.S. Nu Horizons' website is www.nuhorizons.com.

About Attunity Ltd.
Attunity is a leading provider of B2B solutions that deliver dynamic business process integration. Attunity gives enterprises the power to create, share, automate, and manage business processes with partners, suppliers, and customers over the Internet. Attunity solutions enable companies to simplify supply-chain interaction, improve customer relationships and expand the reach of their business.

The company's portfolio of software and services work in concert. Its B2B solutions leverage the standards-based (XML, J2EE, Java, etc.) technologies of Attunity B2B, formerly known as the BRAHMS B2B solution, and Attunity Connect, formerly ISG Navigator.

Attunity delivers production-proven software and services to more than 1,000 companies and has strategic alliances with Oracle, Compaq and other world-class partners. Attunity products are available through direct sales and support offices in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, France, the People's Republic of China and Australia, as well as a full-service distributor, Mitsui, in Japan. For more information, visit the Attunity website at www.attunity.com.

Attunity, Attunity Connect, Attunity B2B, the Attunity logo and "This Way to B2B" are trademarks of Attunity Ltd. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

(Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based upon a number of factors, including but not limited to risks and product technology development, market acceptance of the products and continuing product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing, changing economic conditions, both here and abroad, release and sales of new products by strategic resellers and customers, and other risk factors detailed in the company's most recent annual report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.)

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