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ACTIFY APPOINTS SOFTWARE INDUSTRY VETERAN, STEVE CIESINSKI,
TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Current CEO of Laszlo Systems and Managing Director of SJC Partners, Ciesinski
Brings Vast Business and Technology Expertise to Actify


San Francisco, Calif– June 30, 2004 – Actify Inc., the worldwide leader in client-server design visualization and collaboration solutions for the high technology, automotive, industrial automation and discrete manufacturing industries, today announced that Steve Ciesinski has been appointed to the Actify Board of Directors. Ciesinski brings over 20 years of experience in CEO, Chairman, Managing Director and VP positions at both public and private companies including Laszlo Systems, Resumix, Octel Communications, Applied Materials and Procter & Gamble. Ciesinski joins Tim Tomlinson, from Tomlinson Zisko LLP and Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer, Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business.

"Steve's vast technology and business experience will be extremely valuable to our Board of Directors," said Randy Ochs, president and CEO of Actify. "We plan to leverage Steve's breadth of industry knowledge and experience to provide solutions to our customers and help in Actify's continued growth."

"I am excited to be joining the board of a company with such growth potential, a strong and growing customer base and stellar management team," said Ciesinski. "I look forward to sharing my background and experience as the company continues to lead the market in CAD visualization technology."

In addition to his operations experience, Ciesinski has been an active private company investor and advisor in Silicon Valley for over 15 years, and has served on a number of public and private boards. Currently, Ciesinski is founder and managing director of SJC Partners, a private investment and consulting firm and is Chairman and acting CEO of Laszlo Systems, a leader in rich Internet application software. Prior to SJC Partners, Ciesinski was partner at Earlybird Ventures, a Germany-based venture capital fund. He also served as chairman, president and CEO of Resumix Inc., a leading supplier of technology-based applications for e-recruiting and human skills management. Ciesinski held senior management positions at Octel Communications (now a part of Lucent Technologies,) Applied Materials, Procter & Gamble and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Union College, Schenectady, NY.

About Actify Inc.
Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions. Actify’s SpinFire product line provides the lowest total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across manufacturing industries and through their supply chains. The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information please visit www.actify.com or call 415.227.3800.

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