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Aria Systems Appoints James D’Arcangelo

Marketing veteran joins the Aria executive team.

PHILADELPHIA, PA - July 8, 2008 — Aria Systems, the leading provider of on-demand billing and customer lifecycle management solutions, announced today the appointment of James D'Arcangelo as vice president of marketing.

In his new role, Mr. D'Arcangelo will be responsible for marketing strategy, communications and branding, and product marketing. Mr. D'Arcangelo is a member of the Aria Systems management team and reports directly to Edward Sullivan, president and CEO.

"Jim brings several unique skill sets that will help our marketing efforts, as well as our customers, as we look to accelerate our already significant growth trajectory for 2008," said Mr. Sullivan. "He combines Software-as-a-service (SaaS) expertise with the ability to devise marketing strategies and tactics that drive remarkable results quickly and has had great success building marketing teams at many successful technology start-ups. We are excited to have him on board to help us move smartly into the next exciting stage for Aria Systems."

Prior to joining Aria Systems, Mr. D'Arcangelo was the vice president of marketing at Synygy, the leading SaaS-based provider in the sales performance management space. Prior to that he was vice president of strategic marketing and communications, and indirect channel head, at Global Crossing, helping the company navigate out of its bankruptcy phase and attain profitability. He previously led the marketing organizations at successful start-ups Traffic.com and Media Metrix, and spent nearly ten years in increasingly senior marketing positions and direct and indirect sales leadership roles at Verizon.

Mr. D'Arcangelo is a graduate of Princeton University and holds a Master of Science in Marketing from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters of Business Administration from George Washington University where he also conducted doctoral work.

About Aria Systems

Aria is the market leader in subscription and recurring billing solutions. Since 2003, Aria has managed over one million accounts in more than 195 countries. Aria’s Billing Platform is the billing industry’s most reliable, flexible and scalable on demand tool for accelerating revenue capture while significantly reducing operating costs. Additionally, having achieved end-to-end Level 1 PCI Compliance and SAS70 Certification, Aria Systems leads the market in security and compliance. Backed by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Venrock Associates and Dave Labuda, Founder and former CEO of Portal Software, Aria’s team of SaaS and billing experts are part of a company that billed over 2.5 million customers for $1 billion a year in transactions. Aria Systems is headquartered in Media, PA (metropolitan Philadelphia) and has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area (San Mateo, CA). Aria Systems has been ranked as the 5th fastest growing, privately held company in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia 100. For more information about Aria Systems, visit http://www.AriaSystems.com or call 1-877-755-2370.

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