Seasoned Senior-Level Manager Ross Curtis Joins Open Solutions' Executive Leadership Team; Growth-Driven Financial Services Provider Appoints Curtis to Lead Domestic Sales Efforts

Business Wire,  July 31, 2006  

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GLASTONBURY, Conn. -- Open Solutions Inc.'s(R) (NASDAQ: OPEN) a provider of integrated enterprise-wide data processing and enabling technologies for financial services providers across the United States, Canada and international markets, today announced the addition of Roswell ("Ross") M. Curtis to its Executive Leadership team, as executive vice president, Group Sales.

In this newly created position, Curtis will be responsible for overseeing Open Solutions' combined domestic sales and account management organizations for the banking, credit union, complementary and imaging product groups. Each of these groups is headed by a general manager who will report to Curtis as part of the company's functional organization structure. Curtis will report directly to Louis Hernandez, Jr., Open Solutions' chairman and CEO.

Hernandez said, "As Open Solutions continues to grow organically and through acquisitions, we continue to structure our organization to strategically manage our growth. We are fully committed to serving our clients and dedicating the necessary resources to best address the needs of our clients. I have confidence that Ross will strengthen an already strong senior management team."

Curtis joins Open Solutions from GXS, where he was senior vice president of Global Sales, a member of the management committee and responsible for a 200-person global sales force. Prior to GXS, he served as executive vice president of Worldwide Sales for BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting), one of the world's largest business advisory and system integration firms, where he also managed a 230-person global sales force. Additionally, Curtis brings more than twelve years of business development and management experience, principally focused on the software industry working in senior roles at Mergent International, Oracle Corporation and The Service Bureau Company (a division of Control Data).

"I am very impressed by what I see at Open Solutions," Curtis said. "It is a company truly focused on the financial services industry and one committed to making a difference for their clients. They have developed a suite of innovative industry focused technology products and services and they continue to invest heavily in further developing and enhancing their overall product line. I look forward to becoming part of this world-class organization and to contributing to their future growth and efforts to revolutionize the financial services industry."

"Ross brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of managing large, successful and growing sales organizations to Open Solutions," Hernandez said. "He has spent his entire career competing against the best in the industry, knowing how to execute and implement effective processes and is extremely client focused. He is service oriented and should fit right in with Open Solutions' culture of innovation and providing clients with a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. We believe Ross will have a positive impact on our overall business efforts. And on behalf of the entire organization, I am pleased to welcome him to Open Solutions."

About Open Solutions Inc.

Open Solutions Inc. offers a fully featured strategic product platform that integrates core data processing applications built on a single centralized Oracle relational database, with Internet banking, cash management, CRM/business intelligence, financial accounting tools, imaging, digital documents, Check 21, interactive voice response, network services, Web hosting and design, and payment and loan origination solutions. Open Solutions' full suite of products and services allows banks, thrifts, credit unions and financial services providers in the United States and Canada to better compete in today's aggressive financial services marketplace, and expand and tap their trusted financial relationships, client affinity, community presence and personalized service.

For more information about Open Solutions or its financial product line, contact Mickey Goldwasser by email at mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com by phone at 860.652.3153 or via fax at 860.652.3156. Visit Open Solutions' Internet site at www.opensolutions.com.

Open Solutions Inc. is a registered trademark of Open Solutions Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2006 Open Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

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Statements made in this press release that state Open Solutions Inc.'s or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. All forward looking-statements are only as of the date of this press release and Open Solutions Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or revise them. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause Open Solutions Inc.'s actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. For example, if we fail to adapt our products and services to changes in technology or in the marketplace, we could lose existing clients and be unable to attract new business. Factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements include, without limitation, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the banking and credit union industry and/or Open Solutions Inc.'s operations, markets, products, services, prices and other factors set forth under the heading "Factors Affecting Future Operating Results" in Open Solutions' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.