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				  <title>Blueprint Raises 15.9 Million in Growth Capital</title>
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	New round to accelerate Blueprint&rsquo;s presence in USA, Europe and Asia Pacific

	
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		TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blueprint&trade;, a global leader in requirements definition and management software, today announced the completion of a growth capital round of funding totaling $15.9 million. This round was led by a new investor - Tandem Expansion Fund, with the participation of existing investors from BDC IT Venture Fund, Walsingham Partners Fund, and several private investors. The money raised will be used to accelerate Blueprint&rsquo;s growth by expanding sales, marketing and channel partner presence and capacity in USA, Europe and Asia Pacific.
	
		
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Requirements Center 2010 Wins Jolt Productivity Award</title>
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	TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blueprint&trade;, the world leader in requirements management solutions for enterprise application development, has been honored with one of the Jolt Productivity Awards in the highly competitive Design, Architecture, and Planning Tools category. Blueprint was previously awarded the Jolt Product Excellence Award in 2009.

	Blueprint provides the most comprehensive requirements management tool to define and manage software requirements that drastically improve software quality and accelerate project delivery. Blueprint users define requirements using integrated text and graphical formats, validate using generated documents and live simulation, and communicate base-lined requirements via integrations with developer and tester tools.

	&ldquo;We are
												
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				  <dc:date>2011-11-09T19:20:11+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Doreen Evans Associates Inc. Selects Blueprint for Business Analysis Alliance</title>
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		Alliance Enables Clients to Improve Application Quality and Reduce Costs


	TORONTO &amp; BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blueprint, the global leader in requirements management solutions for software business analysts, and Doreen Evans Associates Inc., one of the foremost providers of business analysis services, today announced an alliance whereby Doreen Evans Associates Inc. will resell Blueprint Requirements Center and provide related consulting and mentoring services to their broad client base.

	Doreen Evans Associates, Inc. (DEA) is one of the longest-running consulting organizations in the requirements space, specializing in enterprise architecture, business process, and requirements definition and management solutions for customers who undergo business
												
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				  <dc:date>2011-10-21T21:59:24+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Achieves Sustained Customer Growth and Annual Revenues Extending Leadership Position in Requirements Definition and Management Market</title>
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	Achieving 50% growth in revenues, and 50% growth in customer base over last fiscal

	Toronto, Canada - August 11, 2011&nbsp;--Blueprint&nbsp;Software Systems Inc. (&ldquo;Blueprint&rdquo;), the leader in&nbsp;requirements definition and management software, today announced tremendous growth in their 2011 fiscal year, which ended on June 30th 2011. Blueprint&#39;s remarkable success was achieved by continued growth of 50% in revenues, and a record growth of their customer base by 50%. Major new customer acquisitions for the 2011 fiscal year include Genworth Financial, Southern Company, Independent Health, AmeriHealth Mercy, AMTRAK, Motorola Solutions, CAE Systems, International Monetary Fund, and CareFirst.

	Blueprint&rsquo;s software is
												
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				  <dc:date>2011-08-11T12:20:17+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Appointment of New Product Executives</title>
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	Strengthening of Executive Team Positions Blueprint for Global Expansion and Sustained Leadership in Requirements Definition and Management Software

	Toronto, Canada &ndash; June 9, 2011 &ndash; Blueprint Software Systems Inc. (&ldquo;Blueprint&rdquo;), the leader in requirements definition and management software, today announced two strategic additions to their executive management team. Israel Ben-Ishai joins Blueprint as Senior Vice President of Engineering, responsible for global development and QA activities. John Stetic joins Blueprint as Senior Vice President of Product Management, where he will be responsible for Blueprint&rsquo;s product life-cycle process, including roadmap planning, requirements and acceptance testing, integration relationships with third-party software
												
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				  <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:33:17+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Software Congratulates Rick Toothill and Kathleen O’Brien of Merck for Winning 2011 Requirements Lifecycle Award</title>
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	TORONTO, ON&mdash;&nbsp;Blueprint Software Systems, the leader in &nbsp;requirements definition and management software, congratulates Rick Toothill, Manager and Kathleen O&#39;Brien, Lead Business Analyst, both from Merck, a global health care leader, for winning the 2011 Requirements Lifecycle Award. The annual award presented by Requirements.net, the industry&#39;s largest consortium for the advancement of Business Analysis, honors individuals who have made a positive impact on their organization&rsquo;s software requirements lifecycle through education, process and automation initiatives.
	
	Toothill and O&rsquo;Brien were instrumental in creating the Analysis Skill Center, which acts as a resource for
												
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				  <dc:date>2011-04-20T15:13:00+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Appointment of New Marketing Leadership Team</title>
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	Expansion of Marketing Team Helps Guide Requirements Definition and Management Software Leader To New Levels of Growth Over Coming Years

	Toronto, Canada &ndash; December 13, 2010:&nbsp;Blueprint Software Systems Inc.&nbsp;("Blueprint"), the leader in&nbsp;requirements definition and management software, today announced the formation of a marketing leadership team. This new group which brings a history of avant-garde product innovation, state-of-the-art online marketing practices and technologies, and depth in requirements thought-leadership includes Rob Bartlett as VP of Marketing Operations, Tony Higgins as VP of Product Marketing, and John Shriver-Blake as VP of Product Management.

	Rob Bartlett joins Blueprint from Dyadem,
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-12-13T16:35:03+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Offers Year&#45;End Discounts on IIBA Endorsed Classes</title>
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	Attendees Can Earn Professional Development Hours (PD Hours) / Continuing Development Units (CDU) Towards Obtaining or Maintaining Certification as a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP&reg;) or Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA&trade;).

	Toronto, Canada &ndash; December 6, 2010: Blueprint Software Systems Inc. ("Blueprint"), the leader in requirements definition and management software, today announced a series of discounts, available through the end of the year, on its International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Endorsed Education Provider (EEP) training classes. Participants who register and purchase classes by December 31st will receive a 20% discount on training. Classes may be taken through the first
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-12-06T10:50:37+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces New Professional Service Offerings</title>
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	Toronto, Canada - October 25, 2010: Blueprint Software Systems Inc. ("Blueprint"), the leader in requirements definition and management software, today announced a series of new professional service offerings designed to drive continued success and adoption within its customer base.

	Capitalizing on its leadership position in the industry and its strategic value within its install base, Blueprint has developed these service offerings in response to the overwhelming feedback from its customer base. "As we continue to drive success with our enterprise customers they are looking to Blueprint to provide additional services beyond basic training and mentoring" says Blueprint CEO David Nyland. "As our
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-10-25T14:58:40+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint announces customer success case study and speaking engagement with leading communication provider PAETEC</title>
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	Changing The Economics of Software Development

	Toronto, Canada - October 12, 2010: Blueprint Software Systems Inc. ("Blueprint"), the leader in requirements definition and management software, today announced a new customer success case study and speaking engagement at BA World in Boston on October 25th at 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET.

	Improved software requirements are a key ingredient for improved software projects. At PAETEC, improving software requirements means: keeping key stakeholders involved by telling the story of the requirements from multiple viewpoints; connecting all of the different requirements together in a cohesive story; and continuous validation through live simulation and review. By using Blueprint&#39
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-10-12T15:00:21+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces New Webinar Series on Changing the Economics of Software Development</title>
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	Toronto, Canada - October 11, 2010: Blueprint Software Systems, the global standard for requirements definition and management software, today announced a new series of webinars, featuring analyst firm voke, that focus on changing the economics of software development. Running through November, these webinars help companies business and IT executives and managers of software enterprises responsible for driving new efficiencies and economies in their approach to application software delivery. Attendees can register for any or all of the webinars at www.blueprintsys.com/execwebinar.php. The webinar schedule is as follows:

	
		Nov 3, 2:00-2:30 PM ET
		Improve The Economics of Software Delivery using Requirements
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-10-11T14:08:33+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Secures $14.3M of Funding, Achieves 100 Customer Milestone</title>
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	Blueprint accelerates leadership position in requirements definition and visualization

	Toronto, Canada - May 28, 2010: Blueprint Software Systems Inc. ("Blueprint"), the market leading requirements software provider, today announced that the company has closed $14.3M in financing from existing investors Walsingham Fund, BDC, and Growthworks, including $9.3M closed this week. The new investment will be used to respond to growing customer demand by accelerating the development of the Blueprint Requirements Center&trade; product line and expanding customer support, sales and marketing.

	"We are pleased with Blueprint&#39;s progress and strongly believe the company is on the cusp of explosive market adoption of requirements
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-05-28T14:13:38+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Selected as a Finalist for 2010 CODiE Awards</title>
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	Blueprint Requirements Center 2010 honored as exclusive requirements definition and visualization solution in "Best Software Development Solution" category.

	Washington, DC -- March 2, 2010:The Software &amp; Information Industry Association (SIIA) has announced that Blueprint Requirements Center 2010, a complete solution for requirements definition and collaboration has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious CODiE Awards in the "Best Software Development Solution" category. All products that qualified as finalists will now be reviewed by members of SIIA, who will vote to select the winner for this category, as well as 55 other categories. The winners will be announced in May.

	One hundred eighty-eight products
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-03-02T13:18:13+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Introduces Requirements Center 2010 Feature Pack Two</title>
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	New product features HP Quality Center software interoperability, delivers industry&#39;s most complete requirements lifecycle solution purpose built to optimize Application Modernization projects

	Toronto, ON -- January 11, 2010: Blueprint&trade;, the market leading requirements software provider, announced the availability of Blueprint Requirements Center 2010 Feature Pack Two, which features bi-directional HP Quality Center software integration designed to empower software project teams to precisely define, validate, and deliver successful application modernization projects.

	Today&#39;s IT organizations are embarking on the most significant business application refresh in history as businesses modernize their IT infrastructures to support operations into the 21st century. Analyst firm Gartner
												
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				  <dc:date>2010-01-11T13:20:23+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>LexisNexis and Blueprint to Present Case Study at Project World and Business Analyst World Boston</title>
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	Session to Discuss the Role of Visual Requirements in Agile Software Development

	Toronto, ON -- October 15, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the market leading requirements software provider, and customer LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, will present a joint session titled &#39;Requirements Definition for Agile Projects&#39; at the Project Summit and Business Analyst World in Boston on October 20th.

	Presenters: 
	Kate McGoey, Director of Development Support Services in the Global Solutions Development group at LexisNexis
	Matthew Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer at Blueprint
	Session Title: Requirements Definition for Agile Projects
	Time: Tuesday, October 20th, 11:30am-12:30pm ET
	Location: Boston Marriott Burlington,
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-10-15T14:25:49+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint announces Platinum Sponsorship at the 2009 HP Virtual Conference</title>
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	Blueprint to Present an On-Demand Session Focusing on Ensuring Business Value from IT Projects

	Toronto, ON -- September 24, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the market leading requirements software provider, today announced the platinum sponsorship of the upcoming HP Virtual Conference, and that Blueprint will be presenting an on-demand speaking session at the event. Running September 29-30th, the virtual conference brings together experts from across the application lifecycle through an internet-based conference hall, at no cost to attendees.

	In Blueprint&#39;s on-demand session, presenters will showcase case studies that demonstrate how visual requirements can result in the elimination of costly rework, a dramatic
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-09-24T14:27:10+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>New webinar covers business analyst empowerment, hosted by voke, blueprint and HP</title>
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	Theresa Lanowitz of voke Discusses Latest Research Showing How Requirements Definition and Management Can Enable IT Project Success; Case Study Demonstrates Results

	Toronto, ON - August 20, 2008 &mdash; Tomorrow, August 21st, voke will unveil in detail the results of the voke Market Snapshot report on the Role of the Business Analyst in a webinar with Blueprint and HP. In this exclusive webinar, to be held at 11am PT/ 2pm ET on August 21st, participants will learn about the emerging role of the Business Analyst, and how to succeed and deliver value to the organization in this role.

	Today more than ever,
												
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				  <title>Blueprint achieves record annual revenues as customers recognize significant cost savings by leveraging requirements software</title>
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	Enterprises&#39; Distributed Development, Outsourcing, Application Modernization and Agile Development Initiatives Drive New and Repeat Demand for Blueprint Requirements Center

	Toronto, ON -- July 20, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the market leading requirements software provider, today announced another record quarter and year ending June 30, 2009, more than tripling revenues year-over-year.

	Blueprint welcomed new customers in multiple market verticals including financial, advertising &amp; publishing, government, telecommunications, travel &amp; leisure, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. Revenue growth was a result of adding new customers and driving adoption and repeat orders within existing customers. New adopters of Blueprint software included McKesson, Carnival Cruise Lines, JPMorgan Chase, and the US Federal
												
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				  <title>Independent Analyst Firm, voke, names Blueprint as a 2009 voke Innovator</title>
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	Innovators Honored for Transforming Global Software Lifecycle

	Toronto, ON -- June 16, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the market leading requirements software provider, has been named a 2009 Innovator by independent analyst firm voke inc. A voke Innovator demonstrates significant and profound market impact while advancing innovation and transforming the global software lifecycle. Market impact and innovation is determined by acceptance, usefulness, and creativity of the solution. Lifecycle transformation is determined by ongoing communication, collaboration, and connectivity across constituents within the global lifecycle. Blueprint was the only requirements solution vendor recognized as part of the 2009 voke recognition.

	&ldquo;Statistically, more than 60% of applications fail because
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Blueprint Requirements Center 2010</title>
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	Blueprint Unveils Major New Requirements Workbench to Control Risk and Reduce Rework in Today&rsquo;s Distributed Reality 

	Toronto, ON -- June 15, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the market leading requirements software provider, today unveiled Blueprint Requirements Center 2010. At a time when software development teams are becoming increasingly global and distributed, this major release delivers requirements authors a complete requirements workbench, providing the industry&rsquo;s most powerful and flexible solution for distributed requirements definition and stakeholder collaboration.

	As part of Blueprint&rsquo;s product planning process, major customers, prospects and analysts were consulted to identify best-of-breed new product capabilities to support today
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-06-15T14:38:01+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint and HP Software to Present Global Requirements Management Case Study at HP Software Universe</title>
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	Toronto, ON -- June 9, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the market leading requirements software provider, will present a case study and live demonstration on the use of requirements definition and management solutions to improve distributed development next week at HP Software Universe in Las Vegas, NV.

	
		Who: Matthew Morgan, CMO of Blueprint, Genefa Murphy, Product Manager of HP Quality Center and Tony Higgins, VP of Products, Blueprint, will co-present this session
		What: A Case Study: Global Team Alignment through the HP Requirements Lifecycle
		When: Tuesday, June 16th, at 1:30pm PT
		Where: Conference Room Murano 3205, at The Venetian/Palazzo in Las Vegas
		Why: Leading
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-06-09T14:40:10+00:00</dc:date>
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	Session Will Provide a Case Study and Real-Life Lessons Learned for Improving Requirements Definition for Agile Development

	Toronto, ON -- May 6, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the leading provider of requirements definition solutions, will present a session titled &#39;Requirements Definition for Agile Development&#39; at the Project Summit and Business Analyst World in Toronto later this month.
	
	Presenter: Tony Higgins, VP Products, Blueprint
	Session Title: Requirements Definition for Agile Development
	Time: Wednesday, May 13 - 3:45pm - 4:45pm
	Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre - South Building

	In this session, business analysts will learn how to choose the right requirements definition techniques for the situation at
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-05-06T14:43:18+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Requirements.net Consortium doubles membership, unveils new best practices offerings for requirements professionals</title>
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	Industry Leading Consortium Serving Over 15,000 Requirements Professionals Will Release Requirements Definition Knowledge Archive In Late 2009y

	Toronto, ON -- April 15, 2009: The Requirements.net consortium, the largest consortium for business analysts worldwide, today announced that it has doubled its membership, and the combined membership provides unprecedented market reach and leadership in business analyst empowerment. The consortium today also announced that it will make available the Requirements Definition Knowledge Archive (RDKA) to the public, in an effort to further the consortium&#39;s vision of ensuring that all business software requirements are built following a rigorous requirements definition and management process, to meet
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-04-15T14:50:28+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint and Merck to Present at the Project Summit and Business Analyst World</title>
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	Case Studies to Highlight How Global Pharmaceutical and Financial Services Companies Are Leveraging Blueprint to Reduce Waste and Improve Application Quality

	Toronto, ON -- April 8, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the leading provider of requirements definition solutions for the business analyst, and Merck &amp; Co., Inc., a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first, will co-present a session titled &lsquo;Up the Downturn: BAs Hold the Key to IT Efficiency&#39; at the Project Summit and Business Analyst World next week.

	The session will take place on Tuesday, April 28th at 11:30am, at the Radisson Hotel Valley Forge, in King of Prussia,
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-04-08T14:49:21+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Wins Jolt Product Excellence Award</title>
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	Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 Wins Award for Excellence in Design and Modeling 

	Toronto, ON -- March 13, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the leading provider of requirements definition solutions for the business analyst, has been honored with a Jolt Product Excellence Award in the highly competitive Design Tools and Modeling category. TechWeb announced the winners of the 19th annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards during the Award Ceremony at the Software Development West 2009 Conference and Expo.
	
	The prestigious Jolt Awards recognize those products that have jolted the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier, and more efficient. Winners
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-03-15T14:53:22+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Teachers&#8217; Retirement System of the City of New York improves software quality with Blueprint Systems</title>
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	Largest Pension Plan for New York Teachers Overhauls Requirements Gathering Process to Stay Ahead of Today&#39;s Fast Changing Regulatory Environment

	Toronto, ON -- March 2, 2009: Blueprint&trade;,the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysis, today announced that the Teachers&#39; Retirement System of the City of New York ("TRS") has implemented Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 to improve its internal software development process. As one of the largest public pension systems in the US, TRS must be nimble enough to react quickly to continuous changes in City and State legislation that governs pension administration. This dynamic environment regularly translates into projects
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-03-02T13:56:20+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint announces record revenue growth in 2008</title>
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	Leading Business Analyst Workbench Provider Grows Revenue 300% as the Global 2000 Invests in Requirements Definition to maximize IT Value

	Toronto, ON -- January 14, 2009: Blueprint&trade;, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced the strongest quarterly growth in company history, with revenues rising 300% year over year from 2007. Along with strong top-line revenue growth, Blueprint also set new records in customer acquisition and average deal size as the requirements definition category emerged as one of the few growth areas in the 2008 IT market.

	Blueprint&rsquo;s results were accentuated by strong customer traction in multiple verticals including healthcare, pharmaceutical,
												
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				  <dc:date>2009-01-14T14:02:09+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>PAETEC leverages Blueprint to increase application quality while decreasing time to market</title>
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	Blueprint Requirements Center to Help PAETEC Speed Up Requirements Process, Reduce Rework and Enhance Customer Service

	Toronto, Canada -- November, 17, 2008: Blueprint&trade;, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced that PAETEC (NASDAQ GS: PAET), a leading communications provider, is using Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 to help the company reduce the cost of rework, and to more rapidly deliver applications to meet the growing needs of their customers.

	PAETEC offers businesses a comprehensive suite of data, voice, and Internet services, as well as enterprise communications management software, network security solutions, CPE, and managed services. As the company has
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-11-17T14:04:44+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Carnival Cruise Lines selects Blueprint for Requirements Definition</title>
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	Blueprint Requirements Center to Help Carnival Better Align IT and Business Needs

	Toronto, Canada -- November, 10 2008: Blueprint&trade;, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced that Carnival Cruise Lines (NYSE: CCL), "The World&#39;s Most Popular Cruise Line&amp;reg;", is deploying Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 to help the company better align the IT and business needs, and help reduce the cost of delivering applications to the business.

	"The World&#39;s Most Popular Cruise Line&amp;reg;", Carnival Cruise Lines is the largest cruise line in the world, carrying over three million passengers annually. The company offers
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-11-10T14:05:04+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>San Jacinto College selects Blueprint Systems to streamline requirements gathering process</title>
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	Pasadena, Texas-based Community College Relies on Blueprint Systems To Standardize and Accelerate their Project Requirements Process

	Toronto, Canada -- October, 16 2008: Blueprint&trade;, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced that San Jacinto College, a community college system based in Pasadena, Texas, and serving Southeast Harris County, has purchased Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 to standardize their project requirements definition, accelerate their software development process, and gain stakeholder acceptance for IT project requirements.

	&ldquo;Prior to purchasing Blueprint, our requirements gathering process was scattered across multiple departments and lacked a fundamental discipline that leads to unnecessary changes and project
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-10-16T15:06:57+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint unveils Resource Center for business analysts at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008</title>
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	Blueprint adds cloud-based productivity and support center to the industry&rsquo;s leading business analyst workbench.

	GARTNER SYMPOSIUM/ITxpo, Orlando, FL., October 13, 2008: Blueprint&trade;, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced the immediate availability of Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 Feature Pack Two. As part of this release, Blueprint is launching the new Blueprint Resource Center as a tightly integrated component of Requirements Center 2009.

	The Blueprint Resource Center is a seamless, cloud-based collaboration solution that can be leveraged by the industry business analyst community to accelerate and align global project teams. The new Resource Center leverages syndication technology
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-10-13T15:30:56+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Chosen as one of Canada&#8217;s TOP 10 &#8220;Companies&#45;to&#45;Watch&#8221; in the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards</title>
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	September 25, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced that it has won a coveted Companies-to-Watch Award, one of four separate awards categories that make up the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards, the preeminent technology awards program in Canada.

	The Companies-to-Watch Award honours early-stage Canadian technology companies. These companies exemplify many of the winning characteristics of Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranked companies, which are judged using a longer track record. Blueprint has quickly distinguished itself for its innovative technology and entrepreneurship and this award recognizes its potential as a future leader in the Canadian technology industry,
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-09-25T15:37:05+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint and Centerline Partners Join Forces to Provide User&#45;Centered Requirements Service</title>
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	New Service Offering from Centerline Enables Organizations To Deliver Software that Meets Both the Business and IT Requirements

	August 27, 2008, Toronto and Beverly, MA &mdash; Blueprint, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, and Centerline Partners, a leading management consulting firm focused on requirements management, program &amp; project management and business analysis, today unveiled a new partnership, whereby Blueprint&#39;s Requirements Center offering will be the linchpin in Centerline&#39;s new User Centered Rapid Requirements Management service. The agreement enables Centerline to offer Blueprint as a strategic solution to clients as part of this service, driving accuracy and quality
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-08-27T15:40:57+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>New webinar covers business analyst empowerment, hosted by voke, blueprint and HP</title>
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	Theresa Lanowitz of voke Discusses Latest Research Showing How Requirements Definition and Management Can Enable IT Project Success; Case Study Demonstrates Results

	Toronto, ON - August 20, 2008 &mdash; Tomorrow, August 21st, voke will unveil in detail the results of the voke Market Snapshot report on the Role of the Business Analyst in a webinar with Blueprint and HP. In this exclusive webinar, to be held at 11am PT/ 2pm ET on August 21st, participants will learn about the emerging role of the Business Analyst, and how to succeed and deliver value to the organization in this role.

	Today more than ever,
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-08-20T15:45:10+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Attains Gold Business Partner Status and Product Certification from HP</title>
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	Certified Integration Helps Customers Reduce Time and Effort to Deliver Higher Quality Software

	August 18, 2008, Toronto &mdash; Blueprint, a leading provider of requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced it is now an HP Gold Business Partner. The Blueprint Requirements Center - the company&#39;s flagship product - is now an HP-certified software application, having passed software certification testing by HP, and is ready for integration with HP Test Director for Quality Center. As a result, customers can expect software that better meets business needs through the elicitation and subsequent validation of requirements.

	Today&#39;s IT applications are leveraged in
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-08-18T15:46:21+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Capgemini Selects Blueprint for Strategic Requirements Alliance</title>
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	Alliance Enables Financial Services Clients to Improve Application Quality and Reduce Costs

	August 12, 2008, Toronto, ON and New York, NY &mdash; Blueprint, the global leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, and Capgemini Financial Services USA Inc., a subsidiary entity of the Capgemini Group, one of the world&#39;s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced an exclusive marketing alliance for Blueprint Requirements Center and Blueprint Requirements Center Test Definition for their financial services clients.

	The agreement enables Capgemini&#39;s Financial Services Strategic Business Unit to offer Blueprint as a strategic solution to clients, driving quality earlier
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-08-12T15:46:28+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Summer Webinar Series on Improving the Economics of Software Development</title>
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	Series Provides Tangible Guidance on Optimizing Development Resources During Challenging Economic Times

	July 14, 2008, Toronto, ON &mdash; Blueprint, the global leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today announced a series of free bi-weekly webinars, which will run on Tuesday and Wednesday of every week this summer, starting July 15th.

	The Webinars will provide attendees with clear, tangible ways to improve the economics of software development within their organizations, and do more with their existing development resources. One Webinar each week will focus on each of the following subjects:

	
		How can a Business Analyst Workbench help me automate requirements definition?
	
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-07-14T15:49:31+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Joins HP Software Marketplace Referral Program</title>
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	Blueprint Positions Industry-Leading Requirements Lifecycle With HP Software

	June 18, 2008, LAS VEGAS &mdash; Blueprint, a global leader in Requirements Solutions for Business Analysts, today announced that it has joined the HP Software Marketplace Referral Program.

	Blueprint recently unveiled its new product, Requirements Center 2009, a cutting-edge software solution designed for all phases of the requirements definition lifecycle. With Requirements Center 2009, Blueprint delivers four groundbreaking modules purpose built to provide business analyst teams the capability to optimize the requirements definition practices of requirements elicitation, elaboration, visualization, and acceptance. When used in deployments with the market-leading HP Quality Center solution for quality management, business
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Launches Industry&#8217;s First Business Analyst Workbench</title>
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	Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 delivers modular solution built to facilitate requirements lifecycle.

	June 9, 2008, Toronto, ON &mdash; Blueprint, the global leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, today unveiled Blueprint Requirements Center 2009, the first software solution designed for all phases of the requirements definition lifecycle.

	With Requirements Center 2009, Blueprint delivers four groundbreaking modules purpose built to provide business analyst teams the capability to optimize the requirements definition practices of requirements elicitation, elaboration, validation, and acceptance. All modules are tightly integrated with the Blueprint Definition Server for enterprise-wide collaboration and global deployment.

	"Recent industry studies show that modern software projects on average
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Achieves Record Growth</title>
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	April 14, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Solutions for software Business Analysts, achieved record revenue growth for the third quarter of 2008, which ended March 31, 2008. Through the rapid adoption of Blueprint Requirements Center&trade; 2008, the company more than doubled revenue and customer wins from the same period a year ago.

	Blueprint recorded a number of global enterprise-license-agreement (ELA) transactions in the quarter. Global enterprises are finding significant value in Blueprint&#39;s visual approach, distributed team capabilities, and deep integration with HP Quality Center&trade;.

	"Software development project teams are dealing with more complexity and assuming more risk than ever
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Named &#8216;Cool Vendor&#8217; by Leading Industry Analyst Firm</title>
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	April 8, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Solutions for software Business Analysts, has been named a "Cool Vendor" in the April 2008 report "Cool Vendors in Application Development [AD], 2008" by analysts Jim Duggan and Matt Light of leading industry research firm Gartner. Blueprint was analyzed and included by Gartner in the business analyst space.

	Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 is the industry&#39;s first requirements solution for software Business Analysts built for global enterprise wide deployment. As part of this landmark release, Blueprint added the Blueprint Definition Server, which enables teams of users to seamlessly share assets, enable asset protection through
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Appoints Robert J.A. Fraser as Chairman</title>
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	Former Vice Chairman of MBNA America Bank Brings Valuable Experience to Rapidly Growing Requirements Software Firm

	March 4, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;) solutions for Business Analysts, today announced the appointment of Robert J.A. Fraser as an independent director and chairman of the board of directors. Former chair Scott Pelton of Blueprint&#39;s lead venture capital investor Growthworks will continue to serve on the board.

	Before assuming the chairmanship, Mr. Fraser was formerly a Vice Chairman of MBNA America Bank, and previously held many senior executive positions at Hercules Incorporated, a leader
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 Feature Pack 1</title>
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	Blueprint Delivers Improvements to its Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration Platform

	February 27, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today announced the availability of Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 Feature Pack 1, adding even more capability to the industry&#39;s first platform to deliver enterprise-wide requirements definition and visualization.

	Business requirements are the critical link between the business and IT organizations. With the pressure of distributed teams and strategic sourcing on a global scale, ensuring clear requirements definition and understanding is paramount to deliver high-quality applications.

	As part of this release, Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 Feature Pack 1 provides improvements to
												
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				  <title>New Requirements Forum Brings Focus to Software Requirements Lifecycle</title>
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	Industry Leaders Come Together In-Person and Online to Discuss Best Practices in Building Software to Meet Business Needs

	February 26, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today announced the launch of the Requirements Forum and Requirements.net to raise awareness of the critical need to define and manage software requirements to ensure resulting IT systems truly meet critical business needs.

	The Forum will bring together industry leaders, top analysts, and the vendor community spanning all disciplines within requirements definition and management. Participants in the Forum, which was co-founded by Blueprint, HP, Orasi Software, CorTechs,
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 Adoption Rising</title>
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	January 15, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today announced the rapid adoption of Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 by both new and existing customers.

	In its first 90 days on the market, Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 has been selected and deployed across numerous industry segments including large financial institutions, healthcare providers, global telecommunications companies, and independent software vendors.

	Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 was launched in September of 2007, and is the industry&#39;s first requirements definition platform for enterprise wide deployment. As part of this landmark release, Blueprint added the Blueprint Definition Server, which enables teams of users to
												
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				  <dc:date>2008-01-15T16:15:21+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Expands Solution Partner Program</title>
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	MIC Partner, Capital Markets Company, and CorTechs Join Expanding North American Operation

	December 3, 2007, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today announced that MIC Partner, CorTechs, and Capital Markets Company ("Capco") have joined the growing list of members of the Blueprint Solution Partner Program. The Blueprint Solution Partner Program includes a wide range of best-of-breed solution providers specializing in requirements definition process and technology optimization.

	Based in Toronto, Ontario, MIC Partner is an established and experienced HP Software Elite Business Partner and was awarded the HP Software Canadian Channel Partner of the Year for 2007. 
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Secures Additional Funding to Expand Presence in U.S. Market</title>
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	MMV Financial Invests $2.75M to Complete Blueprint&#39;s 2007 Strategic Financing Process

	November 5, 2007, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today announced that it has raised an additional $2.75 million in financing &mdash; bringing Blueprint&#39;s cumulative 2007 financing to $9 million.

	Blueprint will use the proceeds from the financing to expand its sales and marketing efforts, to promote the flagship Blueprint Requirements Center&trade; product line in the U.S. marketplace.

	"Blueprint has developed an outstanding product, brand, customer base, and management team. We are excited about the company&#39;s prospects to substantially grow their business over
												
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				  <title>Blueprint and Orasi Sign Strategic Partnership</title>
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	Companies to Deliver Complete Solutions for Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration

	October 29, 2007, Toronto: Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), and Orasi Software Inc today announced a strategic partnership, whereby Orasi becomes a Blueprint reseller and will develop a Blueprint Requirements Center&trade; training and consulting practice to facilitate enablement of Fortune 500 customers.

	Orasi has a broad, deep background in requirements definition, requirements management, and quality assurance. The Orasi team has overseen hundreds of requirements and development projects for customers such as Cox Enterprises, AT&amp;T, Phillips Electronics, UPS, and Verizon Wireless.

	"Orasi is one of
												
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				  <dc:date>2007-10-29T17:20:26+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Appointment of Martin Crisp as Chief Technology Officer</title>
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	Proven Technology Leader Joins Blueprint to Accelerate Growth in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade;

	October 15, 2007, Toronto:&nbsp;&nbsp;Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today announced appointment of Martin Crisp as Chief Technology Officer. Crisp will define and lead Blueprint&#39;s technology strategy, working closely with product marketing and research and development teams to build the next-generation of Blueprint&#39;s solution set.

	Mr. Crisp joins Blueprint with eighteen years of technology experience, including a tenure of leadership positions at Accenture, Deloitte, and EDS. Mr. Crisp&#39;s most recent experience includes a SVP role at Ajilon
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Blueprint Requirements Center 2008</title>
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	Blueprint Delivers Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration Platform for Enterprise Deployment

	September 17, 2007, Toronto:&nbsp;&nbsp;Blueprint&trade;, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today announced the availability of Blueprint Requirements Center 2008, the industry&#39;s first platform to deliver enterprise-wide requirements definition and visualization. Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 represents the second major release of Requirements Center in less than six months, demonstrating aggressive execution of Blueprint&#39;s product roadmap.

	Business requirements are the critical link between the business and IT organizations. With the pressure of distributed teams and strategic sourcing on a global scale, ensuring clear requirements definition and understanding
												
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				  <title>Blueprint Announces Alliance with Deloitte</title>
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	Blueprint&trade; Signs with Deloitte to Provide a "Requirements Center of Excellence" Targeted at Fortune 1000 Customers

	June 18, 2007 Toronto, ON: Blueprint, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;), today formally announced an alliance with Deloitte. As a customer and partner of Blueprint for over three years, working together at customers such as a major Canadian financial institution, Deloitte has established a Requirements Center of Excellence based on Blueprint&#39;s Requirements Center&trade; solution.

	Deloitte&#39;s "Requirements Center of Excellence" includes leading practices and packaged service offerings that help customers transform their approach to software requirements. Customers leveraging this
												
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				  <dc:date>2007-06-18T17:25:56+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Launches Solution Partner Program</title>
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	Blueprint&trade; Signs Major Partners Sky I.T. Group, Software Quality Solutions, and Digital Mosaic to Extend Sales and Service Reach Across North America

	May 21, 2007, Toronto: Blueprint, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle AccelerationT (RLAT), today announced the launch of a Blueprint Solution Partner Program with three founding partner members. Blueprint&#39;s Solution Partner Program is designed for specialist technology optimization solution providers that can market, resell and provide value-added services complementary to Blueprints solution offering. For founding members, Blueprint has prioritized and focused its partnering efforts on the following areas:

	
		Requirements-Driven Testing: Blueprint selects SKY IT. Group and SQS
												
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				  <dc:date>2007-05-21T19:34:15+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Blueprint Launches Blueprint Requirements Center™ 2007</title>
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	Blueprint&trade; Unveils First Role Based Solution for Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade;.

	May 21, 2007 Toronto, ON: Blueprint, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; (RLA&trade;) , today announced the launch of Blueprint Requirements Center 2007&trade;, the industry&#39;s first role based solution for RLA&trade;.

	Software development has dramatically increased in size, scope, geographic reach and complexity over the past decade. Complex, existing multi-platform legacy systems, combined with new technologies such as Service Oriented Architecture, AJAX, and other Web 2.0 technologies, dominate the 21st century IT agenda. With software becoming an ever more critical component of business operations, enterprises must leverage
												
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				  <dc:date>2007-05-21T17:26:09+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Sofea Inc. Becomes Blueprint</title>
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	Firm Tightens Focus on Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration Market. Toronto based Sofea rebrands firm to Blueprint, opens new worldwide headquarters and announces new US presence.

	May 21, 2007 Toronto, ON: Sofea Inc., a leading provider in the high-growth Requirements Lifecycle AccelerationT (RLA) software market, today announced it has rebranded as Blueprint, and has formally launched its business in the United States.

	Blueprint&#39;s launch into the US is fueled by a recent round of strategic venture financing and the forming of a world-class executive team and board of directors. The new Blueprint brand symbolizes discipline in defining, visualizing, and validating customer requirements.

	As
												
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				  <dc:date>2007-05-21T05:38:46+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Sofea Inc.&amp;nbsp; Announces Appointment of Robert L. Howatt to Executive Team</title>
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	Sofea, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade;, adds top sales executive to its executive management team to rapidly extend sales reach

	April 9, 2007 Toronto, ON: Sofea Inc., fueling its growth in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; with industry-leading customers such as TD Canada Trust, CIBC, Bank Of Montreal, Deloitte, AT&amp;T and RH Donnelly, today announced it has appointed an additional new key executive. This announcement is the third appointment to the Sofea executive team since the closure of its $6.25m financing in January, 2007.

	Joining Sofea as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales is Robert L. Howatt. Mr. Howatt
												
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				  <dc:date>2007-04-09T17:47:37+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Sofea Inc. Announces Key Additions To Executive Team</title>
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	Sofea, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade;, announces the addition of key executives to strengthen management team.

	March 13, 2007 Toronto, ON: Sofea Inc., fueling its growth in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration&trade; with industry-leading customers such as TD Canada Trust, CIBC, Bank Of Montreal, Deloitte, AT&amp;T and RH Donnelly, today announced it has appointed two new key executives following its appointment of a new President &amp; CEO in August 2006, and completion of $6.25m in strategic financing in January, 2007.

	Joining Sofea as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer is Matthew J. Morgan. Mr. Morgan is a 15 year software
												
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				  <dc:date>2007-03-13T17:50:09+00:00</dc:date>
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				  <title>Sofea Inc. Attracts Venture Funding To Accelerate Business Growth</title>
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	GrowthWorks Canadian Fund Ltd. and investment partners The Walsingham Fund and BDC Venture Capital, invest together in Sofea Inc. with 100 Percent Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth

	January 19, 2007 Toronto, ON: Sofea Inc., fueling its growth in requirements definition and validation with industry-leading customers such as TD Canada Trust, CIBC, Bank Of Montreal, Deloitte, AT&amp;T and RH Donnelly, today announced it has completed a funding round of $6.25 million. This funding was led by Toronto-based GrowthWorks Canadian Fund Ltd, and its investment partners The Walsingham Fund and BDC Venture Capital. The company also announced the addition of three new members to its board
												
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