Business Intelligence Group Selects QAD as Finalist for Cloud Company of the Year

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.

QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, announced today that the Business Intelligence Group selected QAD as a Finalist in the Cloud Company of the Year category of the annual Stratus Awards. Of the 6 Finalists and 2 Winners for Cloud Company of the Year, QAD was the only cloud ERP vendor.

“We are pleased Business Intelligence Group recognized QAD as a Finalist in the prestigious Cloud Company of the Year Stratus Awards,” said QAD Chief Technology Officer Tony Winter. “It is an honor to be among the outstanding and innovative companies that were evaluated. It is a great recognition for our world class engineering and cloud operations teams.”

QAD congratulates Dell Boomi, a QAD partner, for winning the Cloud Company of the Year Stratus Award in the small company category. Mr. Winter said, “We applaud the choice of Dell Boomi as Cloud Company of the Year. We are proud to partner with Dell Boomi which offers a leading integration solution for cloud applications and clouds of all kinds.”

The annual Stratus Awards, conducted by the Business Intelligence Group, recognizes those companies and individuals innovating in the cloud and providing offerings that are truly differentiated in the market.

“We are excited that the Business Intelligence Group chose Dell Boomi as Cloud Company of the Year in the Stratus Awards,” stated Ed Wiggins, Director, Business Development at Dell Boomi. “We also congratulate our partner QAD for achieving Finalist in the Cloud Company of the Year category.”

About QAD – The Effective Enterprise

QAD Inc. (Nasdaq:QADA) (Nasdaq:QADB) is a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies. For more than 35 years, QAD has provided global manufacturing companies with QAD Enterprise Applications, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that supports operational requirements, including financials, manufacturing, demand and supply chain planning, customer management, business intelligence and business process management. QAD Enterprise Applications is offered in flexible deployment models in the cloud, on-premise, or in a blended environment. With QAD, customers and partners in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries can better align daily operations with their strategic goals to meet their vision of becoming more Effective Enterprises.

For more information about QAD, call +1 805-566-6000, visit www.qad.com.

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