SugarCRM Selected as Finalist for 2009 SIIA CODiE Awards

Sugar Professional Named a Finalist for Best Relationship Management Solution and Best Open Source Solution

CUPERTINO, CA - April 7, 2009 - SugarCRM Inc., the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced that Sugar Professional has been named a finalist in the "Best Relationship Management Solution" and "Best Open Source Solution" categories by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) 2009 CODiE Awards. The CODiE Awards have identified outstanding achievement in software and digital content development for 24 years and hold the distinction of being the only peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the industry.

Sugar Professional provides companies the capabilities to improve and collaborate on marketing, sales and support processes. Recently, Sugar Professional added enhanced reporting and analytics around matrix reports, run-time filters, and integration with Microsoft Excel; new wireless capabilities for Blackberry and iPhones; and the ability to create brand new custom modules with Sugar Module Builder.

"In selecting Sugar Professional as a finalist for the CODiE awards, the SIIA is recognizing SugarCRM's for its ability to deliver competitive advantage for companies in tough economic times," said Chris Harrick, vice president of corporate and product marketing at SugarCRM. "Sugar Professional is unmatched in providing value to users and fast results for businesses."

SugarCRM's industry-leading CRM solutions allow customers to get up and running quickly at a low cost with little risk. In February, Geeks on the Way, a SugarCRM customer who provides technical support solutions, was presented with a Stevie Award for CRM Implementation & User Adoption Program of the Year, in Las Vegas.

Winners will be announced at the 24th Annual CODiE Awards Gala which will be held on May 5, 2009 in San Francisco, CA. For a complete list of 2009 CODiE Awards finalists, visit www.siia.net/codies/2009/finalists.asp

About SugarCRM

SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software. Founded as an open source project in 2004, SugarCRM applications have been downloaded over five million times and currently serve over 500,000 users in 75 languages. Over 4,000 customers have chosen SugarCRM's On-Site and Cloud Computing services over lock-in based, proprietary alternatives. In the last year, SugarCRM has been recognized for its customer success and product innovation by CRM Magazine, InfoWorld, Customer Interaction Solutions and Intelligent Enterprise.

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