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Portal Software Certification Testing Now Available for Customers, System Integrators, and Technology Partners

Posted on: Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 09:00 CST

Portal Software, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRSF), the premier global provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions for telecommunications and media markets, today announced the general availability of published tests for certification of Portal Specialist and Portal Professional consultants through the Portal Certification Program. To date, more than 100 individuals have been certified in the three Specialist Certifications available, which include Portal Server Specialist, Portal Pricing Specialist, and Portal System Administrator, as well as the Portal Professional level of certification.

"Portal's role-based training approach enabled us to ramp up our support and implementation teams quickly with the specific skills that they needed to optimize their performance," said Bernhard Schimmele, program manager of billing at Swisscom Mobile. "The training was well received by our staff and helped to ensure a smooth planning, development, and upgrade process as well as provide for effective on-going application support."

Available to Portal's customers, system integrators, and technology partners, the Portal Certification Program offers training and testing for professionals whose job function includes the installation, implementation, and configuration of Portal's billing and Revenue Management platform. Modeled after successful certification programs of leading enterprise software companies, Portal's Certification Program credentials are tied to specific versions of Portal's Revenue Management solution, Portal 7, to ensure that the individual's knowledge is current and directly applicable to their IT environment. Five-day preparation training courses for the certification exams are available through Portal Education Services.

"Portal's training and education program is enabling Accenture to continue developing leading-edge expertise in Portal 7," said Bruno Gossi, Partner Telecom, Accenture. "We are very pleased with the recent introduction of the Certification Program as this will help us to monitor and prove the skill levels of our individuals. It will enable us to more easily place the correct skills into the projects as required and ensure increased customer confidence in our abilities."

Exams for the three Specialist-level certifications are being administered by Thomson Prometric, an independent testing company with offices located around the world. Portal Professional certification requires a final project-based exam that is administered through one of Portal's global education centers in London, Bangalore, and Cupertino.

"Portal's Certification Program has already proven its value by implementing exams that truly validate an individual's practical knowledge of our product," said Juliana Tsai, principal course developer at Portal Software. "Our consultants are telling us that the exams help to demonstrate their ability to successfully implement our solutions."

Additional information on Portal's Certification program and requirements can be found on Portal's website at www.portal.com/certification or by emailing training@portal.com.

About Portal Software, Inc.

Portal is the leading worldwide provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions for the global communications and media markets. The company delivers the only platform for the end-to-end management of customer revenue across offerings, channels, and geographies. Portal's solutions enable companies to dramatically accelerate the launch of innovative, profit-rich services while significantly reducing the costs associated with legacy billing systems. Portal is the Revenue Management partner of choice to the world's leading service providers, including Vodafone, AOL Time Warner, Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, NTT, China Telecom, Reuters, China Mobile, Telenor Mobil, and France Telecom.

Forward Looking Statement

Statements in this release regarding potential customer relationships, the possibility of contracted services from Portal, and future financial standings are forward looking statements. Such forward looking statements may not materialize and involve significant uncertainties and risks. These and other factors are described in detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date set forth at the beginning of this release. Portal undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances subsequently change.

(C) 1996-2006. PORTAL and the PORTAL LOGO are trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and in other countries, all owned by Portal Software, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Marks or names owned by other companies remain the property of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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