Geac Wins 2004 "World Class Solution" Award for Best Corporate Performance Management Implementation

DM Review Magazine cites Geac for its successful work with MPC customer Miles Kimball

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Geac® (TSX: GAC, NASDAQ: GEAC) and one of its customers, direct mail merchandiser Miles Kimball Company, a division of Blyth Inc. (NYSE: BTH - News), have received a "World Class Solution" award from DM Review magazine for a highly successful corporate performance management solution that Geac implemented for Miles Kimball. Miles Kimball uses Geac MPC, part of the Geac Performance Management product family, for enterprise wide reporting and analysis, forecasting and budgeting. As a result of deploying the solution, Miles Kimball has dramatically streamlined its budgeting process, and has improved its ability to use real-time information to plan its catalogs, forecast and track orders, and staff its operations appropriately.

The Geac MPC-Miles Kimball solution received top honors in the "Corporate Performance Management" category from among three finalists in that category, and more than 80 entries across the entire competition. Established in 1996, DM Review's "World Class Solutions" program honors the elite within the business intelligence, analytics and data warehousing industry. Winners are selected by an independent panel of judges comprising technology experts and industry luminaries.

"Geac is honored to be the technology partner for the corporate performance management solution deemed best by the judges in this established and respected competition," said Jeffrey W. Murphy, Senior Vice President in charge of the global Geac Performance Management business. "Of course, the real tribute here is to the vision and creativity of Miles Kimball, whose management saw fit to employ Geac MPC in a way that makes a tangible and significant difference to their business. This is the kind of success story Geac is proud to enable, and the kind of customer relationship Geac always strives to create."

About Geac

Geac (TSX: GAC and NASDAQ: GEAC) is a global enterprise software company that addresses the needs of the Chief Financial Officer. Geac's best-in-class technology products and services help organizations do more with less in an increasingly competitive environment, amidst growing regulatory pressure, and in response to other business issues confronting the CFO. Further information is available at http://www.geac.com or through e-mail at info@geac.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current expectations. Important factors that could cause a material difference between these forward-looking statements and actual events include those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in Geac's report on Form 6-K for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2004, filed on September 8, 2004 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission available through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, and Geac's MD&A filed on September 8, 2004 with the Canadian Securities Administrators and available through the website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators and the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited at www.sedar.com. Geac is a registered trademark of Geac Computer Corporation Limited. All other marks are trademarks of their respective owners.

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Source: Geac Computer Corporation Limited

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