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December 7, 2004

New York Blues Plans Deploy Onyx CRM to Standardize Processes Across Divisions
Centralized system helps company manage growth and drive sales effectiveness

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Onyx® Software Corporation today announced that BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and BlueShield of Northeastern New York, two divisions of one of New York's leading health plans, have successfully implemented sales automation capabilities of Onyx CRM to manage growth and standardize business processes.  Over 200 employees are using the Onyx CRM system to drive sales effectiveness and increase retention with standardized sales tools, consolidated processes, centralized tracking of group and broker history, automated workflow and improved business insight.

"These two distinct sales regions used completely different processes to enroll, administer and manage prospects and accounts," said Nora McGuire, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development for BlueCross BlueShield and BlueShield. "With both plans experiencing high rates of growth, sales force automation provided us with a standardized tool that helps us run our business more effectively yet still supports regional differences in operations. Sales Force Automation reduces paperwork and streamlines group enrollment processes."

Like most healthcare companies, BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Shield were dependent on paper-based processes, clunky organizational handoffs and manual data entry as information traveled from the group or broker to sales then to group enrollment for system processing. To speed the pace of communication, Onyx CRM was integrated with their internally developed rating engine and its FACETS membership and claims system. Now sales submits benefit plans and links to the documentation electronically to the administration team responsible for group processing, reducing a process that formerly took days to minutes.

"In the competitive healthcare market, the quickest quote can win the business and top service keeps brokers and customers returning," said Ben Kiker, Onyx senior vice president and chief marketing officer. "We've honed our healthcare solution by working with top healthcare providers to streamline the lead-to-enrollment and renewal process and put a laser focus on sales and service."

In the second phase of its Onyx CRM deployment, the two plans will use the system to provide a higher level of service to its broker community by offering a number of productivity tools, such as a rate and proposal generator and group enrollment forms.

Onyx counts more than two dozen major healthcare organizations as customers including The Regence Group (BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, BlueShield of Washington, BlueShield of Idaho and BlueCross BlueShield of Utah); Health Alliance Medical Plans; Ingenix Health Intelligence; Delta Dental of California, New York and Pennsylvania; Kaiser Permanente; Neighborhood Health Plan; Sierra Health Services; and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

About Onyx Software
Onyx Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ONXS), a worldwide leader in delivering successful CRM, offers a fast, cost-effective, easy to use solution that shares critical information among employees, customers and partners through three role-specific, Web services-based portals. The Onyx approach delivers real-world success by aligning CRM technology with business objectives, strategies and processes. Onyx is used worldwide by mid- and large-sized enterprises - from 50 to 5,000 users - across multiple departments in a variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare, high technology and the public sector. Customers include Amway Corporation, United Kingdom lottery operator Camelot, Delta Dental, Microsoft Corporation, Mellon Financial Corporation, The Regence Group, State Street Corporation and Suncorp. More information can be found at (888) ASK-ONYX or info@onyx.com.

Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the potential benefits of Onyx products. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. The words "predict","believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect Onyx's actual results include, but are not limited each customer's implementation of Onyx products, and the "Important Factors That May Affect Our Business, Our Results of Operations and Our Stock Price" described in our quarterly report on form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon these forward-looking statements that speak only as to the date of this release. Onyx undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Contact: Bob Craig
Onyx Software
617-314-6846

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