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August 23, 2005

Onyx Software Names Todd Chambers Chief Marketing Officer
Veteran of Technology Marketing and Advertising Aims to Increase Onyx Awareness and Visibility with Enterprise Customers

BELLEVUE, Wash. - Onyx® Software Corporation announced today that Todd Chambers will join the company as its chief marketing officer. Chambers will be responsible for running Onyx's global marketing operations, which include the company's brand awareness, lead generation, industry solutions, and product marketing programs.

"In the second half of 2005, Onyx will launch new campaigns intended to increase our market awareness with enterprise customers and partners based on the strength of our new customer process solutions portfolio," said Janice P. Anderson, Chair and CEO of Onyx. "As we deliver unique business solutions for our customers - blending customer management application software and business process technology - Todd's expertise in creating innovative marketing and positioning strategies will be a tremendous asset. I'm pleased to have Todd join our team at a time when I believe the market opportunity for Onyx is expanding."

Chambers' career spans 20 years in technology marketing and advertising; including executive management positions with several enterprise software companies. Most recently, Chambers served as Vice President of Marketing at Authoria, a leader in human capital management solutions, and as Vice President, Americas Marketing at Parametric Technology Corporation. He also served as a senior executive at Ogilvy & Mather in Asia-Pacific. In addition, Chambers held progressive management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, including Worldwide Marketing Manager.

"I am very excited to be joining Onyx at what I see as an inflection point for the company," said Chambers. "The positive response from industry influencers and customers to Onyx's new strategy suggests that the company is poised to capitalize on a growing market demand. With a solid product portfolio and an experienced management team, we will work to aggressively build Onyx's visibility within key markets and compete aggressively in the space."

About Onyx Software
Onyx Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ONXS) is a worldwide leader in customer process software and solutions for the enterprise. Onyx provides flexible solutions that enable organizations to automate, manage, and evolve their customer processes quickly and cost-effectively for strategic advantage. By providing an integrated suite of customer process automation applications encompassing customer management, process management, and analytics capabilities, Onyx enables enterprises to reduce costs, increase productivity and grow revenue. Major companies are aligning their customer-facing departments and managing their customer processes with Onyx software - companies such as Amway Corporation, Delta Dental, Mellon Financial Corporation, The Regence Group and State Street Corporation. 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 Onyx's ability to increase its market awareness and the overall market opportunity for Onyx. 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 "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 to the success of Onyx's ongoing marketing efforts, its ability to successfully sell its product and service offerings 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 June 30, 2005. 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, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Contact: Dan Reidy
Onyx Software
(415) 482-8650

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