Delaware Investments Selects Verint ULTRA Intelligent Recording (email this article)

ULTRA Will Enable Financial Services Company to Enhance Service and Strengthen Customer Relationships

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MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2004--Verint Systems Inc. (Company Profile, Past Stories, Case Studies) (NASDAQ: VRNT - News), a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for communications interception, networked video security and business intelligence, today announced that Delaware Investments has selected Verint's ULTRA(TM) Intelligent Recording solution to support the company's customer service initiatives.

Delaware Investments is an investment management service provider based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With more than $107 billion under management as of June 2004, Delaware Investments provides products and services to both institutional and individual investors through a broad line of mutual funds, managed account portfolios and retirement plans.

"Verint's ULTRA solution will help us provide exceptional service and strengthen our long-term relationships with our customers," said Matthew Golden, Vice President, Call Center Operations for Delaware Investments. "By leveraging ULTRA's customer intelligence, we can ensure that our service quality and processes are consistent across every customer experience."

ULTRA Intelligent Recording drives total quality by enabling organizations of all sizes to cost-effectively capture all customer interactions and extract actionable intelligence from telephone, Voice-over-IP, email, chat or agent assisted co-browsing contacts. Easy access to all customer data through ULTRA's Web-based desktop portal enables enterprises to use what they learn from customer contacts to optimize their processes, increase productivity, comply with risk management requirements and improve service to their customers.

"Delaware Investments joins our growing base of financial services companies that have selected ULTRA as a key component in the enterprise-wide foundation of their customer service efforts," said Dan Bodner, President and CEO of Verint Systems Inc. "ULTRA is designed to deliver actionable intelligence across the enterprise, and help Delaware Investments meet their corporate goals and provide industry-leading customer service."

About Verint Systems Inc.
Verint Systems Inc., headquartered in Melville, New York, is a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for communications interception, networked video security and business intelligence. Verint software, which is used by over 1,000 organizations in over 50 countries worldwide, generates actionable intelligence through the collection, retention and analysis of voice, fax, video, email, Internet and data transmissions from multiple communications networks. Verint is a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT - News). Visit us at our website www.verint.com.

Note: Certain statements concerning Verint's future revenues, earnings per share, results or prospects are "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts and estimates. Important risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, among others: changes in the demand for Verint's products; further decline in information technology spending; risks associated with acquiring and integrating the assets and business acquired from ECtel and RP Security, including products and technologies, as well as retaining key employees and customers, which could result in a substantial diversion of management resources, the incurrence of contingent liabilities, amortization of certain identifiable intangible assets, research and development write-offs and other acquisition-related expenses; the uncertainty of customer acceptance of Verint's products; aggressive competition may force Verint to reduce prices; Verint's lengthy and variable sales cycle makes it difficult to predict operating results; dependence on contracts with governments for a significant portion of Verint's revenues; inability to expand gross margin by reducing hardware in its product offerings; markets for Verint's products failing to develop; risks that Verint's intellectual property rights may not be adequate to protect its business; risks associated with rapidly changing technology and the ability of Verint to introduce new products on a timely and cost-effective basis; inability to maintain relationships with value added resellers and systems integrators; risks associated with Verint's ability to retain existing personnel and recruit and retain qualified personnel; risks associated with changes in the competitive or regulatory environment in which Verint operates; risks associated with significant foreign operations, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; risks associated with Comverse Technology, Inc. controlling Verint's business and affairs; and other risks described in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov or from Verint's website at www.verint.com. Verint makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements.

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Editorial Contact:
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Verint Systems
(516) 677-7191
mariann.mcdonagh@verintsystems.com