Day Software (SWX:DAYN) (OTCQX:DYIHY), a leading provider of global content management and content infrastructure software, today announced the launch of the company’s first global Day JCR Cup 2008 competition, designed to encourage the development of content-centric applications based on the Java Content Repository (JCR) application programming interface (API) for content access, JSR 170.

Leveraging Day’s CRX, a fully JCR-compliant content repository based on Apache Jackrabbit, and the bundled easy-to-use, rapid web development framework contest participants will be challenged to create blogs, wikis, business process management, multi-channel content delivery and enterprise content management applications that demonstrate originality, high-quality design and code, appropriate use of the JCR application programming interface (API).

Entries will be accepted through 12 a.m. Pacific Coast Time, July 31, 2008, and will be judged by a panel of well-known developers and technologists, including David Nuescheler, Day’s chief technology officer and the spec lead for JSR 170 and JSR 283; Joseph B. Ottinger, editor of TheServerSide; and Michael Marth, an industry expert on Java and Open Source technologies. The winner will receive a fully loaded MacBook Pro with a 17-inch widescreen.

“In the past, content-centric applications were typically built using legacy repositories, databases and file-systems that lacked standardized infrastructural facilities,” said Nuescheler. “Today, the JCR standard, in conjunction with JCR-compliant repositories, represents the ideal foundation for new content-centric applications that can be built quickly and elegantly, with a focus on users and their content. We’re excited to see the creative entries submitted by competition participants and look forward to naming a winner this summer.”

Day’s technologies allow companies to access their most valuable assets – information about their specific businesses, processes, products, customers and documents, which were previously ‘locked’ in proprietary repositories. Working with industry leaders such as EMC, IBM, SUN and Oracle, Day initiated and drove industry adoption JSR 170. Under the leadership of Nuescheler, JSR 283 (version 2.0 of the Content Repository for Java Technology API), has successfully cleared Public Review. The next version of the standard will help to further improve the interoperability of content applications and content repositories.

To register for the competition and review contest rules, please visit the Day JCR Cup 2008 Web site at dev.day.com.

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Day is a leading provider of integrated content, portal and digital asset management software. Day’s technology Communiqué offers a comprehensive, rapidly deployable framework to unify and manage all digital business data, systems, applications and processes through the web.

Day is an international company, founded in 1993, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (SWX:DAYN) since April 2000. Day shares are also traded Over the Counter (OTC) in the form of American Depositary Receipts (OTCQX:DYIHY). Day’s customers are some of the largest global corporations and include Audi, Daimler, Deutsche Post World Net, Deutsche Bank, InterContinental Hotels Group, McDonald’s and Volkswagen.