July 11^th, 2002 (12:00am) - London, July 11, 2002 - Following the recent opening of their new Tokyo office, NXN Software, the leading supplier of Digital Asset and Production Management (DPM) systems for the interactive entertainment, animation and new media industries, has signed three new resellers to broaden the reach into the Japanese games and animation markets: Sumisho Electronics Co., Ltd. (SSE), Daikin Industries, Ltd. and Born Digital, Inc.

"These resellers all share an in-depth sales knowledge of the games and animation markets, and their experience selling different tools gives them a unique yet complementary perspective on the market," said Gregor vom Scheidt, chief executive officer at NXN Software. "This knowledge is not only essential for understanding the benefits of our own product, NXN alienbrain, but will prove crucial as we increase our sales efforts in this key region."

Founded in 1975 as a provider of computer data terminals, SSE has grown into a worldwide provider of business, engineering and networking solutions. SSE is widely known throughout the games industry for its success as one of the largest resellers of Alias|Wavefront(tm)’s Maya(tm), and counts some of the top gaming companies such as Square among its customers. In addition, their knowledge of post production, industrial design and broadcasting will advance NXN Software’s move into these new markets.

Daikin began its profitable computer graphics division fourteen years ago and is best known for distributing SOFTIMAGE¨ products to the gaming, post production and broadcasting industries. Daikin also supports content creators with a complete product line of CG and DVD authoring tools as well as editing systems. It currently sells to many notable game companies, including Nintendo.

Born Digital is well known for their high-end offering of 3D authoring tools, which ranges from Maya and SOFTIMAGE¨*XSI(tm) to Lightwave 3D¨. With a staff of ex-game developers, Born Digital is extremely well known in the game development market and counts Sega as one of its larger customers.

About NXN Software
Founded in 1997, NXN Software is the leading supplier of Digital Asset and Production Management (DPM) solutions for the interactive entertainment, animation and digital film industries. NXN products provide artists, programmers and project managers with powerful tools and a strong management framework for the entire development process. Companies using NXN Software to manage advanced interactive entertainment productions include many of the world’s most renowned game developers, such as Sony Online Entertainment, Electronic Arts and Infogrames. NXN Software has offices in Los Angeles, Paris, London, Munich and Tokyo as well as distribution partners throughout Asia. For more information on NXN Software visit www.nxn-software.com.