Hummingbird Delivers Unparalleled Connectivity Security Solution with the Release of Connectivity SecureTerm™

Hummingbird offers unique full-featured Web-to-host secure shell terminal and file transfer software for Windows

Toronto - August 30, 2004 - Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions, today announced the immediate release of Connectivity SecureTerm™, the new secure terminal solution from the Hummingbird Security™ 10 family of products. Hummingbird Security offers organizations robust security standards and a cost-effective way to secure their UNIX applications. Connectivity SecureTerm provides desktop-based and browser-based secure terminal software, ease of installation and numerous features that provide customers with the highest level of security and productivity.

Hummingbird Security is comprised of Connectivity Secure Shell™, Connectivity SecureTerm, Connectivity Kerberos™ and Connectivity SSL™. The Hummingbird Security family offers customers significant cost savings on their IT budgets by providing a fully integrated host access solution that yields minimal business disruption and immediate return on investment.

The new Connectivity SecureTerm enables users to access business-critical applications through a secured terminal from either a traditional Windows desktop or a Web browser. Files can be transferred from the UNIX environment directly to the Windows desktop. Connectivity SecureTerm can be used with any supported 32-bit Microsoft operating system as well as Citrix Metaframe and Windows Terminal Server.

"Connectivity SecureTerm is the most feature-rich, cost effective secure terminal software on the market today, offering complete support for common security protocols, including Secure Shell 2, SSL and Kerberos," said Xavier Chaillot, senior product manager, Hummingbird Connectivity. "With this new release, we further strengthen our existing security products and extend our commitment to the connectivity market."

Key features in Connectivity SecureTerm include:

• Choice of deployment - Desktop and network administrators have the option of deploying Connectivity SecureTerm as a desktop-based or browser-based solution. Support for Citrix® MetaFrame®, Windows® Terminal Server and 3rd party deployment framework such as Microsoft SMS round up the list of deployment methods available.
• Powerful Terminal and File Transfer capabilities - Based on proven technologies used in other Hummingbird software, Connectivity SecureTerm provides the latest enhancements to terminal emulation and file transfer.
• Full-Feature Web-to-host client - Connectivity SecureTerm allows organizations to perform a seamless migration to Web-to-host without compromising on features, security or performance.
• Cost-effective migration path - Organizations looking to minimize operational disruption will benefit from Connectivity SecureTerm migration features such as the macro and profile converter, the terminal theme manager or the adaptive secure copy command line.
• Support for multiple security standards - Connectivity SecureTerm offers state-of-the-art support for Secure Shell 2 as well as SSL and Kerberos.
• Advanced authentication methods - User authentication can be performed via Kerberos, public/private keys or user certificates. The certificate and key manager offers a powerful centralized facility for management of key pairs and X509 certificates as well as integration with smartcards (ActivCard®, Axalto®) or USB authentication tokens (Safenet iKey™).

About Hummingbird Connectivity™
Hummingbird Connectivity is a comprehensive set of core network technologies that enables the enterprise to connect to any type of legacy system. Hummingbird Connectivity seamlessly delivers enterprise mission critical data to the user desktop. Based on robust and recognized standards, every Hummingbird Connectivity product is designed to bridge the gap between legacy systems and enterprise users by delivering the quickest, easiest, and most secure single point of access to UNIX systems, Mainframes and AS/400s.

About Hummingbird
Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM) is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions. Our enterprise content management (ECM) solutions enable organizations to manage the lifecycle of enterprise content from creation to disposition. Hummingbird Enterprise solutions enable organizations to address critical business needs, such as information management, business continuity, compliance and risk mitigation.

Founded in 1984, Hummingbird employs approximately 1450 people and serves more than 33,000 customers, including 90% of Fortune 100. Hummingbird solutions are sold directly from 40 offices worldwide and through our Alliance Network of partners and resellers. For more information, visit http://www.hummingbird.com

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