Hummingbird Announces Release of Exceed onDemand® 5

Innovative features deliver affordable mobility

Toronto - March 7, 2005 - Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Exceed onDemand® 5, a component of the Hummingbird Connectivity™ family of products. Ideal for mobile users, Exceed onDemand is Hummingbird's powerful, ultra-thin, server-based PC X server connecting users to 2D and 3D X applications over any type of network connection.

Exceed onDemand delivers seamless, secure access from Windows-based desktops to many platforms including UNIX, Linux and VMS X Window-based systems. Exceed onDemand 5 offers users enhanced scalability and manageability with the addition of many features including cluster computing, new management tools and increased security.

“With this new release, Exceed onDemand continues to build on its reputation for offering innovative, market-leading technology,” said Xavier Chaillot, director of product management and product marketing, Hummingbird Connectivity. “Exceed onDemand 5 has an unprecedented number of enhancements and innovations making it the most powerful and complete ultra-thin, server-based PC X server on the market.”

Key enhancements to Exceed onDemand 5 include:

• Cluster Computing: Cluster computing eliminates the performance bottleneck common with multi-tier, single-server solutions, enabling multiple Exceed onDemand Servers to form a single logical computing unit.
• Load Balancing: Spreads the Exceed onDemand workload across all nodes in the cluster and provides high availability
• Cluster Management: Cluster-related management tools are built-in to Exceed onDemand Server Manager giving administrators the ability to configure the cluster on many levels from any desktop.
• RSA SecurID® Certified: With the support of RSA ACE/Agent® for PAM, Exceed onDemand can authenticate users based on RSA SecurID patented technology, helping corporations to create a strong barrier against unauthorized access.
• Suspend on Disconnect: Exceed onDemand can safeguard users' work in unstable environments. It also saves time by avoiding lengthy X application restarts after a disconnection.
• Xstart Interoperability: Xstart files are now interchangeable between Exceed and Exceed onDemand, protecting and extending the investment of Exceed.

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 1420 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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