Campbell, Calif. – May 30, 2007 – Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMKR), a leading provider of sales and marketing solutions combining hosted application software and execution services, today announced it has been named a 2007 Partner of the Year Award Winner for Strategic Initiatives from Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, at the Sybase Global Partner Summit in New York.

According to the Sybase, Inc. press release announcing the awards: "Sybase Partner of the Year Awards recognizes key partners for their exceptional recent and enduring commitment to Sybase products and services. These companies have demonstrated market-leadership, continued loyalty to integrate and innovate with Sybase technology across vertical industries while delivering outstanding performance and value."

The release continues: "Rainmaker is awarded Partner of the Year for the Integrated Development initiative, for their work with Sybase's development tools. Rainmaker provides integrated, multi-channel sales and marketing services to Sybase. Rainmaker is a strategic partner in developing, growing and maintaining Sybase leadership with software developers and information technology architects. The company created momentum and growth especially for Sybase's leading data modeling solution, PowerDesigner®."

"Being named a Sybase strategic Partner of the Year for 2007 is a tremendous honor for us," said Michael Silton, Rainmaker's CEO. "This prestigious award is a testament to our long-term partnership with Sybase and the value we add through our unique, fully-integrated combination of hosted technology, data and expertise. We look forward to continuing to provide innovative solutions to Sybase as we continue to partner and grow our businesses in the years ahead."

Rainmaker utilizes its proprietary Revenue Delivery Platform^SM to leverage strategic lead development with multi-touch outbound marketing activities and inbound response management services to further engage Sybase customers, drive incremental sales and increase customer satisfaction.

About Sybase
Sybase is the largest global enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world's most critical data in commerce, communications, finance, government and healthcare runs on Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site: http://www.sybase.com.

Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc.

About Rainmaker
Rainmaker Systems, Inc. delivers sales and marketing solutions, combining hosted application software and execution services designed to drive more revenue for our clients. Our Revenue Delivery Platform^SM combines proprietary, on-demand application software and advanced analytics with specialized sales and marketing execution services. Rainmaker clients include large enterprises in a range of industries, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, and financial services industries. For more information, visit www.rmkr.com or call 800-631-1545.

NOTE: Rainmaker Systems, the Rainmaker logo, Sunset Direct and Contract Renewals Plus are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other service marks or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
 
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to Rainmaker as of this date and they assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are general market conditions, unfavorable economic conditions, our ability to execute our business strategy, our ability to integrate acquisitions without disruption to our business, the effectiveness of our sales team and approach, our ability to target, analyze and forecast the revenue to be derived from a client and the costs associated with providing services to that client, the date during the course of a calendar year that a new client is acquired, the length of the integration cycle for new clients and the timing of revenues and costs associated therewith, our client concentration given that we are currently dependent on a few significant client relationships, potential competition in the marketplace, the ability to retain and attract employees, market acceptance of our service programs and pricing options, our ability to maintain our existing technology platform and to deploy new technology, our ability to sign new clients and control expenses, the possibility of the discontinuation and/or realignment of some client relationships, and the financial condition of our clients' businesses, and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.