NICE Wins 7-digit Transportation Project From Norfolk Southern Corporation

July 30, 2008

RA'ANANA, Israel , July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, today announced it has won a 7-digit follow-on project from Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), a national US transportation company and North America's largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products, to more broadly capture, manage and analyze rail communications at five additional sites.

Norfolk Southern will now install NICE security solutions at 16 Norfolk Southern sites to augment systems recently installed at 16 other sites, including major classification rail yards and dispatch centers and upgrade an existing NICE system at a police communication center. Norfolk Southern will use the NICE solutions to streamline investigations and incident reconstructions relating to railway safety.

"At Norfolk Southern, we set the bar high for safety and service," said Richard P. Carter , manager microwave, for Norfolk Southern Corporation. "By enhancing the array of the NICE solutions deployed, we'll be able to capture, document and review day-to-day communications throughout the entire Norfolk Southern rail system to continue to build on our strong safety record."

"Transportation is one of the more critical security sectors of NICE," said Chris Wooten , President, Security Division Americas, NICE. "We are excited and honored to have been selected by Norfolk Southern, a leader in the transportation industry, for this important communications upgrade initiative."

About Norfolk Southern Corporation

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia , serving every major container port in the eastern United States and providing superior connections to western rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is North America's largest rail carrier of metals and automotive products. More information is available at http://www.nscorp.com.

About NICE

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the leading provider of Insight from Interactions(TM) solutions and value-added services, powered by advanced analytics of unstructured multimedia content - from telephony, web, radio and video communications. NICE's solutions address the needs of the enterprise and security markets, enabling organizations to operate in an insightful and proactive manner, and take immediate action to improve business and operational performance and ensure safety and security. NICE has over 24,000 customers in more than 135 countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies. More information is available at http://www.nice.com.

Trademark Note: Insight from Interactions(TM), 360degrees View(TM), Executive Connect(R), Executive Insight(TM)*, Freedom(R), Investigator(R), Mirra(R), Universe(R), My Universe(TM), NICE(R), NiceCall(R), NiceCall Focus(TM), NiceCLS(TM), NICE Learning(TM), eNiceLink(TM), NiceLog(R), Playback Organizer(TM), Renaissance(R), ScreenSense(TM), NiceScreen(TM), NICE SmartCenter(TM), NICE Storage Center(TM), NiceTrack(TM), NiceUniverse(R), NiceVision(R), NiceVision Analytics(TM), NiceVision ControlCenter(TM), NiceVision Digital(TM), NiceVision Harmony(TM), NiceVision Mobile(TM), NiceVision Net(TM), NiceVision Pro(TM), NiceVision NVSAT(TM), NiceVision Alto(TM), Scenario Replay(TM), Tienna(R), Wordnet(R), NICE Perform(R), NICE Inform(TM), NICE Analyzer(TM), Last Message Replay(TM), NiceUniverse Compact(TM), Customer Feedback(TM), Interaction Capture Unit(TM), Dispatcher Assessment(TM), Encoder(TM), Freedom Connect(R), FAST(R), FAST Alpha Silver(TM), FAST Alpha Blue(TM) and Alpha(R), Emvolve Performance Manager(TM), Performix Technologies(TM), IEX(R), TotalView(R) and other product names and services mentioned herein are trademarks and registered trademarks of NICE Systems Ltd. All other registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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