RatePoint Named as Finalist for the 2009 MITX Technology Awards

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Tue May 12, 2009 9:30am EDT

Sixth Annual MITX Technology Awards Recognize Outstanding Technology
Advancements in the New England Region

BOSTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- RatePoint, Inc., a leading provider of customer
feedback and online reputation management services, today announced that it
has been named as a finalist for the 6th Annual MITX Technology Awards.  The
MITX Technology Awards recognize emergent and innovative technologies
developed in the New England area, as well as the individuals and
organizations responsible for driving these advancements.  The Massachusetts
Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the country's premier Internet
business and marketing association.

"Small businesses need a differentiating factor in this reputation economy,
and many are turning to RatePoint to promote their brand promise," said Neal
Creighton, co-founder and CEO, RatePoint. "We're honored to be recognized by
MITX and the acknowledgement it brings to technology-based companies such as
RatePoint."

RatePoint facilitates the connection between small businesses and customers to
build trusting relationships. RatePoint offers easy-to-use Web-based
communication tools that proactively connect small businesses with customers
to collect, manage and promote customer feedback. RatePoint empowers small
businesses to easily create, manage and promote customer interaction, boosting
loyalty, trust, sales and membership.

"Being named a Finalist in the MITX Technology Awards is an important
achievement," said Kiki Mills, executive director of MITX.  "This recognition
translates into increased exposure with media, industry analysts & investors,
and provides them a higher profile in their industry. We congratulate all of
the finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition."

Entrants were able to submit their work under any of ten different categories,
including: Analytics and Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Devices,
Enterprise Technologies, Gaming, Marketing and Customer Relationship
Technologies, Mobile, Online Advertising, Rich Media and Social Media.

RatePoint will be recognized with the other finalists in the category of
Marketing and Customer Relationship Technologies at an awards ceremony
attended by the region's top technology and business professionals.  Winners
will be announced at the ceremony at the Westin Copley Hotel on Tuesday, June
16, 2009. 

In addition to being selected as a finalist for their category, finalists are
eligible for several 'Best of' awards, and for the new 'Promise' awards.

"This year we're excited to be recognizing startup and emerging technologies
through our first ever Promise Awards," Mills said.  "Recognizing technology
that shows real vision and promise is so important to this industry; it helps
promote the strength of the talent here in New England."  

The MITX Technology Awards program is sponsored through the generous support
of:  Atom Group, DLA Piper, LEWIS PR, Mad*Pow, Microsoft and
PricewaterhouseCoopers.

About RatePoint: 
RatePoint, Inc., the leading provider of customer feedback and online
reputation management services, helps businesses protect and build their
online reputation, allowing businesses to harness the power of credible
customer feedback and leverage it into a sales, marketing and customer service
asset. 

RatePoint's easy-to-use, Web-based communication services include customer
feedback tools to collect business and product reviews, email marketing,
survey and dispute resolution capabilities to provide small- and medium-sized
businesses with the ability to collect, manage and promote customer feedback
directly from their Web site. For more information, contact us at:
888-777-1636 or visit: www.ratepoint.com.

About MITX
Established in 1996, MITX--the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange
(MITX) is the region's premier professional organization for the Internet
business & marketing industry. Reaching more than 7,500 professionals in New
England, MITX is the community for thought leadership, building business
relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX
community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and
networking to make business connections and exchange ideas. With over 60
events annually, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to promote
their companies to targeted audiences and provides a valuable forum for
networking to source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas, funding
and other likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered in
Cambridge, MA. Visit us at www.mitx.org


SOURCE  RatePoint, Inc.

Jessica Winston of MITX, +1-617-871-2155 x208, jessica@mitx.org, or Yvonne
Gaudette of RatePoint, Inc., +1-781-465-2052, ygaudette@ratepoint.com, or Tim
Wieland of Airfoil Public Relations, +1-248-304-1414, wieland@airfoilpr.com
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