Connotate Recognized by Leading Market Research Firm as an Innovative Information Access Company Under $100M to Watch

Premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events
recognizes Connotate for product adaptations and innovations
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(Business Wire)--
Connotate, a leading provider of solutions, which transform information from the
Web and enterprise into user-empowered on-demand applications and actionable
intelligence, today announced their inclusion in the "Innovative Information
Access Companies Under $100M to Watch" study published by IDC1.

The first study conducted by IDC of its kind, the nine companies selected by IDC
as innovative information access companies were chosen based on how well they
embodied one or more of three trends prevalent to information access software.
The trends focused on software requiring minimal training and incorporating Web
2.0 capabilities; unified management of and access to information; and
intelligent process automation. Companies were recognized on the final list
based on their product adaptations and innovations addressing the trends IDC
identified.

"IDC recognized Connotate for its innovative approach to harvesting and
delivering Web information quickly to its customers in multiple formats,
including targeted alerts, spreadsheets, data streams and time-series trending
data that can be customized by each user, and shared with others" said Sue
Feldman, IDC's VP for Search and Discovery technologies. "Some of the
requirements for qualifying for this award included Web 2.0 interactivity, and
unified access to multiple sources . Connotate provides both of these features,
particularly with its Agent Studio. We congratulate them."

"Connotate is proud to be recognized as one of the innovative information access
companies under $100M to watch list," says Bruce Molloy, CEO of Connotate. "With
top global publishers, content aggregators and distributors, financial services
and government agencies relying on our solution to help them increase
productivity while reducing costs, we`re proud of the product innovations we
continue to develop. It makes us even more committed to deliver not only a high
value solution but, more importantly, a high-value solution that delivers an
amazing ROI."

IDC's "Companies to Watch" reports are a qualitative evaluation of a set of
vendors within a specific market - they are not a stack ranking nor do they
represent an exhaustive evaluation of all companies in a segment or a
comparative ranking of the companies in the report.)

The study was announced on October 26th by IDC on http://www.idc.com. To learn
more about Connotate, visit http://www.connotate.com.

About Connotate

Connotate is changing the way businesses leverage information from the Web and
Enterprise.

Connotate`s premium solution transforms web and enterprise data into high-value
information assets -- to feed content products, grow market and business
intelligence, enable mass data aggregation, migration and integration.
Connotate's patented intelligent Agent technology empowers both business users
and technologists to quickly create data sets, new applications and content
products. With Connotate, customers experience productivity gains, reduced
costs, mitigated risks, more informed decision-making and strategic &
competitive advantages. Agents operate on a fully-automated, 24 x 7 basis and
are created using an intuitive GUI that supports fast and easy configuration by
end-users without programming experience. Content is delivered over any number
of media including XML, RSS, email, text messaging, file systems and direct
feeds to SQL databases and Excel.

Connotate`s clients include many of the largest global publishers, content
aggregators and distributors; online media companies; financial services firms;
pharmaceutical, energy and Internet companies; and federal and state government
agencies. Connotate was the recipient of the 2007 KM Promise Award and has been
named one of the "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management" by KMWorld
for five consecutive years. For more information on Connotate, visit our website
at http://www.connotate.com.

1 IDC, Innovative Information Access Companies Under $100 M to Watch, Doc #
220450, October 2009

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