Connotate Named 2008 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist in Two Categories: Agent Community(TM) GEN2 named finalist for Best Business Intelligence or Knowled

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Business Wire EON) February 20, 2008 -- Connotate's Agent Community GEN2 was named a 2008 CODiE finalist in the "Best Business Intelligence or Knowledge Management Solution" and "Best Content Aggregation Service" categories.

For 23 years, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards have been a premier industry recognition celebrating outstanding achievement and vision in the software and digital information and education technology industries.

"Being named a Finalist in two CODiE Award categories is an honor," said Bruce Molloy, CEO of Connotate. "Coupled with the company's recent growth and 2007 KM Promise Award, being named as SIIA CODiE finalists further validates the value of our approach and the completeness of our solution. We are committed to providing innovative market leadership and to delivering compelling products that deliver high value to our customers."

CODiE Award finalists were chosen from more than 1,000 nominations submitted by more than 600 companies. "Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a Codie Finalist a real achievement," said Ken Wash, SIIA president. "All the companies on this year's list should feel justifiably proud of their recognition."

The 2008 CODiE Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 20, 2008 at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. For a complete list of the CODiE Award Finalists, visit http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/finalists.asp. To learn more about Agent Community GEN2, visit www.connotate.com.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit http://www.siia.net.

About Connotate

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

Connotate's premium solution goes far beyond search allowing users to quickly create and share on-demand applications that discern high value information, automate repetitive tasks, provide analysis and alerts from information found on the Web and across the Enterprise. Its machine-intelligent Agents can do anything a human can do to monitor, mine, analyze, mashup and deliver high value content. Agents operate on a fully-automated, 24 x 7 basis. Connotate Agent Community GEN2 is a robust, flexible and scalable platform. Agents 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, filesystems and direct feeds to SQL databases and Excel.

Connotate's clients include large hedge funds and financial services firms; many of the largest global publishers and online media companies; 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 the fourth consecutive year. Connotate's investors include Goldman Sachs; a relationship that includes a joint marketing agreement in which Goldman Sachs' Hudson Street Services offers Connotate's solution to its investor client base. For more information on Connotate, visit our website at http://www.connotate.com.