Exceptional Software Strategies Joins Attivio Partner Program

Tuesday, June 2, 2009, Company Release

Agreement Brings Award-Winning Unified Information Access Platform To Government Agencies

Attivio, Inc. today announced it has completed a value added reseller (VAR) agreement with Exceptional Software Strategies, Inc., a leading provider of engineering, systems integration, and technical services and solutions, located in Linthicum, MD. Exceptional Software will integrate Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine^TM (AIE) in a broad spectrum of projects for its network of government and commercial customers, including several current bids.

Attivio provides a range of services to help value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators (SIs) grow their revenues and profits and align their go-to-market strategies with the AIE platform. Participants in the Attivio Partner Network (APN) have access to consulting and implementation services, as well as extensive free education and certification. The program's focus on joint planning and the development of mutually beneficial customer relationships helps partners accelerate innovation, improve ROI, and maximize their growth.

A guiding principle of the partner program is a strong commitment to avoiding channel conflict with resellers and collaborating with them throughout the sales cycle. Attivio never competes with its partners.

"Attivio partners with leading organizations throughout the world to deliver on our core mission of providing the premier unified information access platform for information-driven applications and solutions," said Andrew McKay, SVP of Attivio. "Exceptional Software has experienced considerable success in their market and is exactly the kind of forward looking company we seek to work with. Our partners are finding that AIE is a powerful tool for driving new opportunities within their existing customers, in addition to entering entirely new markets. We give them the ability to predictably deliver proofs of concept and finished solutions sooner than their customers expect, and much faster than their competitors, which is a powerful differentiator."

AIE is written entirely in Java and is designed for low latency, high performance, and rapid prototyping and deployment. Proofs of concept and integration are exceptionally efficient thanks to a single unified API, complete, extensible processing workflow fabric, and full compliance with Java standards. For embedding AIE, the small footprint (less than 20 MB) means that AIE fits easily in one container for one-step launches and simple lights-out operation. AIE also features a multi-tenant model to enable SaaS businesses.

"Our customers are looking for solutions to quickly find and integrate the information they need to make better decisions, regardless of its source or format," said Raymond C. Bowen, President of Exceptional Software. "We quickly realized the value and power Attivio adds in helping our customers achieve these goals, while also driving down costs. Attivio lets us offer them a flexible solution that has unique patented capabilities, true linear scalability, and superior fault tolerance that make support, integration and expansion much easier than with legacy solutions."

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About Attivio
Honored as 2008's recipient of the prestigious KMWorld Promise Award, Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine^TM is powering today's critical business solutions with a dynamic new approach to unifying information access. By extending enterprise search capabilities across documents, data and media, AIE brings depth and agility to business applications and websites. The AIE platform enables clients to integrate content and data from internal and external sources to support information-driven solutions such as Web portals, eMedia, view of the customer, data privacy, eDiscovery and data analysis. AIE features simple integration, true incremental scalability and a tiny footprint and can be easily embedded in other products and applications. AIE's flexible design reduces risk and speeds innovation through rapid prototyping and deployment.

Business and IT leaders, system integrators and independent software vendors partner with Attivio to provide immediate access to comprehensive intelligence, automate business processes and gain competitive advantage. AIE is the first Unified Information Access platform designed to push data to users and to other systems as new content matches saved queries, leading the evolution from finding information to effectively using information.

About Exceptional Software
Exceptional Software Strategies, Inc. is a leading provider of engineering, systems integration, and technical services and solutions to agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. We employ only the best and brightest to solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers' mission-critical needs. Please visit www.ExceptionalSoftware.com.

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