For Immediate Release

CASAHL’s ecKnowledge® Selected by Windows & .NET Magazine as a Finalist for the MEC 2002 Best of Show Award

SAN RAMON, CA – September 27, 2002 -- Windows & .NET Magazine announced today that CASAHL Technology’s ecKnowledge(R) was one of 26 finalists for the MEC Best of Show Awards conducted by the magazine. Winners will be determined and announced at MEC 2002 in Anaheim, CA on October 10.

"The field included 174 entries and the selection process was rigorous. We chose finalists based on the product's strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and the value to the customer," said Mike Otey, Senior Technical Editor for Windows & .NET Magazine.

Many enterprises have a collaborative environment with Exchange, SQL Server, and other Microsoft technologies, mixed with Lotus Notes and Domino applications, plus line-of-business enterprise applications such as ERPs, CRM, mainframes, data warehouses, etc. The corporate customers need to have a smooth co-existence solution among these applications to get maximum benefit out of their investments. In addition, the IT developers supporting knowledge workers need to get the enterprise application data into the knowledge workers’ collaborative environment without having to manage a complex integration project.

ecKnowledge® provides a wizard-based declarative application development environment without the need of programming. ecKnowledge® servers offer a built-in clustering technology to support load-balancing and fail-over. This combination of ease-of-use and industrial-strength server technology, earns ecKnowledge® the support of knowledge workers and IT in large corporations.

Microsoft announced on September 15, 2002 that CASAHL’s ecKnowledge® Version 7.5, has been selected by Microsoft Corporation to be its preferred solution for connecting collaboration applications built in Lotus Notes and Domino with Microsoft enterprise servers such as Exchange, SQL Server, Site Server, Active Directory, etc.

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About CASAHL Technology, Inc.

CASAHL Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of powerful, yet easy-to-use software for enterprise data integration with emphasis for Line-of-Business collaborative applications. Many of CASAHL’s customers use CASAHL’s products to build solutions for their knowledge workers to bring mission-critical business data to their preferred collaborative environment including groupware, messaging systems and Web applications. 

Founded in 1993, CASAHL Technology, Inc. began by developing, then licensing, significant database technology to Lotus/IBM. In 1995, CASAHL introduced its first product, Replic-Action™ (now Version 5.3), which quickly became the leading integration software for groupware applications. With the release of CASAHL ecKnowledge® (now Version 7.5) in 1997, CASAHL has maintained its leadership position in the enterprise data integration market by consistently expanding product functionality and addressing customer needs. Media and industry analysts have recognized CASAHL with annual awards and honors for superior technology and professional services. CASAHL has over 1000 customers worldwide including most of Fortune 500, such as Sony, Toyota, Bank of America, Jack-in-the-Box, and the United States EPA. CASAHL also has alliances with industry leaders such as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Sybase and Oracle.

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