Composite Software Wins Enterprise Outlook's ``Investors' Choice'' Award

Business Wire, June 8, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

VentureWire's Enterprise Outlook Conference

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004

Composite Software, a leading provider of EII (Enterprise Information Integration) solutions, today announced that it received the "Investors' Choice" award at VentureWire's recent Enterprise Outlook conference. The award, determined by more than 350 leading investment and industry professionals, is given to ten private venture-financed companies presenting at the conference that are deemed the most likely to succeed.

Richard A. Shaffer, Editor-in-Chief of VentureWire, announced the winners of the Investor's Choice awards during the closing session of the Enterprise Outlook conference held June 2-3, 2004 in Redwood City, California. According to Shaffer, 65 presenting companies vied for the award.

"The Investors' Choice winners show strong potential to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the enterprise market," said Shaffer.

"This award demonstrates the momentum behind EII as the new information access architecture and Composite as a leader in the market," said Jim Green, chairman and CEO of Composite Software. "Being recognized as one of the most likely to succeed by the conference participants tracks to the response we've been getting in the field. Our products enable business users who rely on information to make the right decisions, the ability to query the network. Composite elevates the value of existing applications and information across the enterprise by SOA-enabling information assets."

Enterprise Outlook, now in its 8th year, is a private equity forum covering the companies and investors the drive the enterprise technology market. VentureWire, a publishing and events firm that has been covering venture capital and high-tech startups since 1984, produces the two-day program. VentureWire is published by Dow Jones Newswires.

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About Composite Software

Founded in 2002, Composite Software is a leading provider of Enterprise Information Integration (EII) solutions, which provide Composite Views(TM) of critical business information drawn from multiple systems. The company's flagship Composite Information Server enables access to distributed enterprise data as if it existed in a single location. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Composite Software is funded by Palomar Ventures, Apax Partners, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Clearstone Venture Partners and Dot Edu Ventures. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.compositesw.com.