X1 Technologies Named to KMWorld 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management List

Business Wire, March 2, 2006

PASADENA, Calif. -- X1 Technologies has been named to the KMWorld 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management list, which recognizes organizations that have played a role in the creation and evolution of the knowledge management market through consistent innovation of technologies, products and services.

"The list is conceived as a way to recognize organizations that have significant impact on the knowledge management space," said Hugh McKellar, editor-in-chief, KMWorld. "We selected X1 because it is quickly building a list of prominent customers and technology partnerships to offer a very effective enterprise desktop search platform."

The X1(R) platform brings enterprise desktop search technology to the business environment for access to all relevant data in an organization that resides on the desktop and across the network. X1 Enterprise Edition is a complete, scalable solution that empowers business users to be more productive, embraces corporate security policies and integration with an organizations' existing system and business processes.

"X1 is honored that KMWorld Magazine has identified us as a leader of knowledge management solutions," said Josh Jacobs, president of X1 Technologies. "As enterprise desktop search has become a critical component of any knowledge management strategy, we're excited to see that X1's investments in secure, extensible, desktop search platform are being recognized."

About KMWorld

The leading information provider serving the Knowledge, Document and Content Management systems market, KMWorld informs more than 50,000 subscribers about the components and processes - and subsequent success stories - that together offer solutions for improving business performance. KMWorld is a publishing unit of Information Today, Inc.

About X1 Technologies

X1 Technologies, Inc., a recognized leader in enterprise desktop search solutions, was founded in 2003 to help business users easily access and act upon information that resides anywhere on a desktop or the corporate enterprise. Companies of all sizes, use X1 Technologies' solutions for their enterprise desktop search initiatives. X1 Technologies was an early leader in the desktop search space with the launch of their flagship product, X1 Desktop Edition, which garnered industry awards including "Best of 2004" and "Technical Excellence" from PC Magazine. X1 Technologies has partnered IBM, Qualcomm, Yahoo! and EarthLink to power their desktop search initiatives. Headquartered in Pasadena, California, X1 Technologies is an operating company of Idealab, and backed by U.S. Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.x1.com.

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