ATG Named to Globe 100's Top Places to Work '08

Business Wire, Nov 12, 2008

Global e-commerce specialist recognized by The Boston Globe; placement earned as a result of direct employee feedback

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG), the premier provider of e-commerce software and platform-neutral optimization services, today announced it has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the debut of an employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. ATG was ranked # 88 on the overall list and was included in a special top ten list of companies recognized for their level of achievement in work/life flexibility. Produced by the same team that compiles the 21-year-old Globe 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Massachusetts, the Top Places to Work recognizes the most progressive companies in the state based on employee opinions about company leadership, compensation and training, diversity/inclusion, career development, work/life flexibility, and values and ethics. The Globe 100's Top Places to Work magazine was published in the Sunday Globe on November 9. Online, the report can be found at boston.com/topworkplaces.

"ATG considers it a top priority to provide our employees with the same caliber of respect, appreciation and benefits that we offer the incredible portfolio of brands we work with," said Bob Burke, ATG's president and CEO. "We are consistently able to deliver cutting-edge technology and help our customers successfully drive their e-commerce operations due in large part to the smart and dedicated people that comprise our company. I know I speak for the entire ATG executive team when I say how proud we are to have been included in the Globe 100's Top Places to Work."

ATG is one of the region's largest software developers and one of the region's largest technology employers. The company has more than 435 employees worldwide, 200 of them based in Massachusetts. Over the past several years, Cambridge-based ATG has continued to grow in size, revenue and clients, providing e-commerce technology and services to more than 900 brands ranging from retailers including American Eagle Outfitters, Casual Male, Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus and The Finish Line, to media and entertainment companies such as A&E Network, AOL, DirecTV, Games Workshop, Reuters and Viacom, and telecommunications entities such as AT&T, France Telecom, Sprint, Verizon, Vodafone, as well as a host of others across a variety of industries (including Continental Airlines, Hewlett-Packard, Intuit, Jenny Craig and Red Lion Hotels).

"All the companies included in the Globe 100's Top Places to Work deserve a great deal of recognition, stated Steve Ainsley, publisher of The Boston Globe. "It's clear that they value their employees and make it a priority to create a positive workplace."

The rankings in the Globe 100's Top Places to Work are based on survey information collected by Workplace Dynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention, from 120,000 employees at about 600 Massachusetts organizations. Private companies and nonprofits as well as publicly-held businesses were included in the analysis.

This marks the first time that a Globe 100 report honors private as well as publicly-held organizations.

To qualify for the Globe 100's Top Places to Work, a company must have more than 100 employees in Massachusetts. Nearly 600 qualified companies accepted an invitation to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.

About ATG

A trusted, global specialist in e-commerce, ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG) has spent the last decade focused on helping the world's premier brands maximize the success of their online businesses. The ATG Commerce application suite is the top-rated platform by industry analysts for powering highly personalized, efficient and effective e-commerce sites. The company's platform-neutral e-commerce optimization services can be easily added to any Web site to increase conversions and reduce abandonment. These services include ATG Recommendations and eStara Connections. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional locations throughout North America and Europe. For more information, please visit http://www.atg.com.

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