Altova's XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition Wins eWEEK Labs Analyst's Choice Award.

Altova, Inc. (www.altova.com), the industry leader in XML editing tools software, is pleased to announce that the newly released XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition has been awarded the prestigious eWEEK Labs Analyst's Choice award. XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition was officially recognized as an outstanding product for its versatility, intuitiveness and power.

In an eWEEK article entitled "XMLSPY Tops as XML Editor," Timothy Dyck, Technical Director of eWEEK Labs had the following to say about XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition "[Altova's] XMLSPY has long been a strong player in the XML market, and Version 5 of the XML editor raises the bar even higher. Of all the XML editors eWEEK Labs has seen--and we've seen a lot--the $990 XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition provides the best overall combination of editing power and usability, along with wide database and programming language integration support. This earns the product an eWEEK Labs Analyst's Choice award." Mr. Dyck concludes the article by stating that "XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition does everything we'd expect an XML editing tool to do and then some. This is a tool that developers who work with XML or Web services should definitely have in their back pockets."

"We are humbled by the warm reception extended by the community of IT professionals regarding our most recent product revision, XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition," said Alexander Falk, President and CEO, Altova Inc. "Altova remains committed to providing high-quality, affordable XML Development Tools for the mass market."

The review appears in the November 25, 2002 issue of eWEEK; the complete text is available online at: www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,724959,00.asp

In addition to winning the eWEEK Labs Analyst's Choice Award, Altova's leadership has also has been affirmed by winning other leading industry awards including the PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award, Java Developer Journal Reader's Choice Award, Visual Studio Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, Software Development Magazine Jolt Productivity Award, as well as many others.

About Altova

Altova, Inc. is a leading provider of XML software solutions with offices in Beverly, MA and Vienna, Austria. The privately held company was founded in 1992 and has been actively involved in the XML market from the early conception of Extensible Markup Language. Altova's XMLSPY 5 is the leading choice of Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Altova's XMLSPY 5 product line is the world's best-selling XML tool and has won the leading industry awards including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award. Altova is a technology partner with the world's leading software companies including Microsoft, Oracle, BEA, and Software AG. Altova is a member of the W3C and WS-I. Visit Altova on the web at www.altova.com.

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