Actional Wins Network Computing's Well-Connected Award; SOAPstation Receives Top Recognition in Web Services Management Category.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Actional Corporation, a leading provider of service-oriented architecture (SOA) management solutions, today announced that SOAPstation has won CMP Media LLC's Network Computing's 2005 Well-Connected Award in the Web Services Management category. SOAPstation was recognized for its ability to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of deploying and managing Web Services projects.

"The Well-Connected Awards are the only industry awards given by technologists based on real-world product testing and evaluation. These awards take the pulse of the technology industry and reflect the best of what IT has to offer," said Fritz Nelson, VP and Group Publisher of the Network Computing Enterprise Architecture Group. "This is an important distinction from any other award program -- the products selected in the Well-Connected Awards are unique because they have been graded with the same criteria IT professionals use to make purchasing decisions -- truly the most outstanding products and services available."

CMP Media LLC's Network Computing's Well-Connected Awards recognize the most outstanding technology products and services in the networking and IT world. Winners are chosen from hundreds of products that have been tested and evaluated in the previous year.

"Actional is delighted to receive this prestigious recognition as it further underscores our leadership position throughout the industry," said Actional CEO and President Tom Ryan. "Additionally, this acknowledgement confirms the benefits that customers realize when utilizing SOAPstation. Our solutions help realize the benefit of SOA by reducing our customers' IT costs, deploying projects faster and minimizing security risks."

About Network Computing

For IT, By IT, Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com), published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category.

About Actional Corporation

As a leading provider of SOA enablement solutions, Actional Corporation addresses the specific challenges of securing, deploying and managing service-oriented environments, from early Web services projects to enterprise-wide SOA initiatives. The company's sole mission is to keep customers' SOAs secure and operational 24/7, making Actional the choice of leading organizations around the world including Danish Immigration Service, Partners Healthcare, Thomson Prometric, MCI, Telstra, Travelers, the U.S. government and others. With Actional's SOA Command and Control Platform, customers can reduce costs and ease the complexity of SOA deployments, thereby increasing the responsiveness of IT, accelerating time-to market of business-critical applications and capitalizing on the business value of their SOA. Actional, which recently merged with Westbridge Technology, is a privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif. www.actional.com.