Authoria Ranked Among Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in North America in Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500.

Business & High Tech Editors

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000

Authoria Attributes its 790-Percent Revenue Growth

to Personalized HR Information Delivery

Authoria Inc., the leading provider of personalized, Web-based, human resource communication applications, today announced that it has been named to the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on five-year percentage revenue growth from 1995 to 1999. During this period, Authoria grew 790 percent.

Tod Loofbourrow, president and CEO of Authoria, credits Authoria's outstanding growth to its strong teamwork, market focus, and depth of human resource and benefits content. "Authoria has earned the honor of being named to Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 50 for New England twice - in a region where there are thousands of software companies competing for recognition," said Loofbourrow. "Now we have been further recognized in the Fast 500 for all of North America. This prestigious acknowledgment reflects our team's commitment to providing the nation's leading employers with superior, personalized Web-based solutions for millions of people in today's e-workforce."

"With its ranking in the prestigious Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, Authoria's leaders have proven that they have the vision and fortitude to excel in the highly competitive technology industry," said Mark A. Evans, managing director of Deloitte & Touche's Technology & Communications Group. "We congratulate them on becoming one of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America."

Fast 500 Selection and Qualifications

In its selection of the Fast 500 for the year 2000, Deloitte & Touche's team reviewed financial records for more than 5,000 public and privately held technology companies. To qualify, companies must:

- have had 1995 revenues of at least $50,000 USD and $75,000 CD for the United
States and Canada, respectively;

- be headquartered in the United States or Canada; and

- be a "technology company." "Technology company" is defined as one that
develops proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of
the company's operating revenues, manufactures a technology product, or devotes
a high percentage of effort to the research and development of technology.

Technology Fast 500 winners are invited to an exclusive CEO Summit that will be held from May 30 to June 1, 2001 at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara, Carlsbad, California. The CEO Summit, now in its third year, is designed to address the unique business challenges facing these super-charged technology companies.

About Deloitte & Touche

Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to exceeding the expectations of its clients and its people. Known as an employer of choice for its innovative human resources programs, Deloitte & Touche has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" by Fortune magazine for three consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading professional services firms, with more than 90,000 people in over 130 countries.

For more information on Deloitte & Touche, visit www.us.deloitte.com.

For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 or Technology Fast 50 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

About Authoria, Inc.

Authoria, Inc. delivers the kind of personalized, high-touch support that employees need - when they need it and where they need it. Over 7 million people rely on Authoria's products through leading outsourcers such as Buck Consultants, Inc. and Exult and at Global 2000 industry leaders such as Anheuser-Busch, McDonald's Corporation, T. Rowe Price, Union Pacific and Wells Fargo.

Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Authoria has been ranked twice by both Inc. Magazine and Deloitte and Touche as one of America's fastest-growing private companies. Authoria has also been named to Deloitte and Touche's national Fast 500. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.authoria.com or call [phone].

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