Cerebra Recognized In CONNECT Most Innovative New Product Awards; Semantics-based Cerebra Server(TM) Places Cerebra(R) Among San Diego Technology and Life Science Leaders in Innovative Technology and Creative Product Development.

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Cerebra, leading provider of standards-based semantic technology products, announced today that CONNECT named its Cerebra Server as a finalist in their 18th annual Most Innovative New Product Awards, highlighting companies whose technology innovations stand to have far-reaching impacts.

Nominees ranged from innovations in video surveillance technology to medical advances in the treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, and were judged according to innovation, market impact, uniqueness and potential commercial success.

"We are honored to be selected from a field of such significant innovators," said John Kelly, CEO of Cerebra. "Semantic Web technology is being applied throughout the enterprise and is changing the way organizations interoperate and conduct business. Using Cerebra Server, companies automatically draw accurate conclusions from change, and automate action. This dramatically alters the way Websites and mobile devices tailor the user experience. Services are dynamically discovered and used; networks adapt in response to critical events while maintaining service level; healthcare information is automatically prescribed."

"San Diego-based companies are at the forefront of innovation, fueling San Diego's economy and establishing the region as a national leader in technology and life sciences," said Duane Roth, chief executive officer of CONNECT.

CONNECT, originally founded by the University of California, San Diego, is the globally recognized public benefits organization fostering entrepreneurship in the San Diego region by catalyzing, accelerating, and supporting the growth of the most promising technology and life sciences businesses.

Winners will be announced on December 9, 2005. For more information, visit http://www.connect.org/programs/mip.

About Cerebra

Cerebra is the leading provider of standards-based, enterprise-ready, semantic technologies. Cerebra enterprise solutions offer Global 2000 organizations short-term payback through lower maintenance costs and project risk, and new integration and application capabilities, while providing a standards-driven pragmatic roadmap towards the model-driven Adaptive Enterprise. Cerebra's products provide an enterprise-strength integration and business application environment on an SOA-ready platform based on the W3C's OWL, RDF, XML, SOAP, and WSDL standards. Cerebra's corporate offices include Carlsbad CA, Menlo Park CA, Boston MA, Washington DC and Manchester UK. For more information, visit http://www.cerebra.com.