Data Foundations Named 'Cool Vendor' by Leading Analyst Firm; Vendors Selected for the 'Cool Vendor Report' Are Innovative, Impactful and Intriguing.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Data Foundations has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" by Gartner, Inc. in the report "Cool Vendors in Data Management and Integration, 2006" by Ted Friedman and Mark Beyer et al, published on March 13, 2006. The report highlights vendors with innovative approaches to some contemporary issues of managing and integrating data.

"We believe Gartner's 'Cool Vendor' highlight recognizes the innovative character of our products," said Deepali Khanduja, CTO of Data Foundations. "One of the more powerful aspects of OneData is its support for complex data models while shielding business users from the underlying complexities with an easy-to-use interface. As a Master Data Management (MDM) solution, OneData manages all subject areas, helping our customers resolve a wide range of business problems such as product (item) data synchronization, customer data integration and cleansing, and hierarchy management, all with a single tool."

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process:

Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About Data Foundations, Inc.:

Data Foundations' (www.datafoundations.com) enterprise data management software and the solutions built around it are in use at organizations worldwide for purposes such as subject-independent Master Data Management (MDM), product information management (PIM), customer data integration (CDI), reference data management, and building and managing data registries.

A representative customer list includes Avon Products, BASF Corporation, Glencore AG, Pearson, Pepsico, the State of New Jersey, and the US Federal Aviation Administration. The company's corporate headquarters is located in New Jersey, USA.