Authoria Recognized By Forbes, Software Magazine and Deloitte & Touche

Authoria, Inc., the world leader in personalized, Web-based, human resource communication, today announced that the company has been named one of the leading companies in the Human Resources category by Forbes magazine in the October 7 "Best of the Web: B2B" issue. Authoria has also been named to Software Magazines annual Software 500, and as one of New Englands Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50 Program. This marks Authorias second appearance in the Forbes Best of the Web, B2B, second appearance in the Software 500, and fourth in the New England Technology Fast 50.

"We are honored to once again be recognized by Forbes, Software Magazine and Deloitte & Touche for our achievements over the past year," said Tod Loofbourrow, president and CEO of Authoria. "Today, the demand for personalized communication between companies and their employees has never been greater. Authoria continues to meet this demand with enterprise software products that are intuitive, easy to use and understand while dramatically reducing administrative costs."

In Forbes Best of the Web B2B issue, Forbes describes Authoria as "a leading player in the growing self-service area," whose enterprise software "supports multiple channels, including corporate portals, call centers and transaction systems." Forbes continues, "(Authoria HR) lets workers go online to research HR benefits and information. Expecting a child? Employees can log on to find out about family-leave policies, insurance coverage or which college savings plans can be accessed through payroll deduction."

"Although IT spending was slow last year, many software product and service suppliers did do well," says John Desmond, Software Magazines editorial director. "Companies who can deliver rapid return on investment for their customers with focused product offerings had better results. CIOs and senior IT managers can peruse this yearly benchmark to see how their product and service partners fared. Thats a valuable service."

"In an era where technology companies come and go, making the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 is a testament to a companys vision that provides for tremendous growth over a five-year period," said Steve DiPietro, co-chair of the New England Technology Fast 50 program and partner in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice at Deloitte & Touche. "Authoria has proven that its leadership has the talent for such growth, and we at Deloitte & Touche salute their accomplishments."

About Forbes Best of the Web, B2B

Forbes Best of The Webs third annual business-to-business (B2B) issue profiles 80 B2B companies in 22 industries, includes four case studies of companies that increased their productivity and improved customer relationships with the implementation of Web technology, and provides a look at cutting-edge PDAs. For more information, please visit http://www.forbes.com/bow.

About the Software 500

The Software 500 is a comprehensive look at the software industry targeting enterprise IT organizations with software and services. The list includes both private and public companies. The Software 500 is a worldwide list in that it is open to any company who submits financial and product information via the annual Software 500 survey, which for the first time this year was conducted 100% on the Web by The Standish Group, a research and analyst firm based in Yarmouthport, Mass.

The ranking is based on total worldwide software and service revenue for calendar year 2001. This includes revenues from software licenses, maintenance and support, training, and software-related services and consulting. Suppliers are not ranked on their total corporate revenue, since many have other lines of business, such as hardware. Companies are measured on calendar year revenues whenever possible to compare the same four quarters; fiscal year exceptions are noted.

The Software 500 is featured in the publications Summer 2002 issue.

About the Technology Fast 50 Program

Deloitte & Touches prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New England is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area. Rankings are based on the percentage growth in fiscal year revenues from 1997-2001 (five-year period). To qualify for the Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1997 and $1,000,000 in 2001, must be public or private companies headquartered in Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Maine, and be "technology companies" defined as companies that own proprietary technology which contributes to a significant portion of the companys operating revenues or devotes a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.

Winners of the 20 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North Americas top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

The New England Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche and Hale and Dorr, in association with the sponsor, Mazonson Inc. In addition, Mass High Tech and Trinity Communications are associated with the program.

About Authoria Inc.

Authoria is the world leader in personalized, Web-based human resource communication. Over one hundred organizations worldwide rely on Authoria to dramatically improve employee communication while streamlining costs. Authoria's knowledge applications manage and communicate complex information to millions of people at some of the world's largest companies, including Boeing, Motorola, Weyerhaeuser and Wells Fargo. Among Authorias partners are industry-leaders PeopleSoft, Towers Perrin, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture. Based in Waltham, MA, Authoria has been ranked three times by Inc. Magazine as one of America's fastest-growing private companies and has been recognized by Deloitte & Touche in the New England Fast 50 four times and the National Fast 500 twice. For more information, please visit www.authoria.com.

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