Authoria Selected as One of New England's Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50 Program

Authoria, Inc., the world leader in personalized, Web-based human resource communication, today announced that it has been named to Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 50 Program for New England. The Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 ranks the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1998-2002. This is the fourth year that Authoria has been named to the list.

"We are honored to be named to this prestigious list of New England's fastest growing companies for the fourth time," said Tod Loofbourrow, President and CEO. "It's a tribute to our customers who are using our patented technology to automate business processes by centralizing their HR information, managing it as an asset, and then communicating it to employees through corporate portals, HR intranets, call centers, and transaction systems."

"The Deloitte & Touche New England Technology Fast 50 companies have shown the strength, vision and temerity to succeed despite a very challenging technology environment," said Stephen J. DiPietro, co-chair of the 2002 New England Technology Fast 50 and a partner in Deloitte & Touche's Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. "Deloitte & Touche applauds Authoria for having the long-term vision to develop technologies that change the way we work."

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50 in the United States and Canada, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1998 and $1,000,000 in 2002, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be a technology company defined as owning proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the companys operating revenues (using other companies technology in a unique way does not qualify); and/or devoting a significant proportion of revenues 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 America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

About Authoria
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, and Wells Fargo. Among Authoria's partners are industry-leaders PeopleSoft, Towers Perrin, IBM BCS, 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.

About Deloitte & Touche
Deloitte & Touche, one of the nations leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 80 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to helping its clients and its people excel. Known as an employer of choice for 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 six consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP and related entities. Deloitte & Touche is the U.S. national practice of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is a Swiss Verein, and each of its national practices is a separate and independent legal entity. For more information, please visit Deloitte & Touche's web site at www.deloitte.com/us.

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For more information:
David Fleming
Authoria, Inc.
781-530-2040
david.fleming@authoria.com