Sypherlink Software Named Product of the Year

Sypherlink Harvester™ Awarded Outstanding Product of 2005 by Tech Columbus

DUBLIN, Ohio, January 20, 2006 -- Sypherlink, a leading provider of information integration software, received Tech Columbus' TopCAT award for Outstanding Product of 2005. The award was given to Sypherlink's Harvester™ product because of its best use of technology, as measured through innovation, uniqueness, and market impact

Sypherlink Harvester is a data mapping software solution which enables companies to significantly accelerate the time to value and lower the implementation costs associated with information management and data integration initiatives. Harvester's unique technology automates the understanding of where key data and relationships exist across multiple data sources. Traditionally, this " mapping process" is very labor-intensive, costly and error-prone. Harvester automates this process, reducing the time and costs required by 50 to 85 percent.

Sypherlink CEO, James Paat, accepted the award on behalf of Sypherlink at the January 12th awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Easton in Columbus, Ohio.

"It is a great honor to be recognized among such prestigious leaders in the community", said James Paat, president and chief executive officer of Sypherlink. "Important activities such as Homeland Security, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance drive to the forefront the need to bring information together in a meaningful way. Sypherlink is committed to continue to make great advancements that significantly improve how quickly, effectively and cost-efficiently organizations and communities can complete and realize the benefits of these important initiatives.

The TopCAT awards are given annually in recognition of the individuals and organizations which are helping to build a strong technology community in Central Ohio. Sypherlink was also named a finalist in the category of Outstanding Technology Team and Paat was named a finalist in the Executive of the Year category.


About Sypherlink, Inc.

Sypherlink, Inc. is a privately-held information integration software company serving the global 1000, public sector organizations, and any company with a need to manage or access information across multiple data sources. Sypherlink's suite of products significantly reduces the time and cost associated with data-sharing and data-integration initiatives by enabling companies to quickly: gain knowledge of where key data exists across an organization; access that data from multiple, disparate sources; and ensure reliability of data, for quality and consistency. Today, this process - an essential first step in every data-sharing initiative - is manual, costly, and error-prone. Sypherlink automates the process, resulting in a much faster, less costly and higher-quality implementation. Sypherlink implementations have shown a 50 to 85 percent reduction in the time and costs associated with data sharing and integration initiatives. Sypherlink was founded in 2001 and is based in Dublin, Ohio.

For more information, please contact:
Kristy Campbell
Director of Marketing
Sypherlink
Phone: 614-652-6100 x6113
kcampbell@sypherlink.com