Nstein Technologies Ntelligent Enterprise Search suite named 'Trend-Setting Product of 2006'

2006-08-30

Nstein's information access and content discovery suite recognized by KMWorld editors as a trend-setter

Montreal, Quebec, August 30, 2006 - Nstein Technologies Inc., "Nstein" (TSX-V: EIN), a leader in text mining and multilingual information access solutions, today announced that its Ntelligent Enterprise Search' suite has been selected by leading industry publication KMWorld as one of its "Trend-Setting Products of 2006". This list, which identifies key products that have had an impact on the market this past year, was compiled through the publication's discussions with knowledge management practitioners, end-users, editors and the analyst community.

Nstein's Ntelligent Enterprise Search suite is built using proprietary text analytics (UIMA-compliant¹) and is powered by IBM* WebSphere* Information Integrator OmniFind* Edition. The solution provides the robustness and scalability of an enterprise-wide search solution combined with the most advanced text mining technology on the market. Ntelligent Enterprise Search allows organizations to greatly increase their information access and discovery capabilities. It also enables them to analyze online content (websites, blogs, newsgroups, news feeds, etc.) for market intelligence, customer intelligence and early warning applications, using Nstein's cutting-edge text analytics technology, which provides unrivalled sentiment analysis and fact finding.

"Ntelligent Enterprise Search truly is a trend-setting information access and content discovery platform. Nstein continues to impress with an innovative solution that helps users bridge enterprise search, business intelligence and text mining with applications that can provide greater insight into their business. We are pleased to have them on our list for the second year in a row," said Hugh McKellar, editor-in-chief of KMWorld. He added: "For this 2006 edition, roughly 1,500 products from some 300 vendors were considered. The ones listed here, including Nstein's Ntelligent Enterprise Search, demonstrate exquisite execution designed for, and with input from, the most important constituency of them all - their customers."

"We're pleased that Nstein's Ntelligent Enterprise Search has received such acknowledgement from the marketplace. As we've just announced the deployment of the solution at the word-of-mouth marketing firm Marketingworks, this award reinforces our leadership within the content management and information access industry," said Mario Girard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nstein Technologies.

About KMWorld

The leading information provider serving the knowledge management systems market, KMWorld covers the latest in content, document and knowledge management and informs more than 51,000 subscribers about the components and processes " and subsequent success stories " that together offer solutions for improving business performance.

About Nstein Technologies

Nstein Technologies (TSX-V:EIN) develops and markets leading-edge software solutions for analyzing vast amounts of unstructured data in virtually all languages. Nstein's text mining and information access solutions transform reactive decision-making into a high-impact proactive and even predictive process. The Company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with offices in the United States and Europe. More information is available at www.nstein.com.

• (1) Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) standard developed by IBM
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Nstein Technologies Inc.:
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Robert Barakett
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Nstein Technologies Inc.
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