CINCINNATI, Ohio (May 17, 2005) -- Intelliseek Inc.'s award-winning Enterprise Discovery Suite product line has been acquired by Inxight Software Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., in a move that allows Intelliseek to focus its efforts on marketing intelligence and buzz measurement for major corporate clients and brands.

Under terms of the agreement, which were not made public, Inxight has purchased the EDS search platform technology and assets related to the EDS client base. The EDS software, featuring fifth-generation federated search and alerting capabilities, helps major clients search for and organize data from disparate sources and in multiple languages.

"This is a significant move that frees the firm to focus exclusively on technologies that create marketing intelligence for corporations and brands, and it provides additional capital to fuel that innovation," said Mahendra Vora, Intelliseek's executive chairman. Intelliseek and Inxight Software first established a partnership in 2002 and plan to continue working together.

"Intelliseek's goal is to be the undisputed leader in measuring and analyzing what we refer to as 'consumer-generated media (CGM),' " said Intelliseek CEO Mike Nazzaro. "Our customer roster is expanding rapidly, and our clients have greater needs to identify and understand online consumer buzz, boards and blogs. This sale allows us to deepen our focus, expand our marketing-centered product suite and aggressively pursue a market that recognizes word-of-mouth behavior as the most effective, trusted form of advertisement."

Founded in 1997, Intelliseek is a national leader of advanced search and text-mining software that searches across vast quantities of unstructured content sources, regardless of format or language. 

Since 2002, the company has pursued mergers and technology acquisitions that strengthen the company’s focus on marketing and brand buyers. Its solutions help Fortune 1000 brands locate, measure, and interpret online CGM, which encompasses content from online consumer discussions, Usenet newsgroups, Internet forums and boards, blogs and from internal company feedback.

Intelliseek's flagship product, BrandPulse, identifies, measures and analyzes CGM for major clients and brands, including Ford Motor Company, Gateway, Microsoft, Nike, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, Sony Electronics, Toyota Motor Sales USA, and Volvo Cars North America. 

In 2004, Intelliseek launched BlogPulse , an industry-leading blog analysis and search portal that has identified more than 11 million blogs to date. In January 2005, Intelliseek pioneered the nation’s first-ever Super Bowl blogger panel, and in March it created a directory of influential bloggers, in partnership with Edelman.  Intelliseek is a 2004 co-founder of the Word-of-Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and in 2004 was named to the Inc. 500 list of the country's fastest-growing private firms.

Inxight, also founded in 1997, specializes in information discovery solutions that enable customers to discover, retrieve, and connect with precise information contained in unstructured data sources in all major languages.  EDS now joins Inxight's SmartDiscovery suite and will be called the Inxight SmartDiscovery® Awareness Server.  

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Inxight Media contact: 408-738-6322

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