Recommind Placed in Visionaries Quadrant in Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant

SAN FRANCISCO, CA., OCTOBER 19, 2006 – Recommind, a leading enterprise search and categorization company, today announced that the company has been positioned in the "visionaries" quadrant of the Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant, from Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm. Recommind believes this recognition helps validate Recommind's innovative approach to solving the complex issues of enterprise information access and its success across a wide range of market segments. The report, titled, "Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology, 2006," was published October 6 and was written by Gartner Research vice presidents Whit Andrews and Rita Knox.

Gartner, the leading research and advisory firm with more than 45,000 clients worldwide, evaluated the vendors against holistic criteria that included the company's vision, execution, market understanding, sales strategy, innovation, business model, market responsiveness and track record, and customer service experience.

"We are very happy to be placed by Gartner in the visionaries quadrant in their Magic Quadrant report for 2006," said Robert Tennant, Recommind's CEO. "We believe the placement validates our insight into customers' needs and the direction we are taking for bringing innovative, comprehensive information access solutions to all companies. Enterprises in all industries are increasingly recognizing the criticality of information access to their productivity and competitive advantage. Recommind is committed to exceeding their expectations of what is possible."

MindServer 4.2, the latest release of Recommind's flagship MindServer enterprise information access platform, transforms high volumes of discrete files, documents, and records contained in numerous enterprise applications into manageable information relevant to a user's specific purpose. For enterprises, the MindServer 4.2 platform delivers breakthrough information access and usability, minimizing the need for costly application integration initiatives and generating higher return from an organization's existing information stores. Building on MindServer's industry-leading search accuracy and automation capabilities, MindServer 4.2 provides enterprise users with search-based application integration, multi-level security, and Web 2.0 usability.

About The Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted October 2006 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Recommind
Recommind’s enterprise search and categorization platform automatically organizes, manages, and distributes large volumes of information from multiple sources. With faster access to the right information, organizations can save time, enhance the quality of work product, increase the value of information assets, and improve competitiveness and profits. Customers include Bertelsmann, National Library of Medicine, Cleary Gottlieb, Shearman & Sterling, the Australian Government, and Morrison & Foerster. Recommind is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, London, and Bonn, Germany.

For more information, email info@recommind.com, or go to www.recommind.com.