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ALTOVA’S “ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE” PASSES SAVINGS ON TO CUSTOMERS, MAKING ITS XML, DATABASE, AND UML SOFTWARE TOOLS EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE

BEVERLY, Mass., February 9, 2009 – Altova® (http://www.altova.com), creator of XMLSpy® the industry leading XML editor today announced that it will pass the savings realized due to the currently favorable US$/EUR exchange rate directly to its customers in the form of a US$ price reduction to coincide with its latest product release on February 3, 2009. Version 2009 of the MissionKit, Altova’s integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools, delivers comprehensive support for working with Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) data in XMLSpy, MapForce®, and StyleVision®; native database support for SQL Server® 2008, Oracle® 11g, and PostgreSQL 8 in all database-enabled products; and functionality for working with the Health Level Seven (HL7) standard in MapForce, along with new database differencing capabilities in DatabaseSpy and DiffDog, Sequence Diagram generation in UModel, and much more.

“In today’s challenging economic climate companies are looking to streamline operations and get the most not only from their employees, but also from the products and services they rely on to run their day-to-day activities,” said Alexander Falk, President and CEO for Altova. “At Altova we recognize that companies are looking for affordable, yet high quality software tools that can perform a wide range of development tasks. The Altova MissionKit does just that – with tools that allow users to view, edit, validate, map, model, query, and publish data of all types – in one integrated, affordable tool suite.”

A complete list of all the new features added in the Altova MissionKit 2009 is available at: http://www.altova.com/whatsnew.html

To download a 30-day free trial of any Altova product, visit http://www.altova.com/download.html

Availability and Pricing

Version 2009 of the Altova product line is available for purchase in the Altova Online Shop: https://shop.altova.com. with prices starting at $129 (USD). For optimum savings, customers can choose the Altova MissionKit, which includes up to eight Altova products for less than the price of two*. Altova recommends the purchase of its Support and Maintenance Package (SMP) with all software purchases. Learn more at: http://www.altova.com/support_package.html

About Altova

Altova® is the creator of XMLSpy® and other leading XML, database, and UML tools. A key player in the software tools industry and the leader in XML development tools, Altova is the choice of over 3 million clients worldwide, including 91 percent of the Fortune 500. An innovative, customer-focused company, Altova offers a product line that fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs for development teams in the world’s largest organizations to growing one-person shops. An active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Object Management Group (OMG), Altova is committed to delivering standards-based, platform-independent solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy–to-use. Founded in 1992, Altova is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria. Visit Altova on the Web at: http://www.altova.com

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*Note to Editors: *Pricing comparison is edition-specific and based on Altova MissionKit vs. two individual licenses of XMLSpy and MapForce.

Altova, MissionKit, XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, UModel, DatabaseSpy, DiffDog, SchemaAgent, SemanticWorks, Authentic, and AltovaXML are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Altova GmbH in the United States and/or other countries. The names of and reference to other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.