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DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CHOOSES ALTOVA XMLSPY AND MAPFORCE AS BESTSELLING PRODUCTS FOR 2010-2011; XMLSPY SECURES ITS PLACE IN THE JAPANESE MARKET

BEVERLY, Mass., March 17, 2011 – Altova® ( http://www.altova.com ), creator of XMLSpy®, the industry leading XML editor and part of the Altova MissionKit®, its integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools, today announced that XMLSpy and MapForce have received 2010-2011 ComponentSource Bestselling Product Awards. Altova was also presented with the Top 10 Bestselling Publisher Award. This is the third consecutive year that both Altova and XMLSpy have been receipts of the awards. This year Altova and XMLSpy were also named to the Top 5 Bestselling Publisher and Top 5 Bestselling Product awards in Japan. The ComponentSource Bestselling Awards are given annually to the Top 100 Bestselling Publishers and Top 100 Bestselling Products based on the total sales dollar value of orders placed by customers during the year.

“Being named by ComponentSource for the third consecutive year as one of the Top 10 Publishers among the XML and software development community is a tremendous honor. With each release we aim to update our tools with powerful new functionality, and being recognized by ComponentSource again this year is a true testament of our ability to deliver software that meets the diverse needs of our customers and the industry,” said Alexander Falk, president and CEO for Altova. “This year for the first time Altova also received the Top 5 Bestselling Publisher award and the Top 5 Bestselling Product award for XMLSpy in Japan. This is very exciting has we continue to roll out localized versions of our tools to the Japanese market.”

Altova XMLSpy is the leading XML development environment for modeling, editing, transforming, debugging, and profiling all XML technologies. The XML editor provides users with powerful functionality for creating the most advanced XML and Web Services applications. XMLSpy provides unsurpassed compliance with the latest industry standards from XSLT 2.0 and XQuery to WSDL 2.0, Open XML, and XBRL. And, with the release of Version 2011, it is the only XML editor with the unique ability to generate eye catching charts based on XML data. The advanced functionality in XMLSpy, coupled with user-friendly views and entry helpers, wizards, and debuggers, helps developers create, edit, and optimize today’s most cutting-edge XML-based applications.

Altova MapForce® is a powerful any-to-any graphical data integration tool that maps data between any combination of XML, database, flat file, EDI, Excel® 2007+, XBRL, and/or Web service. With its intuitive drag-and-drop interface users can graphically design complex mapping and integration projects to convert between today’s most prevalent data formats. Users can transform data instantly to view and save their results, and advanced automation capabilities make mappings available for future and recurrent transformations. With the release of Version 2011, MapForce integration with StyleVision allows users to now render reports in HTML, RTF, PDF, and Word® 2007+.

To download a 30-day free trial of any Altova XMLSpy, MapForce or any Altova product in English, Japanese, or other languages, visit: http://www.altova.com/download-trial/

Availability and Pricing

Version 2011 Release 2 of the Altova product line is available for purchase in the Altova Online Shop: https://shop.altova.com with prices starting at $59 (USD) per product. 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 3.5 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.