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ALTOVA HONORED BY SOA DEVELOPER COMMUNITY WITH TOTAL OF FIVE READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

BEVERLY, Mass., August 2, 2007 – Altova® (www.altova.com), creator of XMLSpy® and other leading XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, today announced that AltovaXML™ was named “Best XML Parser” and “Best XSLT Processor” in the 2007 SOAWorld Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. Altova was also named a winner in three other categories for a total of five Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards recognize the best tools, solutions, and education offerings across 20 categories. Winners were selected through reader-submitted nominations followed by online voting.

AltovaXML is a free XML standards processor that comprises the same XML processing engines that drive the world’s leading XML tools: Altova XMLSpy, MapForce®, and StyleVision®. The XML engines in AltovaXML include an XML validating parser, an XSLT 1.0 and schema-aware XSLT 2.0 engine, and a schema-aware XQuery engine. AltovaXML features COM, Java, and .NET interfaces so that it can be used in a variety of applications, and its functionality can also be called from the command line. AltovaXML is standards compliant, and as a key component of Altova’s XML tools it has been used to build millions of XML-based applications. The AltovaXML executable is available for free download from the Altova Web site and royalty-free use in Altova customer applications – no licensing fees, no proprietary deployment adapters required, no hidden costs.

AltovaXML can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.altova.com/altovaxml.html

In addition to winning the “Best XML Parser” and “Best XSLT Processor” awards, Altova was honored with three other Readers’ Choice Awards by SOAWorld Magazine subscribers, including:

• Best Web Services Utility – Altova MissionKit (formerly known as the Altova XML Suite)
• Best Web Services or XML Site – http://www.altova.com
• Best Web Services or XML Training – Altova Online Training

“With so many developers using Altova tools to build XML applications, it just makes sense for them to use AltovaXML as the embedded processor in those applications when they are deployed,” said Tim Hale, Director of Marketing for Altova. “We keep improving AltovaXML, and the developer community is responding – now even voting it the best XML parser and best XSLT processor. We thank the readers of SOAWorld Magazine and everyone who has made Altova software their first choice for working with XML, Web services, and SOA.”

“We applaud all of today's winners and finalists on their achievement in winning our Readers' Choice Award,” said Roger Strukhoff, Editorial Director and Group Publisher of SYS-CON Media. “SOA adoption throughout enterprise IT worldwide is a fast-growing yet complex phenomenon. Our readers are in the trenches every day with their SOA designs and deployments, and their enthusiasm in selecting the winning technologies in each category demonstrates their commitment to working with the best software from leading vendors.”

The complete list of 2007 SOAWorld Readers’ Choice winners are available at: http://soa.sys-con.com/read/397933.htm

About SYS-CON Media

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About Altova

Altova accelerates application development and data management projects with software and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of XMLSpy and other leading XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, Altova is the choice of over 3 million clients worldwide, including 91 percent of the Fortune 500. Enabling customers ranging from vast development teams in the world’s largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova’s line of software tools fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Object Management Group (OMG) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy to use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria. Visit Altova on the Web at: http://www.altova.com

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