Liaison Technologies Acquires Contivo, Inc.

Expands Integration Services Offering to Include Data Mapping Software

Liaison Technologies, Inc. a global data management and business-to-business (B2B) integration services provider, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Contivo, Inc. a leading provider of application independent automated data transformation (or mapping) software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The deal comes on the heels of Liaison’s recent announcement of its merger with Anilinker, a European integration services company. Announced on March 13, that merger agreement nearly doubled Liaison’s size and extended its ability to serve the global needs of multinational customers.

“The addition of Contivo brings a wealth of strategic technology, intellectual property, and expert resources to our rapidly growing organization,” said Bob Renner, CEO of Liaison. “We plan to leverage this innovative technology to our customers’ advantage, and help them create, migrate, and own their own business-critical maps, no matter what integration platform they select.”

“This acquisition sets Liaison Technologies apart in the Integration Service Provider (ISP) market as the only company to offer both full-service integration outsourcing and application-independent data transformation that complements a wide variety of service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications,” said Ed Wiggins, former CEO of Contivo, Inc. and Liaison’s new Executive Vice President of Business Development.

The acquisition allows Liaison to broaden its integration solutions and offer mapping services and software for its customers’ enterprise application (EAI) and B2B integration needs. Liaison will continue to market the acquired software under the Contivo brand name.

About Liaison Technologies

Liaison Technologies is a global business-to-business integration services provider. More than 5,000 organizations around the world have benefited from Liaison’s integration, master data management and consulting services. Liaison enables more than 3 million electronic transactions every month for companies like Amazon.com, CHEP International, Cloetta Fazer, Merck & Company, MetLife, Siemens, Stora Enso and U.S. Bank. Liaison has offices in Amsterdam, Atlanta, and Tampere, Finland. For more information, visit www.liaison.com or call 866-336-7378.

About Contivo

Contivo is the leading provider of automated data transformation solutions for integrating Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to legacy applications. Leveraging Contivo’s software in complex global enterprise integration provides a significant reduction in the overall complexity and deployment time, and enables comprehensive data management with extensive documentation and reporting features. Contivo utilizes standards-based Java or XSLT data transforms to easily integrate with major middleware software, ESB solutions and SOA hardware appliances such as BEA, Cisco AXG, Cisco AON, IBM WebSphere DataPower, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, JBOSS, TIBCO Business Works, and Software AG webMethods.

Contivo provides its data transformation solution to a range of industries including Financial Services, Telco, Insurance, Pharmaceutical, and High Tech Manufacturing. Founded in 1998, Contivo is privately held by Scale Venture Partners and Voyager Capital, and is headquartered in San Jose, Ca. For more information, go to www.contivo.com.

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