ISYS Search Software Named to Software Magazine's 21st Annual Software 500

Software Magazine Ranks ISYS Search Software as one of the World's Largest Software Companies

DENVER, Jan. 5, 2004 - ISYS Search Software, a global supplier of enterprise search solutions for business and government, today announced its spot on the Software 500, Software Magazine's list of the world's foremost software and services providers, published as an online catalog on www.Softwaremag.com. It's the fourth straight year ISYS has been named to the prestigious list. The company was ranked 448, up 22 spots from the previous year.

"IT spending continued to be slow through the period measured by the 2003 Software 500. While the list has changed substantially with additions and deletions, certain niches paid off," says John Desmond, Softwaremag.com's editorial director and publisher. "It was a year for IT professionals to try to salvage ROI from software and service investments they had made, since big new projects were out of favor. Our online catalog to enterprise software helps CIOs, senior IT managers and IT staff research their partner options. That's a valuable service."

The ISYS line of information retrieval software offers a broad selection of search solutions, from personal productivity tools and departmental search to enterprise and OEM solutions. Based on sixth-generation technology, it supports 30 foreign languages and 125 file formats, including Office documents, PDF, email, attachments, ZIP, XML, databases and more.

The Software 500 is a comprehensive look at the software industry targeting enterprise IT organizations with software and services. The list includes both private and public companies. The Software 500 is a worldwide list in that it is open to any company to submit financial and product information via the annual Software 500 survey, conducted 100% on the Web with help from The Standish Group, a research and analyst firm based in Yarmouthport, Mass.

The ranking is based on total worldwide software and service revenue for 2002. This includes revenues from software licenses, maintenance and support, training, and software-related services and consulting. Suppliers are not ranked on their total corporate revenue, since many have other lines of business, such as hardware. The financial information was gathered by a survey prepared by King Content Co. and posted at www.softwaremag.com, as well as from public documents.

About Softwaremag.com, The IT Software Journal

Softwaremag.com, The IT Software Journal, is the Web publishing effort of Software Magazine, a 20-year brand name in the industry, is the online catalog to enterprise software and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world's largest software and services companies, now in its 21st year. Softwaremag.com is produced by King Content Co., the Web content development and publishing firm run by John P. Desmond, which acquired the product in 2003.

About ISYS Search Software Inc.

Established in 1988, ISYS Search Software Inc., is a global supplier of search software for business and government. The company's award-winning product suite offers comprehensive search solutions designed to meet the diverse information retrieval and knowledge management needs of organizations operating in a variety of industries, including government, legal, law enforcement, financial services and recruitment.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, ISYS Search Software also maintains offices in Denver and the UK. The company's customers include the USDA, Boeing, Perkins Coie, Management Recruiters International (MRI), the US Department of Justice, the Miami Police Department, QANTAS and the IRS. Additional information can be obtained by phone at 800.992.4797 .

Media Contact:

ISYS Search Software
Dave Haucke
303.689.9998 x.232
dave.haucke@isys-search.com

Software500

Kelly Conrad
Software 500 Project Leader
kconrad@softwaremag.com