FAST Voted Top Search and Retrieval Technology in Information Today's People's Choice Awards

Oslo, Norway , 2006-11-01

Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (OSEAX:FAST.OL) (FAST(TM)), the leading developer of search technologies, has announced that the FAST Enterprise Search Platform(TM) (FAST ESP(TM)) was named the "Top Search and Retrieval Technology" in Information Today's first-ever People's Choice Awards.

The readers of Information Today selected FAST through a two-part online voting system including one round of nominations and one round of final votes. FAST ESP was recognized for "staying on top of search technology with its ability to tackle the tough jobs with ease."

"While FAST has been recognized with a number of industry accolades, to be selected by the readers of Information Today is a unique and particularly rewarding achievement," said Bjorn Olstad, chief technology officer of FAST. "The people who voted for this award are the people on the front lines of technology. FAST will continue to offer only the most innovative search solutions in the market today."

FAST has received numerous awards and extensive industry recognition based on its corporate growth and superior search platform offerings. FAST provides the platform for the search-driven enterprise for more than 3,600 global organizations that recognize search as a critical business application.

About Information Today, Inc.

Information Today, Inc. (ITI) is a leading publisher and conference organizer in the library, information, content, and knowledge management industries. The company is widely known as the publisher of premier titles such as Information Today, Computers in Libraries, ONLINE, MultiMedia & Internet@Schools, CRM, Searcher, KMWorld, Streaming Media, and EContent. In addition to periodicals, ITI publishes books, directories, and market research pertaining to book publishing, library technology and management, knowledge and content management, digital media, and various other technology - and content-related topics. ITI is also the sponsor and organizer of industry conferences, including WebSearch University, KMWorld & Intranets, Internet Librarian, Internet Librarian International, Streaming Media, and Streaming Media Europe. Divisions of Information Today, Inc. including CRM Media LLC; Streaming Media, Inc.; Online; and Faulkner Information Services.

About FAST

FAST is the leading developer of search technologies that are behind the scenes at the world's best known companies with the most demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable enterprise search platform (FAST ESP(TM)) elevates the search capabilities of enterprise customers and connects people to the relevant information they seek regardless of medium. This drives revenues and reduces total cost of ownership by effectively leveraging IT infrastructure. FAST's solutions are used by more than 2,600 global customers and partners, including America Online (AOL), Cardinal Health, CareerBuilder.com, Chordiant, CIGNA, CNET, Computer Associates, Dell, EMC Documentum, Factiva, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, IBM, Knight Ridder, LexisNexis, Merrill Lynch, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis, Stellent, Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio (Telecom Italia), Vodafone, and Wanadoo.

FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally with presence in Europe, the United States, Asia Pacific, Australia, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. For further information about FAST, please visit www.fastsearch.com.

(C) 2006 Fast Search & Transfer ASA - Fast Search & Transfer, FAST, FAST ESP, Contextual Insight and the FAST logo are trademarks of Fast Search & Transfer ASA. All rights reserved.
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