Infommersion wins best of COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 award for software; Xcelsius allows users to create real-time, interactive reports based on Excel spreadsheets

SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov. 24, 2003--Infommersion Inc., the company that bridges the gap between data analysis and visual presentation, has topped Microsoft to win the Best of COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 award for software. The company won the award for the launch of its new software product, Xcelsius Professional Edition. Xcelsius Professional is a Windows application that allows users to create real-time, interactive reports based on Excel spreadsheets.

PC Magazine and MediaLive announced the winners after PC Magazine editors and Lab analysts scoured the show floor and public meeting rooms for the best COMDEX had to offer. Finalists in Infommersion's category included Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, from Microsoft and Apreso 2003 for PowerPoint, by Anystream.

"We were impressed by the quality of products we saw at this year's COMDEX," said PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael J. Miller. "Our Best of COMDEX awards include a number of new technologies that could dramatically affect IT over the next few years."

PC Magazine judges described Xcelsius as a "clever package which brings Microsoft Excel to life, allowing users to create easily deployable and visually stunning interactive reports."

"COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 was the perfect event for us to launch Xcelsius Professional Edition with excellent, qualified attendants and very good traffic," said Santiago Becerra, president of Infommersion. "Winning this award confirms the tremendous need in the market for innovative products such as Xcelsius that empower users to deliver information in richer and more meaningful ways."

Targeted at developers and advanced users, Xcelsius Professional Edition includes the ability to produce content that can refresh its data in real-time by connecting to a database via Web services.

Applications of Xcelsius Professional Edition include management presentations, executive dashboards, marketing presentations, real-time portals and interactive business intelligence reports. For reports that include live database connectivity, data updates can be configured to take place on load, or at specified intervals for information that changes frequently, such as real-time stock figures.

Xcelsius Professional Edition is available to download for $495 per license at http://www.infommersion.com/products.html.

About Infommersion Inc.

With headquarters in San Diego, Infommersion is a leading developer of next-generation information delivery tools. The company won the Best of COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 award for its Xcelsius Professional Edition software.

Xcelsius is a Windows application designed to bridge the gap between data analysis and visual presentation. Infommersion's technology converts Excel spreadsheets into interactive flash-based presentations, dashboards, business intelligence, calculators, portlets and real-time reports. This technology has been developed to create products that allow enterprises to analyze and present information effectively.

The Standard edition allows users to create interactive reports based on Excel spreadsheets, and the Professional edition adds the ability to produce content that can refresh its data by connecting to a database via Web services.

The company's management and product development team combines experience from industries such as game development, information technology, multimedia development and business intelligence.

For further company information, visit www.infommersion.com.

  
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