Mountain View, California — Mar 1, 2004 — Ascentn Corporation, the leading
provider of enterprise class Microsoft .NET based Business Process Management Solutions
(BPMS), today announced it has attained the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status due to its proven track record, and competence in leveraging Microsoft technologies to provide highly cost-effective Business Process Management solutions. As a Gold Certified Partner, Ascentn gains early access to resources and new technologies, which allows Ascentn to continue enhance its BPMS solution with new levels of productivity features and values offered by Microsoft that will help its customers to realize BPM benefits faster, better, and cheaper, including improving agility, flexibility, ROI, etc.

"Ascentn is extremely pleased with our new status as a Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner." said Jesse Shiah, President & CEO, Ascentn. "Being a Gold member of the program allows us to clearly promote ourselves to customers as having proven expertise in providing high-quality BPMS solutions. The incremental benefits provided through our Gold membership will allow us to continue to enhance our BPMS offerings driven by usability and price performance."

The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program provides a way for customers to identify
companies that have proven their commitment and expertise in one or more specialized areas when delivering Microsoft technologies. Specifically, those related to Microsoft SharePoint™ Product and Technologies, Microsoft Office productivity tools including Visio and InfoPath, and Microsoft Server applications including BizTalk Server, Content Management Server, and Microsoft Visual Studio, etc.

Microsoft Certified Partners who meet the highest set of criteria, including advanced
certification and a portfolio of real-world customer references, are identified as Gold Certified -- the most skilled partners in specific solution areas.

“Ascentn’s AgilePoint BPMS lets us quickly leverage Microsoft tools and the latest XML
and Web Services advancements to support rich human interaction and deep application
connectivity.” Said Sande Satoskar, Applications Architect at Canal Insurance Company.

"In order for companies to respond more quickly to customers and understand new
market opportunities, they depend on an agile technology environment to empower their
company's key decision makers," said Allison Watson, Vice President of the Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft recognizes that companies need a high-caliber technology partner who speaks the language of both business and IT and can deliver the most meaningful solutions through technology. Today, Microsoft recognizes Ascentn for demonstrated customer satisfaction with BPM deployments. This distinction brings value to the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program and makes it clear that Ascentn has the skills and experience to provide high-quality BPMS solutions utilizing Microsoft technology."

Business Process Management is all about bringing clarity to end-to-end business
operations, while dramatically reducing costs. AgilePoint from Ascentn is built entirely on the Microsoft .NET Framework. Ascentn excels at creating Web service-based, loosely coupled business processes that span enterprises and applications by leveraging its engrained XML support and ties to Microsoft products and the .NET Framework. Ascentn AgilePoint BPMS complements a wide range of Microsoft tools and is seamlessly integrated with Visio, Visual Studio .NET, InfoPath, SharePoint Product and Technologies, BizTalk Server, Content Management Server, etc

About Ascentn

Founded in 2002, Ascentn Corporation has more than a decade of experience in creating both Windows- and J2EE-based enterprise-class workflow and process-based business solutions. Committed to delivering unprecedented value and usability, the company pioneered the AgilePoint Suite, an enterprise-class BPMS solution based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. AgilePoint empowers a broad range of information workers to quickly realize new levels of process values by providing visually intuitive BPMS solutions that do not require programming. This frees information workers to deploy, manage and continuously improve end-to-end business operations by allowing them to execute their process models directly. From financial services and insurance to manufacturing, communications and healthcare, industries around the world are using Ascentn software to drive process excellence, reduce costs and dramatically improve business agility. Ascentn's global customer base includes Hewlett Packard, Moody's, Chinatrust, Cellcom, Elbit Systems and DaisyBrand. For more information, please call +1-650-968-6789, email info@ascentn.com or visit www.ascentn.com