Databeacon Wins Two SCOAP Awards for Information Technology Excellence

Date: 06/27/2003

OTTAWA, June 27, 2003.
SCOAP, an Ottawa-based organization dedicated to facilitating dialogue on issues related to information technology (IT) in Canada, acknowledged both Scouts Canada, a Databeacon customer, and Storydata.com, Databeacon's data analysis portal dedicated to getting more insight out about the news that affects our world, with a SCOAP Award of Excellence at the organization's annual banquet last night. Databeacon is a leading vendor of Web reporting and data analysis software. The SCOAP Awards of Excellence are presented annually to organizations in the National Capital Region as a means of recognizing leadership, innovation and overall excellence. The Awards are provided as a means of identifying the "Best" from which other organizations throughout Canada can model themselves.

The award for Scouts Canada is for Best IT Initiative Resulting in Positive Social or Community Advancement category. Databeacon software was chosen by Scouts to be used as the core of the organization's Membership Management System. Scouts Canada cited Databeacon's ability to deliver strategic insight and its 'pocketknife' functionality. Serving more than 162,000 members and volunteer leaders in seven youth programs, Scouts Canada relies on Databeacon for the ability to analyze data and produce self-serve statistical reports along with interactive charts and graphs on the registration process, membership information, group and section information, and its honors and awards programs.

The SCOAP award for Storydata.com is for Best IT Initiative Resulting in Positive Social or Community Advancement category. Created in October 2001 as a promotions project to showcase Databeacon software's ease of use for anyone with a browser and connection to the Internet, Storydata.com (www.storydata.com) has evolved into a worldwide Internet destination to examine and interact with data about the news that affects our world. Storydata.com has also received awards from MediaMap ExpertPR ('Site most useful to journalists'), the BigChalk Education Network ('Top 8 very best online academic research destinations'), Yahoo Internet Life ('Incredibly Useful Site') and is referenced as a key data analysis site at Suffolk University, UCLA and other academic institutions.

"We are happy to receive one SCOAP award, but receiving two awards is very humbling," said Databeacon President and CEO Andy Coutts. "This is an excellent endorsement of the progress Databeacon is making to become the world's leading vendor of online Web Reporting and Data Analysis software."

In March, Databeacon won the 'Best Desktop Information Management Tool' award from the E-Content Institute, and in June, the company was chosen as one of the 'Top 5 Tech Companies to Watch' by the Ottawa Citizen.

About Databeacon, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Databeacon Inc. is the award-winning developer of Databeacon web reporting and data analysis software. Organizations around the world, such as Baxter Healthcare, The World Bank, NFO WorldGroup, Statistical Surveys and Solomon Smith Barney are using the data publishing architecture of Databeacon to increase audience reach, enable better decisions, build strong relationships and enhance competitiveness. Databeacon's corporate headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with sales offices across North America, and resellers and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners located around the world.

About SCOAP
SCOAP is dedicated to facilitating dialogue on issues related to the use, management and impact of information and technology on individuals, knowledge-based organizations and Canadian society at large. The Awards reflect this strategic direction by recognizing small, medium, and large organizations that have demonstrated leadership in the integration of people, technology, and the workplace.