Attivio Selected by FriendScout24 to Help Online Daters Find the Perfect Match


NEWTON, Massachusetts, June 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Unified Information Access Provider Powers Europe's Largest 
Dating Site

Attivio (http://www.attivio.com/) today announced that its Active
Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) has been selected to power Deutsche Telekom's
FriendScout24, the largest online dating site in Europe, with more than 1.5
million visitors each day and 20 million page views per month. FriendScout24
has deployed Attivio's unified information access platform to improve the
online experience and find compatible matches for its more than 10 million
registered members.

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FriendScout24 chose Attivio for its ability to meet all of the company's
unique requirements and tremendous query volumes, while significantly
decreasing maintenance costs and eliminating latency issues. Attivio was also
chosen for its ability to deliver the most comprehensive prototype and
complete the full project implementation in the least amount of time. By
using the AIE solution, FriendScout24 is now able to offer its millions of
users the most comprehensive and intelligent online dating experience.

"At FriendScout24, our mission is to provide the most relevant and
appropriate matches to our community of users, who are looking for a
compatible mate. To do this, it is crucial that we utilize the most advanced
and intuitive technology, which is why we chose Attivio," said Jan Haskamp,
Head of Software Development at FriendScout24. "Attivio stood out amongst a
large field of competitors for meeting and exceeding all of our requirements
and delivering a comprehensive proof of concept in less than two weeks. With
a shared vision of our future roadmap, we are working closely to develop even
more advanced capabilities to further advance our position as Europe's
premier online dating service."

Using Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine, FriendScout24 was able to
create a more user-friendly site with real-time field updates that lets
visitors know which members best match their dating criteria and are actually
present online at that moment. The solution's relevancy tuning boosts results
based on the profile and preferences of the visitor, and facilitates locating
further matches based on the user's favorites. Additionally, using Attivio,
FriendScout24 can now provide its members with intuitive navigation and
geographic searching to rank results based on location, most recent visitors
and other unique criteria.

"The need for immediate and intelligent information access isn't
restricted to any one industry; its impact can be felt in every market from
financial services to government to e-commerce," said Ali Riaz, CEO of
Attivio. "Companies like FriendScout24 continue to turn to Attivio for our
ability to quickly create a custom information access solution that meets all
of their specific needs, while managing massive query volumes and
significantly cutting costs."

About FriendScout24

FriendScout24 is a division of Scout24 Holding GmbH, a group of online
marketplaces that offer innovative, industry-specific services across Europe.
Scout24 Holding GmbH is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. The Scout24
brand stands for trust, quality and safety. This also applies to
FriendScout24. The profiles of our members are of high quality and reputable.

About Attivio

Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) is powering today's
critical business solutions with a dynamic new approach to unifying
information access. By extending enterprise search capabilities across
documents, data and media, AIE brings depth and agility to business
applications and websites. The AIE platform enables users to integrate
content and data from internal and external sources to support
information-driven solutions such as Web portals, eMedia, customer
experience, data privacy, eDiscovery and data analysis. AIE features simple
integration, true incremental scalability and a tiny footprint and can be
easily embedded in other products and applications. AIE's flexible design
reduces risk and speeds innovation through rapid prototyping and deployment.

Business and IT leaders, system integrators and independent software
vendors partner with Attivio to provide immediate access to comprehensive
intelligence, automate business processes and gain competitive advantage. AIE
is the first Unified Information Access platform designed to push data to
users and to other systems as new content matches saved queries, leading the
evolution from finding information to effectively using information. Please
visit www.attivio.com for more information.

Contacts:
    MaryAnne Sinville                  Lisa Astor
    VP, Marketing                      PAN Communications
    Attivio                            +1-978-474-1900        
    +1-857-226-5037                    attivio@pancomm.com
    maryanne@attivio.com



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