RAVENFLOW SELECTED BY ALWAYSON AS AO GLOBAL 250 WINNER

RAVEN Recognized for Game-Changing Technology and Market Value

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—July 23, 2008—Ravenflow, the leader in rapid requirements solutions for business analysts and requirements engineers, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. Ravenflow was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

Ravenflow and the AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies will be honored at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford scheduled to occur on July 22-24, 2008 at Stanford University. This two-and-a-half day executive event highlights the significant economic, political, and commercial trends disrupting the global technology industries and features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors, and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates, and private company CEO showcases.

“The AO Global 250 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global technology markets,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and platforms that are driving the next phase of innovation and creating real value at an economically uncertain time.”

The AO Global 250 was selected from 1,000 companies nominated by a panel of industry experts in the online technology, media, entertainment, enterprise, and greentech sectors from around the world.

“We are very pleased to be a part of the impressive list of AO Global 250 winners for 2008. RAVEN is making business analysts successful every day by helping find missing, incomplete, or vague requirements faster,” said Susan Boers, president and CEO of Ravenflow. “With our latest innovation using Microsoft Word as the natural environment, the panel of AO clearly saw the value RAVEN will deliver to customers.”

About Ravenflow
Recently named the fastest growing vendor in the requirements field, Ravenflow software enables business analysts to quickly build stakeholder consensus on requirements, reduce the time required for stakeholders to approve specifications, reduce developer rework due to requirements errors, and seamlessly link requirements and testing. Business analysts and stakeholders across all industries depend on Ravenflow's award-winning RAVEN to quickly visualize and validate software requirements. RAVEN integrates with IBM Rational and Telelogic applications, Microsoft Visual Studio, and HP Mercury. Ravenflow is based in Emeryville, CA; for more information, please visit www.ravenflow.com.

About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a community blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the industry in innovation by engaging its bloggers in a social network. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, OnHollywood, OnMedia, GoingGreen, NordicGreen, and Venture Summit East and West) and quarterly print “blogozine.” No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.

A full list of all the AO Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/27959.



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Adam Frankl
Vice President, Marketing, Ravenflow
adam.frankl@ravenflow.com