ASG-Rochade™ Wins Yphise Award for Best Metadata Management Solution

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In 2005, ASG

Leading Metadata Solution Achieves Top Ranking in ISO 9001:2000-Certified Assessment

NAPLES, Fla. and PARIS on 16 February 2005

ASG, an enterprise software and professional services provider to Global 5000 companies, today announced that Yphise, the independent software research and advisory firm, ranked ASG-Rochade™ the best Metadata Management software product in its Metadata Management Executive Volume Report. ASG-Rochade received the Yphise Award after an ISO 9001-certified assessment of more than 300 technical and functional control criteria in ASG-Rochade and three other products from competitive vendors.

“Since 2000, ASG has built a strong presence in the metadata market. ASG-Rochade is a mature product, and it provides the framework to build a custom metadata repository,” said Yphise analyst Xavier Benmoussa. “Our assessment demonstrates ASG-Rochade’s best coverage of our list of requirements. This outlines that ASG-Rochade is suitable for investments in Metadata Management, and makes ASG-Rochade the indisputable recipient of the Yphise Award. This is the highest distinction for a software product.”

ASG President and CEO Arthur L. Allen said, “Being positioned by the only existing ISO 9001-certified analyst company as the vendor with the best Metadata Management solution is indeed a great honor, and it validates ASG’s strategy of continuously enhancing its solutions offerings and excelling in the Metadata Management space.”

ASG is pleased to offer customers and prospects a complimentary copy of the Yphise Metadata Management Executive Volume Report, which can be accessed by going to www.asg.com/read/yphise-pr. For more information on ASG-Rochade, please visit www.rochade.com.


About ASG

Founded in 1986, ASG is a privately held global enterprise software and professional services firm that provides a full range of software solutions for the management of Metadata, Security, Applications, Operations, Information & Data, Performance and Infrastructure. ASG is headquartered in Naples, Florida, USA, with more than 45 offices serving the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia/Pacific. For more information, visit ASG at www.asg.com.

About Yphise

Yphise is an independent company that conducts ongoing research programs for IT Executives and Managers. Yphise has a dedicated research team in order to guarantee independence, consistent results and timely updates. Since 1985 in Europe and 1998 in North America, Yphise has been committed to providing the most relevant advice to assist companies in measuring and improving IT efficiency. Yphise clients include over 900 major companies worldwide. See http://www.yphise.com for détails.