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AlwaysOn Unveils the AO100 Winners Honoring the Best in Innovation

The AO100 List Showcases Top Innovative Private Companies Demonstrating Market Traction and the Ability to Disrupt Existing Markets
Palo Alto, California, July 6, 2004- AlwaysOn and KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, announced today the AO100 Top Private Companies for 2004. AlwaysOn editors compiled the second-annual elite AO100 list with assistance from KPMG's emerging business practice, KPMG 1Start. The two groups surveyed more than 1,000 venture investors, investment bankers, top entrepreneurs and executives, who nominated more than 700 companies to determine the AO100 winners.

All innovators in their given technology sectors, each of the AO100 winners demonstrate leadership among their peers in at least two areas: market traction measured by revenue or customer growth, and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players.

"Led by two of last year's winners, Google and Salesforce.com, the top private companies of the second generation of the Internet are now coming into focus," notes AlwaysOn Editor, Tony Perkins. "A total of 50 new companies were added to this year's list including many that are beginning to receive lots of media attention like Skype, Friendster, MySQL and Digital Chocolate."

The premise of the AO100 list occurred from the demand by consumers and businesses requiring new technologies for greater access to the Web and applications that provide more convenience and productivity. This increased demand is creating new opportunities for innovative new companies that are well positioned to bring about a change in the market.

According to Padraic Kelly, partner in charge of KPMG 1Start, "Many of these private companies said that they were beating their internal revenue projections for 2004. This may indicate that the IPO calendar for the second half of this year should be strong."

Fifty of last year's AO100 companies have returned to this year's top company list. Eighteen of last year's winners have either gone public, are currently in registration for their IPO, or were bought for a profit.

The AO100 Top Private AlwaysOn Companies by sector are as follows:

Business software
Above All Software, Inc. http://www.aboveallsoftware.com/
Agitar Software, Inc. http://www.agitar.com/
Application Security, Inc. http://www.appsecinc.com/
Arbortext http://www.arbortext.com/
ArcSight http://www.arcsight.com/
Atomz http://www.atomz.com/
Bitfone Corporation http://www.bitfone.com/
Blazent, Inc. http://www.blazent.com/
Cast Iron Systems http://www.ironhide.com/
Datasweep http://www.datasweep.com/
DataSynapse Inc. http://www.datasynapse.com/
DemandTec http://www.demandtec.com/
Digital Harbor http://www.digitalharbor.com/
DivXNetworks, Inc. http://www.divxnetworks.com/
edocs, Inc. http://www.edocs.com/
Endeca Technologies, Inc. http://www.endeca.com/
Groove Networks http://www.groove.net/
Groxis, Inc. http://www.groxis.com/
IMlogic http://www.imlogic.com/
Inxight Software http://www.inxight.com/
Ketera Technologies, Inc. http://www.ketera.com/
Mark Logic http://www.marklogic.com/
Mediabolic, Inc. http://www.mediabolic.com/
MetaMatrix http://www.metamatrix.com/
Mirra,Inc. http://www.mirra.com/
MontaVista Software http://www.mvista.com/
MySQL AB http://www.mysql.com/
newScale http://www.newscale.com/
Nth Orbit, Inc. http://www.nthorbit.com/
OpenNetwork Technologies http://www.opennetwork.com/
PGP Corp. http://www.pgp.com/
Plaxo, Inc. http://www.plaxo.com/
SimpleDevices, Inc. http://www.simpledevices.com/
Tripwire http://www.tripwire.com/
Ucentric Systems http://www.ucentric.com/
Unicru, Inc. http://www.unicru.com/
Voltage Security Inc. http://www.voltage.com/
WholeSecurity http://www.wholesecurity.com/
Wily Technology http://www.wilytech.com/
ZANTAZ, Inc. http://www.zantza.com/

Connectivity
2Wire http://www.2wire.com/
Airgo Networks http://www.airgonetworks.com/
Aruba Wireless Networks http://www.arubanetworks.com/
Boingo Wireless http://www.boingo.com/
Cambridge Positioning Systems http://www.cursor-system.com/
Digital Path Networks http://www.digitalpath.net/
Egenera http://www.egenera.com/
Flarion Technologies, Inc. http://www.flarion.com/
Good Technology http://www.good.com/
InphoMatch http://www.inphomatch.com/
IPWireless http://www.ipwireless.com/
NetMotion Wireless http://www.netmotionwireless.com/
NetScaler http://www.netscaler.com/
NextHop http://www.nexthop.com/
Peribit http://www.peribit.com/
Pronto Networks http://www.prontonetworks.com/
Sylantro http://www.sylantro.com/
Topspin Communications http://www.topspin.com/

Devices
AuthenTec http://www.authentec.com/
Cavium Networks http://www.cavium.com/
Encover, Inc. http://www.encover.com/
eSilicon Corporation http://www.esilicon.com/
Everbee Networks http://www.everbee.com/
ForeScout Technologies, Inc http://www.forescout.com/
Huaya Microelectronics, Inc http://www.huayamicro.com/
Ikanos Communications http://www.ikanos.com/
Infinera http://www.infinera.com/
IPCore Technologies, Ltd. http://www.ipcoreinc.com/
IronPort Systems, Inc. http://www.ironport.com/
Isilon http://www.isilon.com/
Konarka Technologies http://www.konarkatech.com/
nCircle Network Security, Inc. http://www.ncircle.com/
Netezza http://www.netezza.com/
Pixim http://www.pixim.com/
Redline Networks, Inc. http://www.redlinenetwork.com/
Reflectivity, Inc. http://www.reflectivity.com/
Sourcefire, Inc. http://www.sourcefire.com/
TelASIC Communications http://www.telasic.com/
TurnTide, Inc. http://www.turntide.com/
Vocera Communications http://www.vocera.com/
ZettaCore http://www.zettacore.com/

Media
AdSpace Networks http://www.coolsign.com/
AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. http://www.weatherbug.com/
Digital Chocolate http://www.digitalchocolate.com/
Gracenote http://www.gracenote.com/
iSuppli http://www.isuppli.com/
Mobileway http://www.mobileway.com/

Services
AuctionDrop, Inc. http://www.auctiondrop.com/
eCredit.com, Inc. http://www.ecredit.com/
Ingenio, Inc. http://www.ingenio.com/
Skype Technologies S.A. http://www.skype.com/

Web services
AmberPoint http://www.amberpoint.com/
Feedster,LLC http://www.feedster.com/
Fios, Inc. http://www.fios.com/
Friendster, Inc. http://www.friendster.com/
Grand Central Communications http://www.grandcentral.com/
Homestead http://www.homestead.com/
RackSpace http://www.rackspace.com/
Reactivity, Inc. http://www.reactivity.com/
Revenue Science, Inc http://www.revenuescience.com/

The AO100 companies will be honored at a reception during the upcoming AO2004: The Innovation Summit to be held July 13-15 at Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University Campus. This event is being produced in partnership with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn (AO) is an "open source media company" dedicated to connecting global leaders and technology industry insiders whose ideas and innovations are shaping the always-on world.

Founded in January of 2003, AO is the first and only media brand to combine participatory journalism (blogging), with a powerful social network-the AO Zaibatsu. AO believes that individuals and businesses will increasingly use interactive media applications to "step over the head of the media" and communicate directly to customers, suppliers and employees.

AlwaysOn, LLC, is a privately held and virtually headquartered company born out of the heart of Silicon Valley.

About KPMG
KPMG LLP is the audit, tax and advisory firm that has maintained a continuous commitment throughout its history to providing leadership, integrity and quality. The Big Four firm with the strongest growth record over the past decade, KPMG turns knowledge into value for the benefit of its clients, people, communities and the capital markets. Its professionals work together to provide clients access to global support, industry insights, and a multidisciplinary range of services. KPMG LLP (www.us.kpmg.com) is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International. KPMG International's member firms have nearly 100,000 professionals, including 6,800 partners, in 148 countries.

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