FAST X10 Partner Program Expands Reach of FAST's Enterprise Search Solutions across the Globe

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OSLO, Norway & NEEDHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST(TM)), the leading developer of enterprise search technologies and solutions, today announced the world's leading technology innovators are joining the FAST X10 Partner Program in unprecedented numbers to develop and deliver solutions that enable the search-driven enterprise. FAST now has over 150 partners worldwide, ranging from global system integrators and large application infrastructure vendors to regional consultants with specific application or market expertise.



In support of its partners, FAST is hosting exclusive partner events that provide partners all the resources and tools they require to effectively distribute and deliver FAST solutions. The FAST Partner Summits offer partners insider access to FAST executives and training, and are planned for Rome, October 5-6 and San Francisco, October 17-18, 2006. Existing FAST partners can sign up at www.fastsearch.com/partners.

FAST X10 is the enterprise search industry's most comprehensive partner program and represents the company's commitment to enabling partners to distribute, deliver and build solutions using FAST Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP(TM)) as a foundation. Search-enabled solutions span every corner of the IT spectrum and can be delivered as an embedded offering within storage, enterprise content management and CRM products or as a component of a new solution that delivers unique business value such as mobile content distribution, media asset management, data cleansing, fraud protection and more.

Partners that have recently joined the FAST X10 Partner Program include:

-- India - HCL, Satyam

-- Middle East - Integrated Knowledge Dynamics (IKD), System of Strategic Business Solutions (SSBS)

-- Russia - Nvision, Inline Technologies, IBS

-- Asia Pacific - Xcurenet, Fuji-Xerox, Knowledge Works, OmniWise, Penta Systems

-- Australia - Frame Group, KAZ, Logica CMS, Plaut IT Australia, Ernst & Young Australia

"Success with the indirect channel is vital to a software vendor's long-term success. Our ability to partner with forward thinking solution providers who see the inherent value of our enterprise search technology is helping us grow our channel organization as a strategic business differentiator," said John M. Lervik, chief executive officer of FAST. "We have seen tremendous demand for our enterprise search solutions as businesses across the globe realize the diverse ways that search technology can be used to help them increase profits, protect their brand, augment employee performance, and enhance business intelligence. With the FAST X10 Partner Program we're helping our partners deliver the highest levels of innovation to their customers while providing unparalleled value and support to our partners."

FAST is leveraging relationships between OEM and system integration partners to form a mutually collaborative approach to solution building that is based on best of breed hardware, software, and services offerings. This "channel triangulation" strategy enables system integrators and OEM partners to work together to develop value-added solutions and search derivative applications (SDAs) for their customers.

FAST places great value in the education of all of its partners worldwide. Part of FAST University, the FAST Partner Education Program produces high quality professionals capable of successfully supporting FAST solutions. In addition, the program's global presence ensures that the quality of FAST support is consistent everywhere. The result is a substantial resource base of expertise in all parts of the world: professionals who are fully knowledgeable, trained and current with their skills to help customers get the most from FAST search technology.

About FAST

FAST is the leading developer of enterprise search technologies and solutions that are behind the scenes at the world's best known companies with the most demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable enterprise search platform (FAST ESP) elevates the search capabilities of enterprise customers and connects people to the relevant information they seek regardless of medium. This drives revenues and reduces total cost of ownership by effectively leveraging IT infrastructure. FAST's solutions are used by more than 2,600 global customers and partners, including America Online (AOL), Cardinal Health, CareerBuilder.com, Chordiant, CIGNA, CNET, Computer Associates, Dell, EMC Documentum, Factiva, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, IBM, Knight Ridder, LexisNexis, Merrill Lynch, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis, Stellent, Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio (Telecom Italia), Vodafone, and Wanadoo.

FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally with presence in Europe, the United States, Asia Pacific, Australia, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. For further information about FAST, please visit www.fastsearch.com.

(C) 2006 Fast Search & Transfer ASA - Fast Search & Transfer, FAST, FAST ESP, Contextual Insight and the FAST logo are trademarks of Fast Search & Transfer ASA. All rights reserved.
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