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Introducing NameSearch® Version 4.2

White Plains, NY, June 1st, 2006 - Intelligent Search Technology, Ltd. announces the availability of NameSearch® version 4.2. The release includes enhancements from earlier versions that include a new SQL Scripter for DB2, SQL Scripter Data Enhancement capabilities, batch comparison functionality, a join-words feature, rule expansion, and updated API’s. As with earlier versions, NameSearch version 4.2 is available for Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, AS/400 (ISeries, System i) and z/OS.

Building on the success of its earlier versions, the new release features a number of enhancements that make the product more powerful than ever before:

1. SQL Scripter for DB2 – Previously available for Oracle and SQL Server, NameSearch clients can now easily create customized stored procedures and database triggers for DB2 utilizing the NameSearch database API functions.

2. SQL Scripter Data Enrichment capabilities - Used for appending additional information such as corrected addresses, Geocoding and gender-coding data, and OFAC compliance screening results. (Available to clients who have licensed ISTwatch® or CorrectAddress®.)

3. Batch comparison functionality - This enables one-to-many comparisons. The batch comparison algorithm enables matching of one-to-many records within one function call. Database applications utilizing NameSearch within the database environment will experience performance benefits due to the reduced number of function calls to the external link libraries.

4. Built-in caching - This aids in faster comparison and overall better performance.

5. Ability to use preprocessed data from NameSearch’s Sanitization, Word Recognition and Phonetic Tokenization phases as input to the Comparison routines - Certain key-building output parameters may be passed as input to the Comparison routines. These parameters include the sanitized string, word and phonetic stacks. Passing these parameters to the Comparison routine will reduce the amount of processing that is normally done during the Comparison phase.

6. Exact-match definition type - This definition type can be accepted by the multi-field comparison routine.

7. Intelligent street parsing functionality - This determines the components of a street address. Applications using NameSearch to search for addresses will benefit from the improved quality that this feature offers. With this functionality in place, NameSearch can intelligently determine separate components of the street address even in cases where the addresses are badly misspelled, abbreviated or presented in different order.

8. Join-words option - This can be used to overcome differences between split and joined word inputs (e.g. “green house” vs. “greenhouse”.)

9. Single-pass rulebase examination - Previous versions of NameSearch used a multi-pass approach, where the input was standardized using multiple rule replacements (e.g. HUAN ? JOHN ? JONATHAN.) NameSearch 4.2 removes this requirement, by expanding and finalizing the rules during the build phase.

10. Enhanced address rulebase

11. Updated APIs:

a. New SQL Server 2005 SDK using CLR

b. Improved performance of JNI classes due to more efficient parameter processing.

Intelligent Search Technology continues to dedicate its resources to the development of the fastest, most accurate, robust and user-friendly solutions available on the market today.

About Intelligent Search Technology
Founded in 1993, Intelligent Search Technology, Ltd. (IST) has devoted its resources to the development of high performance, multicultural identity search and matching software. IST is a privately-held company. Its highly acclaimed identity search and matching engine, NameSearch®, adds intelligence to applications requiring efficient and accurate retrieval of identity data regardless of variations. With the development of MerlinMerge® SpeedPro (duplicate detection, merge- purge software), CorrectAddress® (address verification and correction software) and ISTwatch© (OFAC compliance and terrorist searching software), IST has solidified its position as the technological leader in the search and matching industry.