ActiveState`s Komodo IDE Finalist for eWeek Excellence Award

Released on = May 31, 2007, 11:57 am

Press Release Author = Erin Williams - ActiveState Software Inc.

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = ActiveState, the leading provider of tools and services for
dynamic languages, announced today that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and
one of the IT industry's leading enterprise magazines, has named Komodo IDE a
finalist in eWEEK's seventh Annual Excellence Awards program, in the Best
Application Development Tool category.


Press Release Body = VANCOUVER, BC, May 30, 2007-ActiveState, the leading provider
of tools and services for dynamic languages, announced today that eWEEK, a Ziff
Davis Media publication and one of the IT industry's leading enterprise magazines,
has named Komodo IDE a finalist in eWEEK's seventh Annual Excellence Awards program,
in the Best Application Development Tool category.

Komodo IDE 4 is a powerful, multi-platform, multi-language IDE for end-to-end
development of dynamic web applications. Komodo IDE makes creating robust web apps
fast and easy, with a rich feature set for client-side Ajax technologies such as
CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML, coupled with advanced support for dynamic languages
such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl.

\"Over a year of development and quality assurance effort went into version 4.0 of
Komodo, which added features that enable developers to create entire web
applications-server, browser, and the HTTP conversation that connects them-within a
single unified workspace," said Shane Caraveo, Komodo Dev Team Lead. "It\'s great to
have our team\'s work on Komodo IDE 4.0 recognized by the eWEEK editors and the
senior IT reader advisers to eWEEK."
The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise professionals with a
comprehensive benchmark for assessing a wide range of technology products and
services. Evaluating the entries is a panel of experts including eWEEK Labs analysts
and eWEEK Corporate Partners-senior enterprise IT professionals who act as reader
representatives.

\"We were very impressed by the quality of the entries we received this year, as well
as by the number of entries-more than 800," said eWEEK Editorial Director Eric
Lundquist. "It was a real challenge to choose the finalists because all of the
entries reflect the tremendous effort the industry is making to respond to the
increasing demands businesses are placing on technology."

Winners will be announced on June 11 at eWEEK.com, and will be published in a
special report in the June 25th edition of eWEEK.

Komodo IDE
Komodo IDE 4 is a powerful, multi-platform, multi-language IDE for end-to-end
development of dynamic web applications. Komodo IDE makes creating robust web apps
fast and easy, with a rich feature set for client-side Ajax technologies such as
CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML, coupled with advanced support for dynamic languages
such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl. Komodo IDE licenses are $295 US for use
across Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Learn more about Komodo IDE at
http://www.activestate.com/komodo_ide.

Komodo Edit
Based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, Komodo Edit is a free, feature-rich editor
for the full range of Komodo-supported dynamic languages, Ajax technologies and
platforms. Learn more about Komodo Edit at http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit.

About ActiveState
ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages such
as JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl. Millions of developers rely on
ActiveState\'s cross-platform, professional development tools, high-quality language
distributions, and enterprise services. ActiveState is owned by its employees and
Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded investment company focused on technology
and healthcare sectors in British Columbia. Learn more at
http://www.activestate.com.

Contact Information
For media and analyst inquiries and access to the ActiveState Media Center, please
contact
Erin Williams
Communication Manager, ActiveState
1.778.786.1105
erinw@activestate.com

© 2007 ActiveState Software Inc.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Web Site = http://www.activestate.com

Contact Details = ActiveState Software Inc.
#1700-409 Granville St
Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2

Erin Williams
Communication Manager
1 778 786 1105
1 778 786 1133
erinw@activestate.com

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