CombineNet Receives Top Honors at the Pittsburgh Tech 50 Awards

Named Information Technology "Category Leader" for Outstanding Growth and Technology Innovation

PITTSBURGH, PA—November 15, 2005

CombineNet Inc. was awarded top honors in the Information Technology category at last night's Tech 50 Awards, prevailing over the 9 remaining category finalists at the region's premiere technology community awards event hosted by the Pittsburgh Technology Council. CombineNet was honored as the category leader for being the fastest-growing, most innovative information technology company in the 13-county region surrounding Pittsburgh.

CombineNet is extremely honored to have been recognized as the Information Technology category leader at this year's Tech 50 Awards," said Tony Bonidy, president and CEO of CombineNet. "Our growth over the past five years has been incredibly exciting as we've transformed from a small startup to a leading optimization technology company with a customer list that includes thirteen of the Fortune 100. The entire CombineNet family should be proud of this achievement and the recognition we've received from our peers in the Pittsburgh technology community."

The Pittsburgh Technology Council's Tech 50 Awards has become a highly anticipated annual event within southwestern Pennsylvania's technology and business communities, recognizing the 50 leading technology companies within five categories: Information Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Rising Star and Service Providers. Each year, the Pittsburgh Technology Council canvasses thousands of firms in the region that are assessed by an independent panel of judges based on growth and advancement in product or sales success, financial strength, corporate citizenship, job growth and retention, and innovative products or technology.

For more information regarding the Tech 50 Awards, visit www.pghtech.com/events/tech50.asp.

About CombineNet

CombineNet is revolutionizing the art and science of making decisions. The company's core technology platform, REV™, is a proprietary, patented combinatorial optimization engine that enables decision makers to quickly analyze disparate data in problem-solving scenarios, instantly sorting through the millions of options they could select to find the one they should select. Leveraging the power of REV, CombineNet's Web-based Decision Guidance Tools are applied across the enterprise in the fields of strategic sourcing, transportation and logistics, telecommunications, energy planning and advanced optimization applications. CombineNet has delivered an average 30x ROI for the largest businesses in the world including Heinz, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, the United States Postal Service and others.

For more information, visit www.combinenet.com.

Media Contacts:

Greg Holt
CombineNet Inc.
Director of Marketing
Phone: 412.471.8200
gholt@combinenet.com