Web Sites Designed and Developed by Ascentium Deliver ‘Creative Excellence’

BELLEVUE, Wash.—October 22, 2007—Ascentium Corporation, a leading interactive marketing and technology consulting firm, announced today that the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA) honored the company as a winner of three W3 awards in outstanding Web design and development. Ascentium won Best in Show in the Computer/IT: Software category and Gold in the Consumer Goods category for Web excellence in the design of the persona-driven, video and Flash Web site for Microsoft Vista Innovation Café. The company captured another Gold Award in the Art category for the world-renown photographer Art Wolfe with the visually stunning Web site, Art Wolfe: Travels to the Edge.

“Delivering great customer experiences is our goal for every Web site we design,” said Mark Moskal, Executive Creative Director, at Ascentium. “Having our work and talented teams recognized by the W3, is a remarkable achievement for such a young company.”

Best in Show selections represent the highest mark of distinction and are also selected by the Academy based on scoring. Judges award Best in Show honors to only the top one percent of all work entered. Less than 10 percent of all entries are selected as Gold Winners. In its second year the W³ Awards received over 2,700 entries.

About AscentiumAscentium Corporation (www.ascentium.com) is an award-winning, interactive marketing and technology consultancy that delivers award-winning experiences, products, and information-driven business solutions. Ascentium made the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the past two years and continues to see substantial growth in customer relationship management, digital marketing, web initiatives, enterprise content management, systems integration, custom development, and strategic business engagements. The company’s clients include Avista Utilities, Boeing, Dell, Expedia, InfoSpace, Microsoft, Providence Health Systems, Starbucks, and Washington Mutual. Ascentium is headquartered in Bellevue, with offices in Spokane, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Portland, Oregon.

Winning Web sites http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/innovation/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/icons/travelstotheedge/

About the W3 AwardsThe W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the Web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the Internet. In honoring outstanding Web sites, Web Advertising, and Web Video, The W3 Awards is the first major Web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. Small firms are as likely to win as Fortune 500 companies and international agencies.