BELLEVUE, Wash.—January 31, 2008—Ascentium Corporation, a leading interactive marketing and technology consultancy was ranked #2 on Media Inc.’s 2007 Top Web Site Developers list published in Issue 6. To compile and rank the list, Media Inc. surveyed more than 300 regional companies. Rankings were based on 2006 Northwest revenues and the number of full-time Web developers for each company. Ascentium’s 2006 Web site development revenue for Washington and Oregon was $30.9 million with 245 Web developers.

Founded in 2001, Ascentium has grown from 95 full-time employees in 2004 to more than 500 in 2007. Total employee count is projected at more than 1,000 people by the end of 2008. The company continues to see substantial growth in customer relationship management, interactive marketing, Web initiatives, enterprise content management, systems integration, custom development and strategic business engagements.

Ascentium continues to grow organically through employee networks, recruiting and acquisitions. In 2007, Ascentium acquired three companies: Centerlogic, a leading systems integrator; Invoke Systems, a top Microsoft Dynamics CRM consultancy; and veteran advertising agency miller.whiterunkle. In January 2008, Ascentium entered the international business arena with the acquisition of Artemis Corp., a U.K.-based Microsoft SharePoint products and technology partner.

About Ascentium Corporation Ascentium Corporation (www.ascentium.com ) is an interactive marketing and technology consultancy that delivers award-winning experiences, products, and information-driven business solutions to achieve its clients’ strategic objectives. For the past three years, Ascentium has been included in Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. The company’s clients include Boeing, Dell, Expedia, InfoSpace, Microsoft, Providence Health Systems, and Starbucks. Ascentium is headquartered in Bellevue, with offices in London, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Spokane, Wash., Portland, Ore., and Austin, Texas.