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DataCert Lands on Entrepreneur Magazine's Hot 500 List

HOUSTON, August 2, 2007 - DataCert, Inc., the leading provider of legal and IP spend and matter management solutions, announced today that it ranked 248 on Entrepreneur magazine's 2007 Hot 500 list. The list celebrates the fastest-growing companies in America and the entrepreneurs who founded them.

According to Entrepreneur, only 0.5 percent of the 19 million businesses currently operating in the U.S. met the qualifications of revenue and job growth. DataCert landed a spot on the top half of this list out of the 95,000 businesses that met the basic qualifications.

"DataCert's clients include 59 of the Fortune^® 500 and 99% of America's highest-grossing law firms," commented Eric M. Elfman, DataCert's founder, president and CEO. "We've installed custom integrations in more than 85 corporate law departments and processed more than one million invoices in 2006. We would never have achieved this without the contribution of our dedicated employees. They have earned DataCert this recognition and we're honored to be included on this list."

Qualifications for the Hot 500 included:

• Company founding date between 1998 and 2002
• Company sales of at least $1 million in 2006
• Positive job growth from 2002 to 2006
• Active involvement by the founders

This is not the first time DataCert has been recognized for its revenue growth. Previous revenue-based achievements include:

• Four consecutive listings on Deloitte's Fast 500 (2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006), which features the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America
• Three consecutive listings on Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 (2004, 2005 and 2006) which recognizes private companies based on three-year revenue growth
• Five consecutive listings on the Software Magazine's Software 500 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006), a ranking of the world's largest software and services suppliers

To view DataCert's coverage, please visit http://www.entrepreneur.com/Hot500/Details/248.html.

For more information on the Entrepreneur Hot 500, visit www.entrepreneur.com/hot500.

For more information on DataCert, including history, management biographies and client case studies, please visit www.datacert.com/presskit.

About DataCert, Inc.

DataCert, Inc. is the largest and fastest-growing supplier of legal and IP spend and matter management solutions. Corporate counsel rely on DataCert's products and services to manage legal activities and provide transparency into outside legal spend. With 72 Fortune^® 500 clients and customer connections in 126 countries, DataCert processes in excess of $9 billion of electronic invoicing data on an annualized basis. DataCert is headquartered in Houston with offices in Austin, Dallas, Frankfurt, London and Paris. Visit DataCert at www.datacert.com for more information.