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DataCert Technology Trusted by the World's Largest Corporations to Manage Legal Operations

HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2008 - As costs continue to rise, the world's largest corporations depend on DataCert, the leading provider of legal operations management, to reduce legal expenditures and streamline internal operations.

DataCert, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in April, counts three of the top-five 2008 Fortune^® Global 500 companies as customers. The Fortune Global 500 list, compiled by Fortune magazine, ranks the world's largest companies in terms of revenue.

"Fortune Global 500 corporate legal departments realize the importance of partnering with an experienced and customer-focused provider," stated James Tallman, president and CEO of DataCert. "We are honored to work with these corporations by providing technology that allows them to more efficiently manage their legal operations."

Corporate legal departments select DataCert technology for its ability to eliminate paper invoices, monitor legal and IP expenses and provide a centralized repository of matter activity. This allows legal departments with in-house counsel located on multiple continents to reference one source for matter information and ensure that legal projects stay within or below budget. Legal departments often leverage the spend metrics captured by DataCert to negotiate discounts or alternative fee arrangements, resulting in further cost savings.

In addition to its 53 Fortune Global 500 corporate customers, DataCert has the privilege of working with companies held in high regard by their own customers. Half of the top-10 companies in the Reputation Institute's annual Global Pulse U.S. 2008 Study use DataCert technology. The Global Pulse study, published annually in Forbes, measures the overall respect consumers have for the largest 600 companies in the world. To view the survey, visit www.reputationinstitute.com/advisory-services/global-pulse.

The DataCert customer base also includes:

• Three of the top-five 2008 Fortune 500 companies
• Ten of the top-20 2008 Fortune Global 500 companies
• Three of the top-four 2008 Corporate Counsel magazine Law Department of the Year finalists
• 99% of America's highest grossing law firms (the AmLaw 200)
• The entire Magic Circle, a list of London's leading law firms

About DataCert, Inc.

DataCert is the premier global provider of legal operations management solutions, including matter management and legal and intellectual property spend management software and services. Corporate legal departments trust DataCert solutions to manage, analyze and optimize legal operations. With law firm, vendor and agent connections in 126 countries, DataCert customers include 72 Fortune^® 500 corporations and 99% of the AmLaw 200. Visit www.datacert.com for more information.