Qumana has been selected as one of the select IT companies in British Columbia on Rocket Builders ‘Ready to Rocket - Ones To Watch’ list for 2007

Compiled by the Canadian-based firm Rocket Builders, the ‘2007 Ready to Rocket - Ones To Watch’ named a small select group of  British Columbia technology companies gaining traction within the information technology trends that contribute to faster growth than the IT sector as a whole. These companies represent high-potential growth in revenue and profile and that are beginning to be of real interest to potential partners and venture capitalists. 

“Companies that make our annual ‘Ready to Rocket - Ones To Watch’ list come from a variety of technology businesses and industry sectors across British Columbia, and Rocket Builders has a credible track record of identifying these emerging companies,” says Geoffrey Hansen, managing partner at Rocket Builders.  "Many promising companies are too early in commercialization, too early in first revenues, or in transition to new markets or business models. Based on the potential of their technology alone, we recognize their potential in a "Ones to Watch" list."

About the Ready to Rocket 25 and the Ones To Watch

Each year, based on analysis of trends that will drive growth in the information technology sector, Rocket Builders identifies twenty-five (25) private companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the trends for growth. This selection methodology has been an accurate predictor of growth with "Ready to Rocket" companies exceeding the industry growth rate. Also, many of these companies raise investment capital and each year many of the profiled "Ready to Rocket' companies are acquired. To be eligible for selection to the "Ready to Rocket 25" list, companies must be a nominated Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation, and have a commercialized product on the market that has customers and is generating ongoing revenue.

Additionally, Rocket Builders also identifies early-stage high-potential companies it places on its 'Ones To Watch' list

"Many promising companies are too early in commercialization, too early in first revenues, or in transition to new markets or business models. Based on the potential of their technology alone, we recognize their potential in a "Ones to Watch" list."
Visit: www.readytorocket.com

About Rocket Builders
Rocket Builders is a market strategy and consulting firm focused on helping technology companies to capitalize on market opportunities. Since 2000, we have been engaged in market research, market planning, business development initiatives, strategic selling, and product launches for over 100 organizations. As a service to the local community, each year Rocket Builders shares its insight on market trends to showcase the most promising information technology companies in British Columbia through its “Ready to Rocket” event.
Visit: www.rocketbuilders.com

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San Francisco and Vancouver (Nov. 29, 2006) -- Qumana Software Inc today announced availability of the Q-Ads tools (http://tools.typepad.com/get/qads) and the popular Qumana offline blog editor (http://tools.typepad.com/get/qumana) for users of the TypePad blogging platform. Users of Six Apart's popular hosted blogging service can now quickly and easily insert keyword-based ads directly into their blog posts, whether they use the Qumana editor or not.

"Qumana is thrilled to be offering the industry's easiest ad insertion tool to this important blogging community," said Fred Fabro, CEO of Qumana. "Q-Ads puts TypePad bloggers at the center of the explosive growth taking place in online advertising," said Fabro.

"TypePad bloggers deserve creative and powerful ways to earn money from their blogs. Qumana offers bloggers a unique approach, and we're happy to introduce their tools to our customers." said Michael Sippey, VP & GM of TypePad at Six Apart.

"With Q-Ads TypePad bloggers can choose which keywords best represent the editorial message of the blog post and then with one click pull an ad from our network that best relates to that content," added Fabro. "The result is a matching of TypePad bloggers' content to an ad message, which can give the ad message greater relevance to blog readers. Greater relevance means higher click-throughs and happier advertisers," said Fabro.

Qumana's Q-Ads tool is a browser extension that works as an Internet Explorer plugin or Firefox extension that enables users to "pull and place" text-based advertising based on the keywords they enter. The Q-Ads Tool works with all major blogging platforms, including TypePad. There is also a Q-Ads plug-in for Windows LiveWriter.

Qumana also offers Typepad users the leading off-line blog editor in the blogosphere. Qumana allows bloggers to create media-rich blog posts in a familiar WYSIWYG interface and with simple button clicks insert the keyword-based ads, Technorati tags, and multimedia (e.g. YouTube videos) through the innovative Insert HTML button.

The insert ad interface is designed to allow users to enter the keyword of their choice and then customize the size and colour of the ad before inserting it into their post.


About Qumana
Qumana Software Inc. is an advertising and web services company that provides content providers and personal publishers with market-leading methods for delivering and adding advertising to online content. Qumana's mission is to make blogging easier and more profitable for bloggers globally. Qumana is run by Internet industry veterans, hardcore bloggers, software purists, and world-class designers committed to keeping things simple. For more information, visit http://www.qumana.com/

About Six Apart, Ltd.
Six Apart Ltd. provides award-winning blogging software and services that change the way millions of individuals, organizations, and corporations connect and communicate across the world every day. Founded in 2002 by husband and wife team Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott, Six Apart has grown into a global company with its headquarters in San Francisco, CA, and offices in Europe and Japan. The company continues to lead in the blogging and social media industry with the Movable Type publishing platform, the TypePad hosted blogging service LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals, and Vox, a free personal blogging service for friends and family. For more information, visit http://www.sixapart.com/



For more info: Fred Fabro - CEO and President, Qumana Software Inc.
e: fred AT qumana.com   Tel: 604.837.0400

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Qumana Software  Inc.
330-1639 West 2nd Ave
Vancouver, BC V6J 1H3
Tel: 604.837.0400
Internet:  http://www.qumana.com

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QUMANA REACHES GLOBALLY WITH
MULTI-LINGUAL BLOG EDITOR

Qumana Software releases blog editor in French, Spanish & Dutch 

VANCOUVER, B.C. - July 24, 2006 - Qumana Software Inc. (“Qumana”) today launches its blog publishing tool, Qumana, in French, Spanish and Dutch versions. These languages mark the first steps to make Qumana a universal tool for bloggers around the globe.

Qumana is a free desktop publishing tool for PC & Mac used to publish to one or more weblogs. Qumana makes writing to blogs as easy as typing an email, with features such as spell check and WYSIWYG image alignment that take the complication out of this new blog technology. The first release of Qumana was in February of 2006, and since then has been downloaded by tens of thousands of bloggers around the world. The increased demand for Qumana has encouraged the release of the first non-English versions: French, Spanish & Dutch, with more versions on the way.

Fred Fabro, CEO of Qumana Software, notes that “many software providers tend to focus only on the English-speaking market. We think every person who has a voice on the Internet should have access to the tools to make communication easier.” Fred continues, “We built Qumana for every blogger, and will be continuing these translations to ensure every blogger can use Qumana.”

About Qumana

Qumana Software, Inc. (www.qumana.com) is a leading developer of tools and services for bloggers. Qumana's industry recognized tools include: Qumana, a blog editor for online publishing; Lektora, an RSS Reader; and Q Ads, an advertising network for bloggers integrated into the Qumana tool. Qumana  develops tools for every blogger: PC & Mac, experienced & novice, and multi-lingual. Qumana  is headquartered in Vancouver, BC.

Contact:
Arieanna Schweber
Qumana Software Inc.
604.782.2417
arieanna@qumana.com

Free Downloadable Application Lets Bloggers Publish Content to Multiple Blogs from Desktop;
Gives Users Control of Ads on Blogs

WALTHAM, Mass., April 5 -- Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com), a leading media destination for creators and consumers of quality content, today announced a new desktop blog editing tool, powered by Qumana, making blogging easier and more profitable for bloggers everywhere.

With the new Lycos-Qumana Desktop Blog Editor (http://lycos.qumana.com), Lycos enhances the freedom of blogging, allowing users to publish to their Tripod and Angelfire Blogs on Lycos, as well as to other major blogging sites, from the desktop. Additionally, the Lycos-Qumana Desktop Blog Editor works with Qumana's Q Ads, an integrated ad program, allowing bloggers to insert ads into their blogs, while revenue from these ads is shared with the bloggers.

"If you're an active blogger, the Lycos-Qumana Desktop Blog Editor now gives you the ability to post to multiple blogs with just one click, extend your blogs further reaching more people, and make more money from your blog content," said Alfred Tolle, CEO of Lycos, Inc. "With this new offering, Lycos continues to reinforce our strategy by offering content creators the tools needed to better showcase and market their independent content."

Key features of the Lycos-Qumana Desktop Blog Editor include:

• Insert keyword-specific ads in one click and customize ads to your blog

• Edit old posts from any of your blogs

• Offline editing to work at your own pace

• One-click posting to one or more blogs

• Seamless publishing and cross-publishing

• Integration with all major blog platforms

• Easy image uploading

• Spell check and thesaurus

"Qumana is a versatile and powerful personal publishing application that makes creating the content for an online conversation almost as easy as thinking and talking," said Fred Fabro, president of Qumana. "Qumana is being put to use by an increasing number of bloggers around the world, and now this alliance with Lycos puts a free tool in the hands of its millions of Lycos users, helping them blog easily and instantly from their desktop to Tripod and Angelfire platforms."

The new Lycos-Qumana Desktop Blog Editor complements Lycos' award-winning BlogBuilder tool first launched in Feb. 2003. With Lycos BlogBuilder, users can create a blog in minutes, with customizable designs, privacy features, mobile posting and the ability to easily add digital photos, video and sound clips.

About Lycos, Inc.
Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp., a leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing presence throughout the Asian markets. Lycos, Inc. creates and operates search, community and technology lifestyle sites including Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Wired.com, Tripod.com and Angelfire.com. Other Lycos products and sites include Lycos Mail, Lycos Games, Lycos Planet, Lycos Phone and GetRelevant. Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, http://www.daum.net.

About Qumana
Qumana Software, Inc. (http://www.qumana.com) is a leading developer of tools and services for bloggers. Qumana's industry recognized tools include: Qumana, a blog editor for online publishing; Q Reader, an RSS Reader; and Q Ads, an advertising network for bloggers integrated into the Qumana tool. Qumana Software develops tools for every blogger: PC & Mac, experienced & novice, and multi-lingual. Qumana Software is headquartered in Vancouver, BC.

Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Lycos, Inc. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of Daum Communications Corp., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Contacts:
Kathy O'Reilly
Lycos, Inc.
781.370.3454
Kathy.O'Reilly@lycos-inc.com

Darren Barefoot
Capulet Communications
604.727.5345
darren@capulet.com

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Media Contact
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Capulet Communications
Ph: 604 727 5345
darren AT capulet.com

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Qumana and One By One Media Join Forces in the Growing Blogging Marketplace

VANCOUVER, BC – December 12, 2005 – Today, Qumana Software Inc, makers of the blog publishing tool Qumana and blog advertising network AdGenta, have announced a strategic partnership with One By One Media LLC, a blog consultancy and professional blogging service.  One By One will be Qumana’s partner of choice for blog consulting and professional blogging.  One By One’s Bloggers For Hire program hires writers to blog professionally for a variety of popular and corporate blogs. One By One's clients and professional bloggers will use Qumana's blogging tool and AdGenta advertising network to make blogging and monetizing content easy and painless.

This collaboration doesn’t just benefit Qumana and One By One, it’s for bloggers too.  Gold and silver Olympic medalist Scott Goldblatt is one of many Bloggers For Hire pro-bloggers.  Goldblatt is already using Qumana for his three blogs and has good things to say about it.  "Qumana is a multi-blog blogger's dream. It's easy to setup and easier to use.  At the same time, it gives me all the features I need, from WYSIWYG editor to their ad network.  After using Qumana, I'll never use anything else."

"This partnership makes all kinds of sense," says Jim Turner, Chief Managing Partner at One By One Media.  "We've got the expertise to advise new bloggers and a professional blogging network to supply content and experienced bloggers/writers, and Qumana has the right tool and ad network for our clients.""Often there is a temptation for a company to be all things to all people," says Fred Fabro, CEO of Qumana.  "We're focused on our blogging tool Qumana and on the AdGenta network.  One By One's track record makes it easy for us to point our inquiring clients in their direction.  Their network of professional bloggers also gives us invaluable feedback on our tool and ad network."

About Qumana
Qumana’s mission is to make blogging easier and more profitable for bloggers globally.  Qumana is run by Internet industry veterans, hardcore bloggers, software purists, and world-class designers committed to keeping things simple.www.qumana.com – blog.qumana.com

About One By One Media and Bloggers For Hire
One By One Media is a company that strives to help businesses set up blogs and trains them on blogs as marketing tools and revenue-generators.  Bloggers For Hire, a subsidiary of One By One Media, manages a network of professional bloggers and pairs writers with business blog owners to ensure optimal compatibility.www.onebyonemedia.com

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Bloggers tap $12 billion online advertising market with Qumana’s blog publishing software

NEW YORK, NY – October 27, 2005 – Vancouver-based Qumana Software Inc. launches an innovative upgrade to its program, Qumana, which combines Qumana’s powerful blog publishing tool with a keyword advertising program, today at Oxford & York’s conference, “Media, Communications & Technology - In the Age of the Blogger.” Qumana now gives bloggers direct access to the multi-billion dollar keyword ad revenue market, and a more powerful way to tap it.

“Online advertising grew 26 percent in the first half of this year to reach $5.8 billion, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). By the end of 2008, this market is expected to reach over $20 billion,” said Qumana CEO Fred Fabro. “Pair this with 20 million blogs, and 70 million readers of RSS feeds, and the market becomes attractive,” he added.

“With Qumana, a blogger can choose which keywords best represent the editorial message of the blog post, or the target audience. With one click they can embed an ad from our network that best relates to that content – these ads flow from blog post to RSS to email. With tight relevancy of advertisement to content and audience, and expanded audience, the result is higher click-throughs and happier advertisers,” said Fabro.

“We call this "post-centric" advertising, where ads focus on each blog post content and audience, and we believe this is a major improvement over the machine-based algorithm contextual ad programs that are out there,” said Fabro. “Blogging is about people, not machines, and we think Qumana stays true to this principle,” added Fabro.

Qumana offers a unique, open advertising policy that not only gives a 50/50 split on each ad, but also gives bloggers the freedom to use other advertising programs.

Today’s release adds one-click ad insertion to Qumana’s existing powerful blog publishing tool. Qumana targets experienced bloggers with an easy way to create and publish content to one or more blogs, removing the common restrictions associated with blogging, such as the need to be online, to know HTML, or to be tied to one blog platform or Web browser.

“Qumana is an excellent tool to use if you don't want to monkey around with HTML. It provides a 'drop pad' that lets you drag content and from the web or your email even other text editors and then build your posts. Couldn't get much easier,” says Scott Kingery of Tech.Life.Blogged (http://techlifeblogged.blogspot.com).

For a complete list of Qumana’s features, visit
http://www.qumana.com/overview.htm.

About Qumana
Qumana’s mission is to make blogging easier and more profitable for bloggers globally. Qumana is run by Internet industry veterans, hardcore bloggers, software purists, and world-class designers committed to keeping things simple.

Qumana Software is complemented by Qumana Services, a consulting company specializing in helping companies communicate better using blogs and other social networking tools. Qumana Software is based in Vancouver, BC. For more information visit www.qumana.com.

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Lektora Joins Qumana – Now A Continuous Flow … From Feed to Post

Vancouver, BC - June 15, 2005 - Qumana Software Inc. announces that it has acquired the exclusive rights to market the browser-integrated RSS aggregator Lektora.

Lektora is an innovative and easy-to-use RSS aggregator that works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Lektora is available free in both English and French versions under the Qumana release. Lektora was developed to give readers a simple, clear interface that would make them feel like they were flipping through a personalized newspaper. Lektora is available in a free ad-supported version or a paid ad-free version ($29.95). For more information visit www.lektora.com

This acquisition follows on the heels of the successful launch of QumanaLE, a free publishing tool that makes blogging easy. QumanaLE and Lektora were designed to make reading and publishing to blogs fast and easy.

Fred Fabro, CEO of Qumana Software—“Acquiring Lektora gives us another piece of the digital workflow puzzle … integrating Qumana with Lektora’s functionality will give readers everywhere an instant WYSIWYG publishing tool”. Now you are able to go from opening up Lektora, flipping through updated feeds, reading something, and with a simple drag and drop gesture capture the content that you want to quote or the picture you want to highlight, and then publish directly to a blog from the Qumana WYSIWYG editor.

As Fred Fabro noted for the launch of QumanaLE, “With Qumana, and now Lektora too, you're ready for Web 2.0”.

About: Qumana Software is based in Vancouver, BC. Qumana’s mission is to make blogging easier and more profitable for bloggers everywhere. Qumana Software is complemented by Qumana Services, a consulting company specializing in helping companies communicate better using blogs and other social networking tools. For more information visit www.qumana.com

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