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Frost & Sullivan Honors Acero With 2002 Product Innovation Award For Facilitating the Next Generation of In Silico Applications

Acero's Genomics Knowledge Platform Tapped as Industry's First Software Platform to Provide Researchers With an Integrated View of Data Within The Context of Science

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25 -- Frost & Sullivan today announced that Acero, a company with roots in enterprise software and life sciences, has been awarded a distinguished 2002 Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award for Product Innovation. The award recognizes Acero's Genomics Knowledge Platform for enabling a higher order of analysis of scientific data and for its capability to enable the next generation of in silico drug discovery and simulation applications.

"The next generation of in silico applications will require an underlying platform that not only integrates data, but also enables the data to be represented in a single, scientific context," said Manoj Kenkare at Frost & Sullivan. "Acero's platform can enable the applications of tomorrow and facilitate a higher order of analysis today. Acero's approach of embedding an extensive object model of biology into the platform is brilliant. We believe that Acero's model of biology may become the standard for the biological community."

Acero's Genomics Knowledge Platform is the industry's first "science- intelligent"(TM) enterprise software platform. This platform is the only enterprise knowledge discovery solution to unify vast and diverse volumes of biological data, along with their related applications and tools, into a single, scientific context. Through the use of an extensive model of science, the platform understands the context of data being integrated, the relationships between associated data, and how to present all data as common and consistent scientific concepts to applications and users. The Genomics Knowledge Platform is a comprehensive enterprise solution that enables research organizations to focus time and effort on their true mission: scientific discovery.

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