Carlson Companies Selects iXmatch for Enterprise-wide Advanced Search and Analytics Applications

MINNEAPOLIS, MN— Dec 12, 2005— iXmatch Inc., a leader in advanced search and analytics software, today announced that Carlson Companies, a global leader in the marketing, business and leisure travel, and hospitality industries, has licensed its software for use across its businesses.

Carlson’s businesses will use iXfind, iXmatch’s search and analytics software product, to address business solutions requiring advanced real-time search, match, and predictive analytics. As the volume of Carlson’s  worldwide data increases, the complexity of searching it grows exponentially. 

“Recognizing the value inherent in next-generation search and analytics, integrating the iXfind tool into Carlson’s analytics portfolio advances our strategy for knowledge-driven decision-making while enabling us to monetize our data assets,” said Linda Vytlacil, Carlson Marketing’s VP—Decision Sciences  “Our goal is to leverage iXmatch’s competencies and product technology to help widen Carlson’s competitive advantage by building better relationships with our customer, clients, partners and employees.”

"Carlson's selection of iXfind to power a broad array of business solutions demonstrates the value of iXmatch's innovative leading-edge enterprise search, matching, and analytics software for business applications to global, multi-brand enterprises," said Prakash Puram, iXmatch's CEO.   He added, "We are delighted to welcome Carlson into our growing portfolio of marquee large customers."

About iXmatch Inc.

iXmatch is a leading provider of advanced search software. It creates a positive impact on a customer’s business by presenting people with the most contextually-relevant information.

iXmatch is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its customers include Broward County (Florida), Carlson Companies, F.W. Webb, 3M’s HighJump Software, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, IDEAL Technology, Pfizer, Pro Staff, Sagebrush Corporation, ShopNBC, Edgenet, Thomas Publishing, True, U.S. Department of Defense, and XIOtech. For more information, please visit http://www.ixmatch.com.

About Carlson

Carlson is a global leader in the marketing, hotel, restaurant, cruise, and business and leisure travel industries. Its brands and services include Regent International Hotels®, Radisson Hotels & Resorts®, Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Park Inn® hotels, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises®, T.G.I. Friday’s® and Pick Up Stix® restaurants, Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Carlson Marketing. Carlson is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is ranked among the largest privately held corporations in the United States. Carlson-related brands and services employ about 190,000 people in more than 140 countries. For more information, please visit www.carlson.com.