[announce] OASIS Member News: Computerworld Selects NeoCore AsEmerging Company To Watch In 2002

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NEWS RELEASE


Mary Ann Reeser 
NeoCore Inc. 
Tel: 719.576.9780 x157 
Fax: 719.576.0790 
mreeser@neocore.com 

Jil Goebel/Jane Turnis
Origin Communications
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COMPUTERWORLD SELECTS NEOCORE AS EMERGING COMPANY TO WATCH IN 2002
NeoCore receives award for its work in XML technology innovation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - December 3, 2001 - NeoCore, a provider of
high-performance XML information management systems, has been named one
of the Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002.  NeoCore earned
the distinction in the data-management category for its product, NeoCore
XML Information Management System (XMS), an extremely fast native XML
database built on the company's patented Digital Pattern Processing
technology.

Organizations selected to be Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies for
2002 are those companies that are making significant, innovative
contributions to the information technology industry and corporate
computing and are worth watching in the year ahead.  Companies were
evaluated on their ability to demonstrate value to corporate information
technology operations, for creativity and innovative thinking, and for
their ability to execute strategy in new and emerging markets.

"In selecting the Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002,
the editors and panel members emphasized innovation," said Maryfran
Johnson, editor in chief of Computerworld.  "These companies are
creating products or services that present a new and creative approach to
an IT issue, while demonstrating that they have the foundation, vision
and strategy to succeed in the years ahead."

To determine this year's Top 100 Emerging Companies, a panel of
Computerworld editors and a select group of information technology
influencers comprised of senior-level executives who are both providers
and users of IT reviewed nominations.  They chose the final list of 100
innovators based on the following criteria:

- The company and its technology offer demonstrable value to corporate IT
operations; the product or service addresses problems or challenges that
IT managers face.
- The company is innovative; the product or service presents a new and
creative approach to an IT issue and competes in a relatively new or
emerging market; the product is viable.
- The company demonstrates positive signs of an ability to execute its
strategy (revenue, revenue growth, funding and stable management team.)

"We are honored to be selected by Computerworld as a solution
provider that brings significant value and innovation to corporate
IT," said Tim Dix, Chairman and CEO of NeoCore.  "Today's
business applications demand a new level of flexibility where information
can be defined and changed without the typical time and cost constraints
of traditional databases.  NeoCore XMS is ideally suited to be the
information backbone for this kind of business agility in 2002 and
beyond."

The Computerworld Top 100 list can be found in the November 26th issue of
Computerworld magazine and online at www.computerworld.com.

About NeoCore Inc.
NeoCore Inc. is an innovator and provider of high-performance XML
database management systems that are powered by the company's patented
Digital Pattern Processing technology.  NeoCore's products allow
organizations to rapidly respond to changing business requirements by
eliminating costly upfront physical database design time and by enabling
the creation of "adaptable applications" - business
applications that easily adapt to heterogeneous and ever-changing data
sets. NeoCore is funded by Baker Capital of New York and Soundview. The
company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. For more information, call (719) 576-9780 or visit
www.neocore.com.

About Computerworld
Based in Framingham, Mass., Computerworld, Inc. is a complete information
services company for the IT leader community, providing print and online
publications, books, conferences and research services.  The company's
flagship weekly newspaper for IT leaders has been recognized numerous
times by Folio: Magazine and the Computer Press Association as the best
computer newspaper.  With a circulation of 250,000, Computerworld has a
total audience of 1,694,000 according to IntelliQuest CIMS v.8.0. News
and resources for the IT leader community are available at
www.computerworld.com

Computerworld is a business unit of IDG, the world's leading technology
media, research and event company.  IDG publishes more than 300 magazines
and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of
technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net
(www.idg.net), which
comprises more than 300 targeted Web sites in 70 countries.  IDG is also
a leading producer of 168 computer-related events worldwide, and provides
IT market analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide.
Information is available at
www.idg.com.

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Editor's note: Please send NeoCore inquiries to Marketing Communications
Department, NeoCore, Inc., 2864 S. Circle Drive, Suite 1200, Colorado
Springs, CO, 80906.