For Release 8:00 PM EST

March 30, 2009

Concept Searching and Portal Solutions Announce Partnership

Combining Expertise and Technology to Deliver World Class Knowledge Management Solutions

Rockville, MD and McLean, VA – March 30 – Concept Searching, developers of semantic and compound term metadata generation, automated classification, and taxonomy management software and Portal Solutions, a recognized leader in Microsoft® technologies specializing in Knowledge Utilization Solutions today announced a partnership to jointly market the Concept Searching product suite in conjunction with Portal Solutions comprehensive solutions and services offerings. 

Concept Searching and Portal Solutions are combining their expertise to offer organizations a classification and taxonomy solution that can be customized and deployed to solve a variety of content and knowledge management challenges.  Utilizing Concept Searching’s unique compound term processing for concept extraction, the classification and taxonomy management technologies deliver the optimal solution for organizations seeking to fully utilize their knowledge assets.  Coupled with Portal Solutions deep competencies in consulting and technology solutions for effective knowledge management clients will be able to realize quantifiable business benefits. 

“We look forward to working with Concept Searching to deliver leading edge Knowledge Management solutions; taxonomy management and auto-classification are becoming increasing critical to successful SharePoint implementation” said Daniel Cohen-Dumani, CEO of Portal Solutions.

“It is my pleasure to have Portal Solutions as a Concept Searching partner,” said Martin Garland, President of Concept Searching.  “As an established expert in Microsoft® SharePoint technologies, Portal Solutions is well known and highly respected for their quality, experience, and proficiency not only in Microsoft® technologies but also in maximizing the use of technology to deliver business benefits to clients.  As experts specializing in Knowledge Utilization this alliance builds upon the strengths of both companies and enables us to offer a compelling solution to clients to maximize the value of their knowledge assets.”

About Portal Solutions

Established in 2002 and based in Rockville, MD, Portal Solutions has quickly become one of the top Microsoft SharePoint consulting firms in the Washington, DC metro area. The company’s mission, from its inception, has been to significantly enhance the overall organizational performance of its clients through the design and implementation of industry-leading Knowledge Optimization Solutions. Portal Solutions is widely regarded as a pioneer and leader in this important new industry sector, due to its exclusive focus, its unmatched expertise in the technology, and its efficient design and delivery process. With an impressive portfolio of satisfied, high-profile clients, Portal Solutions is a proven SharePoint consulting partner who has earned Microsoft’s highest endorsement - Gold Certification. Please visit us at www.portalsolutions.net.

About Concept Searching

Founded in 2002, Concept Searching’s software products deliver advanced search, auto-classification, taxonomy management and advanced metadata tagging solutions from the desktop to the enterprise.  Concept Searching is the only statistical metadata generation and classification software company in the world that uses concept extraction and compound term processing to significantly improve access to unstructured information.  Headquartered in the U.K. with offices in the U.S. and South Africa, Concept Searching solves the problem of finding, organizing, and managing information capital.  For more information about Concept Searching’s solutions and technologies please visit www.conceptsearching.com.

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Contacts:

Portal Solutions

Daniel Cohen-Dumani

CEO

Tel: 240-450-2166

Concept Searching

Carla Mulley

VP Marketing

Tel:  (412) 567-4948