Feb-20-2008 Expert System, leading provider of semantic software which
discovers, classifies and interprets text information, has announced today
the financial and operational results for 2007.

Highlights include:
- 40% year over year revenue growth , which have more than doubled in the
last 3 years.
- 30% increase in headcount (more than 140 people, in the 4 companies of the
group and in the various locations in Europe and US.)
- Expansion of the customer base, thanks to the renewed and extended
collaboration with current customers (Eni, Telecom Italia, Italian Ministry
of Defence, Genialloyd, Tiscali etc.) and acquisition of new ones (Il Sole
24 Ore, Ansa, Internal Revenue Service (Italy), Alenia Aeronautica etc.)
- Launch of a renewed partner and educational program, including the new
organization fully dedicated to partner and University training and support.
- Increased investments in research and development activities, with more
than 30% of the total headcount dedicated, including the creation of two new
research centers.
- Awards: presence in the most important 100 companies in Knowledge
Management by KMWorld and in the Gartner's Information Access Technology
Magic Quadrant, AFCEA, that promotes the dialogue among government agencies
and IT companies.

"We are very pleased of the results achieved that prove Expert System's
ability to address the increasing demand of an extremely dynamic market, by
developing innovative solutions" said Stefano Spaggiari Expert System's CEO.
"Our priorities for 2008 include the launch of innovative products that will
further demonstrate the power of Semantics in Competitive Intelligence and
an increased focus on our geographic expansion in Europe and the US."

In 2007, the Expert System group continued its growth in the US creating
Expert System USA, a dedicated structure with commercial and technical
resources. Expert System USA will work independently from the Italian HQ on
the US market, focusing in particular on the OEM market, on marketing
intelligence, customer care and mobile.

"It's a decisive step in the development strategy of the group" says Luca
Scagliarini, VP for Strategic and Business Development of Expert System.
"Expert System USA will allow us to penetrate this market directly and
expand our customer base in the enterprise sector, building on the success
we had in 2007 with OEM customers."