Confio Software Ships Ignite for Java Performance Tool

CONFIO NAMED APEX AWARD WINNER

Receives Award from Colorado Software and Internet Association

June 3, 2004 – Denver, CO - Confio™ Software, a leading innovator of software tools used to leverage enterprise IT infrastructure, announced today that is has been honored as winner of the "Rookie of the Year" award by the Colorado Software and Internet Association (CSIA). The choice for this award reflects the success of Confio and its first commercial software product, DBFlash™ for Oracle™, introduced in early 2003.

The winner of the CSIA APEX Award for Rookie of the Year was selected on the basis of growth and customer success among companies who have been in their present line of business less than 16 months, created a new product that demonstrates significant technical innovation, satisfies a definable market need in the technology industry and has experienced significant market acceptance.

"This award reflects the vision of the Confio team from the first product launch in 2003", stated Matt Larson, CTO and Founder of Confio.

"Over the past year what has differentiated us is our ability to demonstrate measurable value for our customers". Ignite for Oracle, formerly DBFlash for Oracle is a best-of-breed product used by enterprise and government customers worldwide to achieve higher performance and reduce infrastructure costs associated with operating large, critical Oracle™ based applications.

The June 2 APEX Awards ceremony was attended by over 300 leaders from technology companies across Colorado. Companies were awarded Apex awards in ten categories with entries evaluated by technology-specific judging. Finalists were selected through open, peer-reviewed competitions. A list of all finalists is posted at: Colorado Software and Internet Association

About Confio Software

Located in Boulder, Colorado, Confio Software is a leading developer of IT performance tools that find and eliminate inefficiency in customer infrastructure, unlocking the true value of their investment. Using a unique Wait-Time analysis, Confio software optimizes database performance by measuring how long it takes to complete each portion of a task. Confio’s Wait-Event based Resource Mapping Methodology (RMM) enables the company’s DBFlash software product to resolve the most difficult Oracle database problems and reduce the cost of Oracle operations. For more information, please visit www.confio.com