Fast Named to Boston Business Journal's ''Area's Largest Software Developers'' List

Fast Search & Transfer™ (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST™), the leading global provider of search technologies, today announced that it has been named to the Boston Business Journal’s "Area’s Largest Software Developers” List. The annual top 25 survey ranks software development companies in Massachusetts based on the number of employees working in the Commonwealth. FAST, the sole search technology provider on the annual Boston Business Journal list, jumped four spots to number 16 on this year’s list, with 300 employees in the company’s Needham office. Additionally, FAST ranked sixth in a trends survey of "Firms with the most Massachusetts software engineers.” This year’s rankings also include a survey of total employees, 2006 sales and a list of industries served by each software developer. The Massachusetts Technology Council and Mass High Tech assisted in the data analysis. The 2007 rankings can be found in the July 20-26th, 2007, print edition of the Boston Business Journal. About FAST FAST is the leading global provider of enterprise search technologies powering some of the world’s best known companies. FAST helps its customers deliver applications and services that connect their users to the right information, the right products, and the right people. By making search a central part of business infrastructure, FAST’s customers leverage search to drive business results. FAST’s solutions are used by more than 2,600 global customers and partners, including America Online (AOL), Cardinal Health, CareerBuilder.com, CIGNA, CNET, Dell, Factiva, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, IBM, Knight Ridder, LexisNexis, Overture, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis, Stellent, Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio (Telecom Italia), Vodafone, and Wanadoo. FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. For further information about FAST, please visit www.fastsearch.com. © 2007 Fast Search & Transfer ASA - Fast Search & Transfer, FAST and are trademarks of Fast Search & Transfer ASA. The FAST logo, FAST ESP, FAST InStream, FAST InPerspective, FAST ProPublish, FAST Contextual Insight and FAST Unity are registered trademarks of Fast Search & Transfer ASA. All rights reserved.