[June 14, 2005]

StrikeIron Offers Comprehensive US Census Data as Web Service; OnDemand Access to Hundreds of Data Points for Any Application, Platform, Product or Web Site

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --(Business Wire)-- June 14, 2005 -- StrikeIron(R) Inc., developer of the innovative StrikeIron Web Services Business Network(TM) (WSBizNet(TM)) to simplify working with Web services, today announced the availability of the StrikeIron US Census Information Premium Web Service. By delivering hundreds of data points for any ZIP code, city, county, or state live via an XML-based Web service, users are able to seamlessly find median home prices to education status to employment information. The StrikeIron US Census Premium Web Service is distinctive by providing categorical summaries of the data thus eliminating additional work and simplifying the research process.

"This Web service allows users to locate critical information across thousands of data points," said Bob Brauer, president and co-founder of StrikeIron. "The US Census Data is one of the largest databases in the U.S. and users of these data points have had to spend countless hours locating the critical information they need to do their job. With this Web service users will now be able to quickly and easily locate this information in a familiar application."

Derived from almost 2000 statistical tables contained in Census 2000, this Web service, along with all of StrikeIron's premium Web services, are available on-demand as a "pay-per-use" subscription. Subscribers to this service have access to four major areas of data; demographic, economic, housing, and social information:

-- Demographic Statistics include gender, age, race, household types, housing types, etc.

-- Economic Characteristics include employment status, occupation, income, poverty status, etc.

-- Housing Characteristics include housing units, occupied housing units, occupants, value, mortgages, rent, etc.

-- Social Characteristics include educational attendance and attainment, Personal status (marital, veteran, disability), Residence, Birth (place, nativity, language spoken), Ancestry etc.

The StrikeIron US Census Information Premium Web Service is part of the growing StrikeIron WSBizNet focused on providing on-demand data access to improve business decision processes. These Web services can easily integrate into StrikeIron's OnDemand Web Services for Microsoft Excel add-in, providing an easy way to integrate data, charts and analysis into everyday business decisions. StrikeIron OnDemand for Excel makes it possible to simply "drag-and-drop" Web services and access data from multiple sources to create sophisticated "live" spreadsheets and complete applications without extensive programming and integration from the I.T. department.

About StrikeIron

Based in Research Triangle Park, NC, StrikeIron, Inc. is the leader in Web services commercialization with its break-through StrikeIron Web Services Business Network(TM) (WSBizNet)(TM). WSBizNet provides an online commerce marketplace for providers and users to come together and easily publish, find and subscribe to commercial Web services. The WSBizNet Web services directory is the world's largest and includes the StrikeIron Premium Web Services providing the most reliable and trusted commercial Web services available in the market. The Aurora Funds, Inc. provided funding for StrikeIron after recognizing the significant opportunity presented by Web services and this unique management team. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.

StrikeIron, StrikeIron OnDemand Web Services, Web Services Business Network and WSBizNet are trademarks of StrikeIron, Inc. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. Windows, MS Excel and all related Microsoft software and logos are registered trademarks, property of Microsoft.

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