New York, NY - February 11, 2007 - Database Publishing Consultants, Inc. (DPCI) announced today that it has achieved the Microsoft Information Worker competency, specializing in Portals and Enterprise Content Management.

By earning this competency, DPCI has demonstrated expertise in designing and customizing portal solutions, with a focus on Microsoft SharePoint 2007. The Information Worker competency indicates that DPCI has the skills to build and tailor solutions for global collaboration using the Microsoft suite of products.

This is the third organizational competency DPCI has earned since becoming a Gold Certified Microsoft partner in December 2005. With these skills, DPCI is uniquely positioned to offer integrated solutions that synthesize disparate technologies to meet customers' specific business needs. These solutions go beyond simple product installations to leverage DPCI's technological excellence, extensive technology partnerships in the Media and Marketing & Communications, industry expertise, and broad service offerings.

DPCI utilizes Microsoft's technologies to provide world class solutions to the publishing, new media, and corporate marketing departments in the portal and enterprise content management arenas, said Matt Plociak, Vice President of Sales at DPCI. Our customers rely on DPCI to provide the integration of their Content Management Systems and Digital Asset Management Systems into their existing IT infrastructure. This additional Microsoft competency will give DPCI added capability to meet our customers' demands.

Todays businesses need tools for unifying communication and collaboration. The Information Worker competency demonstrates a partner's ability to serve the needs of these businesses by using Microsoft tools to provide a high level of customer satisfaction, Allison Watson, Vice President of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. said. Today, Microsoft commends DPCI for its demonstrated expertise in building and customizing solutions to enhance customers' collaboration capabilities.

As a Gold Certified Microsoft partner, DPCI also holds competencies in Custom Development Solutions and Business Process and Integration. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate Gold Certified partners' capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies. In addition to this distinction, partners receive early access to technologies, training and support, and access to Microsoft's network of partners and resources.