January 3, 2005

Dallas, TX (January 3, 2005) Ascential Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCL), the enterprise data integration leader, and iOLAP, Inc., a privately held business intelligence solutions provider serving Fortune 1000 companies, today announced a reseller agreement. Under its terms, iOLAP will provide professional services on data integration solutions using the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite(TM). This agreement will empower iOLAP's customers to successfully tackle the most significant data integration challenges.