Troy, NY – 2/9/2009 –GlobalSpec (www.globalspec.com), the leading specialized search engine, information services and e-publishing company for the manufacturing, technical, industrial and engineering communities, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Aras Corporation, the leading Microsoft enterprise open source software provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. The partnership represents the first time that the GlobalSpec part specification search Web services have been directly integrated with an on-premise enterprise PLM solution. The combined GlobalSpec and Aras offering represents a revolutionary advancement in Software+Services for engineering and manufacturing companies around the world.

Through this relationship, Aras users can search for products, parts, components, and services within the Aras solution for PLM by specification and seamlessly access the entire GlobalSpec library of more than 180 million searchable product specs in 2.3 million product families from over 24,000 searchable supplier catalogs. Additionally, users will benefit from having The Engineering Web – over 250 million Web pages consisting of engineering and technical content powered by GlobalSpec – at their fingertips, making it faster and easier for them to search for materials including engineering and technical Web sites and Web pages, part numbers, news, research papers, editorial content, material properties, patents and standards.

"Through our partnership with Aras, we are providing engineering professionals with access to the power of GlobalSpec search and information services inside their PLM environment," said Jeffrey Killeen, Chairman and CEO of GlobalSpec. "This is a game changing event."

"GlobalSpec has the most comprehensive database of products, suppliers and technical information on the planet and now everything is instantly accessible to companies using Aras," said Peter Schroer, Chairman and President of Aras. "Because Aras is the most advanced SOA for PLM connecting into the GlobalSpec search services in the cloud was simple, seamless, and completely transparent to end users."

To learn more and begin using the GlobalSpec search services embedded in the enterprise open source solution for PLM from Aras visit: http://www.globalspec.com/Supplier/Profile?vid=198014&Comp.

About Aras Corporation
Aras® is the leader in providing Microsoft enterprise open source solutions. Aras delivers the most advanced model-based service-oriented architecture [SOA] solutions for enterprise Product Lifecycle Management [PLM] on the Microsoft platform. Customers include Motorola, Rolls-Royce, Freudenberg, Lockheed Martin, Ingersoll Rand and ACCO Brands. Aras is privately held with global headquartered in Andover, Mass. For additional information visit www.aras.com

About GlobalSpec, Inc.
GlobalSpec, Inc. is the leading specialized vertical search, information services and e-publishing company serving the engineering, technical and industrial communities. GlobalSpec users benefit from domain-expert search engines, a broad range of proprietary and aggregated Web-based content, and more than 60 e-newsletters - helping them search for and locate products and services, learn about suppliers and access comprehensive technical content. SpecSearch®, GlobalSpec's trademarked search technology, allows users to search by specification more than 180 million parts in 2,300,000 product families from more than 24,000 supplier catalogs. For suppliers, GlobalSpec offers highly filtered sales and marketing opportunities, product promotion and brand advertising platforms, including the GlobalSpec Industrial Ad Network, and a wide range of e-media advertising and marketing solutions.

GlobalSpec, SpecSearch, The Engineering Search Engine and The Engineering Web are registered trademarks of GlobalSpec, Inc.

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E-mail: marketing@globalspec.com

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