MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — 7/27/2010 — Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, is pleased to announce that GlobalSpec, a leading online marketing solutions provider for the industrial sector, has engaged with Frost & Sullivan as a Strategic Partnership Consortium (SPC) Partner.

GlobalSpec has joined Frost & Sullivan's Strategic Partnership Consortium in the category of on-line marketing solutions for the industrial sector.

Frost & Sullivan instituted the Strategic Partnership Consortium to showcase members' best-in-class positioning in their respective fields. Strategic Partners, as global thought leaders, work together to bring targeted clients a constant flow of innovative ideas, opportunities and strategies to help drive revenue growth.

The foundation for this program is based on Frost & Sullivan's Growth, Innovation and Leadership events, which are held in major cities around the world. This program also leverages community websites, newsletters, analyst briefings, and webcasts to bring a constant flow of value to clients and Partners alike. Participation as a Strategic Partner strengthens brand, generates significant qualified leads, positions a company in front of a global community of business leaders, and provides significant competitive advantage.

"Frost & Sullivan formed the Strategic Partnership Consortium to connect our clients with best-in-class companies and solutions that best address their growth objectives," explains Art Robbins, President, North America, for Frost & Sullivan. "The SPC program is delighted to have GlobalSpec join this select group of companies, whose expertise is pooled as a resource that provides invaluable benefits for Frost & Sullivan's clients."

As Strategic Partners, GlobalSpec and Frost & Sullivan will work closely together to deliver best-practice solutions to both firms' clients.

"For nearly 15 years, GlobalSpec has been helping engineering, technical and industrial professionals conduct work-related tasks more efficiently and working with manufacturers to reach this audience and grow their businesses via online marketing solutions," explains Jeff Killeen, chairman and CEO of GlobalSpec. "It was a natural fit to partner with Frost & Sullivan. We value the relationship and the benefits it offers to our joint clients."

GlobalSpec joins other Frost & Sullivan Strategic Partners, including PR Newswire, ON24, Conseq, and Eloqua. "They are clearly a thought leader," adds Robbins.

About GlobalSpec
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, 40 e-events 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 186 million parts in 2,300,000 product families from more than 23,000 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. www.globalspec.com.

About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com.

Contact:
Jake Wengroff
210.247.3806
jake.wengroff@frost.com

Contact:
GlobalSpec Marketing
E-mail: marketing@globalspec.com

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