Redwood Shores, Calif. - May 16, 2005 - MetricStream, Inc., a market leader in the enterprise-wide quality and compliance software solutions today announced that TiEcon 2005, the world's largest conference for entrepreneurs, selected MetricStream as an 'emerging star' in the industry.

According to TiEcon, the Emerging Stars must be private companies -- each with at least $1 million in funding, or more than $10 million in revenues. The list of objective measures used to identify Emerging Stars included an evaluation of their management team, market and industry drivers, competitive advantage, market buzz, revenues and business model, and corporate development.

"Our panel of industry experts started with a list of 50 to 100 companies in each category, and from that group identified the five companies we believe will be future movers and shakers within their industries, said Manish Chandra, chairman for TiEcon 2005's Emerging Stars program. "To be honored as Emerging Stars by TiE, these companies demonstrated leadership, good fundamentals, and strong continuity in the market."

"We are very honored to be considered among a peer group of 'movers' and 'shakers' in the software industry", said Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream. "We have the right set of products and a proven track record to be considered a market leader in compliance software for industry regulations such as SEC's Saxbanes-Oxley 404, FDA's 21CFR Part 11, USDA's HACCP; Automotive Industry's TS16949/2002 etc".

About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Quality and Compliance Management for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations in diverse industries such as Automotive, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing and Electronics to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives. Key MetricStream customers include Pfizer, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi Computer Products (America), Albany Molecular Research (AMRI), TaylorMade-Adidas Golf and Cannon-ITT Industries. MetricStream is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com

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