Transitive Named Software Runner-Up in The Wall Street Journal’s Global Technology Innovation Awards

Los Gatos, Calif. – October 26, 2005 – Transitive® Corporation, the leading provider of software that enables transportability of applications across multiple processor and operating system pairs, today announced that its QuickTransit®™ Hardware Virtualization Technology has been named as runner-up in the software category of The Wall Street Journal’s second annual Global Technology Innovation Awards for 2005.

“Transitive is honored to receive recognition for its technology innovation by The Wall Street Journal,” said Bob Wiederhold, President and CEO of Transitive. “This award underscores the potential business impact that our software is likely to make on the entire computing industry, from computer OEMs to ISVs and IT systems integrators.”

The Wall Street Journal, the world’s leading business publication and the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; www.dowjones.com), announced the recipients of its 2005 Global Technology Innovation Awards on October 24th, 2005. According to the press release, these awards recognize technological breakthroughs by individuals, companies and organizations around the world in a wide range of areas, including medicine, software, hardware, the internet, wireless and broadcasting. The winners can also be found online at www.wsj.com.

"Innovation is the key for any company to have continued success, and through these awards The Wall Street Journal recognizes these technological breakthroughs throughout the world," said Karen Elliott House, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and senior vice president, Dow Jones & Company. "This year's winners showed the creative thinking that has allowed them to rise to the top of their respective industries."

Transitive’s software technology allows other application software that has been compiled for one processor/operating system to be run on another processor/operating system without any source code or binary changes. Transitive announced its QuickTransit® software product line in 2004 and has confirmed customer engagements including Silicon Graphics and Apple, with more announcements expected in the near future.

About Transitive Corporation

Transitive Corporation is a pioneer and leader in providing solutions that allow the transportability of software applications across multiple hardware platforms. The company’s hardware virtualization technology allows software applications that have been compiled for one processor/operating system to run on another without any source code or binary changes and at speeds comparable to native ports. The technology dramatically reduces software developers’ cost, risk, and time-to-market of supporting multiple hardware platforms, facilitates OEM customers’ migration to new platforms, and makes significantly more software available on hardware platforms. Transitive Corporation is located in Los Gatos, California with a research and development team in Manchester, England. The company is privately held, with funding participation by Pond Venture Partners Ltd., Manchester Technology Fund, Crescendo Ventures and Accel Partners. For more information, please visit Transitive’s website at www.transitive.com.

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