eSignal Wins Awards

eSignal Wins Awards from Traders, Investors and Industry Experts
eSignal Products Recognized in Readers’ Choice Awards by Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Magazine and Trade2Win Web Site

20 Feb 2008

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eSignal, the desktop solutions division of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) and a leading provider of streaming, real-time financial market data, news, analytics and decision-support tools for professional and individual traders, today announced it has received multiple awards from two prestigious trade-industry media outlets: Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine and Trade2Win (T2W) Web site.

For the 15th year in a row, eSignal was the first place winner in the Real-Time Data category in the Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine Readers’ Choice awards. The magazine is a leading industry publication serving professional and individual traders and investors. Other eSignal 2007 Readers’ Choice awards from the magazine were: first runner-up Delayed Data, first runner-up Institutional Platform, first runner-up Professional Platform, first runner-up Software >$1,000, and finalist in the Subscription Internet Analytical Platform category.

In addition, eSignal’s Advanced GET® product was first runner-up in the Futures Trading Systems category and a finalist in both the Software >$1,000 and Stock Trading Systems categories. eSignalCentral.com was a finalist in the Training category.

eSignal also won top honors from T2W, a leading community Web site for active traders in the UK. T2W's 2007 Readers' Choice Awards recognized eSignal with gold medals in Best Real-Time Data Feed and Best Software for UK Intra-Day Traders category.

"It is an honor to be chosen for these awards by the users of our products,” said Chuck Thompson, president of eSignal. "They further validate the many enhancements we’ve made to advance our offerings over the past year. We will continue to improve and expand our products and services to meet the dynamic needs of our customers.”

About Interactive Data Corporation:

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company's businesses supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions of securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Through its businesses, Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics, and eSignal, the Company has approximately 2,200 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company is headquartered in Bedford, Mass. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder.

For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com.

About eSignal:

eSignal (www.eSignal.com), Interactive Data Corporation’s (NYSE: IDC) desktop solutions business, is a leading global provider of financial and business information to professional traders and active individual traders. Building on a legacy of nearly 25 years of delivering time-sensitive financial information, eSignal provides streaming, real-time market data, news and analytics. eSignal's suite of products includes eSignal®, Advanced GET®, QuoTrek®, FutureSource®, MarketCenter LIVESM, QCharts®, LiveCharts®, Market-QSM and the Web portals FutureSource.com, Quote.com® and RagingBull.com.

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