Needham, Mass., May 12, 2009 – RatePoint, Inc., a leading provider of customer feedback and online reputation management services, today announced that it has been named as a finalist for the 6th Annual MITX Technology Awards. The MITX Technology Awards recognize emergent and innovative technologies developed in the New England area, as well as the individuals and organizations responsible for driving these advancements. The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the country’s premier Internet business and marketing association.

“Small businesses need a differentiating factor in this reputation economy, and many are turning to RatePoint to promote their brand promise,” said Neal Creighton, co-founder and CEO, RatePoint. “We’re honored to be recognized by MITX and the acknowledgement it brings to technology-based companies such as RatePoint.”

RatePoint facilitates the connection between small businesses and customers to build trusting relationships. RatePoint offers easy-to-use Web-based communication tools that proactively connect small businesses with customers to collect, manage and promote customer feedback. RatePoint empowers small businesses to easily create, manage and promote customer interaction, boosting loyalty, trust, sales and membership.

“Being named a Finalist in the MITX Technology Awards is an important achievement,” said Kiki Mills, executive director of MITX. “This recognition translates into increased exposure with media, industry analysts & investors, and provides them a higher profile in their industry. We congratulate all of the finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.”

Entrants were able to submit their work under any of ten different categories, including: Analytics and Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Devices, Enterprise Technologies, Gaming, Marketing and Customer Relationship Technologies, Mobile, Online Advertising, Rich Media and Social Media.

RatePoint will be recognized with the other finalists in the category of Marketing and Customer Relationship Technologies at an awards ceremony attended by the region’s top technology and business professionals. Winners will be announced at the ceremony at the Westin Copley Hotel on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

In addition to being selected as a finalist for their category, finalists are eligible for several ‘Best of’ awards, and for the new ‘Promise’ awards.

“This year we’re excited to be recognizing startup and emerging technologies through our first ever Promise Awards,” Mills said. “Recognizing technology that shows real vision and promise is so important to this industry; it helps promote the strength of the talent here in New England.”

The MITX Technology Awards program is sponsored through the generous support of: Atom Group, DLA Piper, LEWIS PR, Mad*Pow, Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

About RatePoint:
RatePoint, Inc., the leading provider of customer feedback and online reputation management services, helps businesses protect and build their online reputation, allowing businesses to harness the power of credible customer feedback and leverage it into a sales, marketing and customer service asset.

RatePoint’s easy-to-use, Web-based communication services include customer feedback tools to collect business and product reviews, email marketing, survey and dispute resolution capabilities to provide small- and medium-sized businesses with the ability to collect, manage and promote customer feedback directly from their Web site. For more information, contact us at: 888-777-1636 or visit: www.ratepoint.com.

About MITX
Established in 1996, MITX—the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the region’s premier professional organization for the Internet business & marketing industry. Reaching more than 7,500 professionals in New England, MITX is the community for thought leadership, building business relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking to make business connections and exchange ideas. With over 60 events annually, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to promote their companies to targeted audiences and provides a valuable forum for networking to source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas, funding and other likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. Visit us at www.mitx.org