ITA Software, a fast-growing technology company founded by computer scientists from MIT, announced today that the Boston Business Journal has named it one of the Best Places to Work in Massachusetts in the publication’s fourth annual regional awards program. The honor recognizes ITA Software’s achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture.

Based in the heart of Kendall Square in Cambridge, ITA Software provides airlines and travel distribution companies with comprehensive, reliable and cost-effective technology. As one of more than 300 companies to qualify for consideration, ITA Software made the top 20 list in the midsize category (101 — 500 employees) based on the results of employee-satisfaction surveys taken throughout the spring.

“We hire great people and try to enable them to create great technologies,” said Jeremy Wertheimer, president and CEO of ITA Software. “We take pride in all of our employees and are therefore thrilled be recognized by the area’s leading business journal as one of the Best Places to Work in Massachusetts.”

The top 20 companies in four size categories - emerging (10-24 employees), small (25-100 employees), midsize (101-500 employees) and large (more than 500 employees) - will be profiled in a special supplement of the Boston Business Journal to be published on June 23, 2006.

“For the fourth year in a row, our results validate how the creation of the right corporate culture can create powerful business advantages,” said George Donnelly, Boston Business Journal editor. “Employees are proud to work for companies that are about more than just business.”

The survey project itself was launched in January by the Boston Business Journal in conjunction with market research firm QMR Inc. of Wichita, Kansas. Companies were evaluated on the results of more than 20,000 employee-satisfaction surveys. Employees answered questionnaires that addressed such factors as their pride in the company, company encouragement, support and recognition of achievement and relationships with co-workers and supervisors. The results were analyzed and scored by assigning points to each question.

About ITA Software, Inc. ITA Software (www.itasoftware.com) was founded by computer scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 and is based in the heart of Cambridge’s Kendall Square. ITA Software has earned recognition as the leading provider of innovative technology and services for the airline industry. Profitable for many years, ITA Software recently closed $100 million in equity financing - noted as one the largest venture deals to be completed in the New England area over the past five years. ITA Software recently was named as one of the Best Places to Work in 2006 by the Boston Business Journal.