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26 Sep 2007

Thomson Scientific's Techstreet Service Receives 2007 Model of Excellence Award from InfoCommerce Group

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that Techstreet (www.techstreet.com) has been named a Model of Excellence award winner by InfoCommerce Group Inc.

The Models of Excellence awards recognize the information industry’s most innovative data products and publishers. Thomson Scientific accepted the award at the InfoCommerce 2007 conference September 25 in Philadelphia. The conference is attended by info-commerce publishers from around the world.

“The Techstreet business model elegantly delivers a classic ‘win-win,” said Russell Perkins, Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group. “It frees participating standards bodies from the cost and hassles of e-commerce and product fulfillment. At the same time, its subscription service provides subscribers with an enterprise-wide virtual library of always-current data, alerts when standards are modified, and more. Greater productivity and greater operating efficiency: that’s the essence of infocommerce and Techstreet delivers.”

The Techstreet e-commerce web site and web-based subscription service provide a one-stop source for online delivery of industry codes and standards to engineering professionals around the world.

“We are very pleased that Techstreet has been selected as a Model of Excellence award winner,” said David Brown, Executive Vice President, Thomson Scientific. “Thomson Scientific is dedicated to providing innovative engineering solutions to serve the information needs of our customers, and Techstreet is certainly a great example of how we continue to support that goal.”

InfoCommerce Group provides research, consulting and experience-based insight to publishers of commercial databases from nearly 30 companies in seven countries. InfoCommerce also publishes InfoCommerce Report, a newsletter covering database publishing.

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Thomson Scientific is a business of The Thomson Corporation. Its information solutions assist professionals at every stage of research and development—from discovery to analysis to product development and distribution. Thomson Scientific information solutions can be found at scientific.thomson.com.