Open Source Business Conference West (OSBC) - February 13, 2006 - Palamida(tm) today announced that Mark Tolliver, the company's CEO, will be speaking on a panel, "How Much is Open Source Worth?" at OSBC West on February 15, 3:15-4:00 pm at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. The session will discuss how open source software is affecting the M&A process and the increasing importance of intellectual property during the due diligence process. Following the session, attendees will be equipped with practical due diligence how-to's, best practice assessments and compliance methodologies.

Mr. Tolliver will be joined by Sherman Chu, Director, Licensing & Technology, Cisco Systems; Stephen Gillespie, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP; Stephen A. Mutkoski, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation; and Richard Vieira, Managing Director, Technology Group, Jeffries Broadview.

For more information on OSBC West, visit: http://www.osbc.com/live/13/.

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San Francisco-based Palamida is breaking new ground in software compliance and license management, accelerating developers' ability to innovate based on open source and reusable software components. With the industry's fastest search and reporting against the world's largest database of open source and third-party software code, Palamida's innovative search technology can reduce software compliance efforts from weeks to hours. Founded in 2003, Palamida is led by industry veterans and backed by leading venture capital firms. Investors include Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, WaldenVC and Stanford University. Read Palamida's blog at www.palamida.blogs.com or for more information visit www.palamida.com.