Imaginatik Launches Portfolio Monitor:A Simple Way to Track Ideas from Conception to Implementation

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New Idea Management Technology Puts Your Best Ideas into Practice

BOSTON, Mass. – June 29, 2010 –Imaginatik plc (AIM:IMTK), theCollective Intelligence Company,today unveiled Portfolio Monitor for Idea Central™, a customizable module that provides leaders, managersand participants inIdea Central eventsthe ability to track ideas as they evolve throughout a project’slifecycle.

Portfolio Monitor offers Idea Central users visibility into current and past projects, allowing stakeholders totrack the progress of their ideas. Project managers and other leaders gain the ability to quantify thestatus, costs, benefits and profits of each project using detailed reporting features. Standardized lifecyclemanagement results from better visibility and clearer workflows, contributing to a higher projectcompletion rate. As with Idea Central, the module can be customized to match a company website’s lookand feel.

Portfolio Monitor’s reporting capabilities make it easy for managers to quantify the long-term benefits ofIdea Central, Imaginatik’scollective intelligence solutionthat promotes innovation within the corporateenvironment.

“Tapping collective intelligence strategies for effective—even groundbreaking—ideas is an important firststep, but how do you turn the most important concepts into realities?” asks Tim Woods, director of theplatform group at Imaginatik. “With Portfolio Monitor, businesses can organize steps in the evolution of anidea as an easy-to-follow, user-friendly workflow.”

Portfolio Monitor customers benefit from Imaginatik’s support team, who help get the module up andrunning. During a two-day process design workshop, the Imaginatik team works with the client to developa custom project form unique to the company’s business objectives. The workshop includes PortfolioMonitor training, where administrators learn how to move ideas into the module, create projects, managethem throughout the process and configure administrative options.

In addition to its reporting features and an intuitive user interface, Portfolio Monitor includes:

• Simple Integration Options– Move/upload ideas from Idea Central or other platforms directly toPortfolio Monitor.

• Standardized Project Workflow– Concepts that are converted into projects are simple to manage.Easily attach a custom, predefined process form, define project teams and assign required workflowto designated team members within Portfolio Monitor.

• Flexible Tracking– Predefined views include General Project Overview (organized by projectstatus), Track by My Concepts (projects the user authored), Track by My Projects (projects in whichthe user is involved), Track by Sponsor (organized by sponsor name), and more.

• Easy Archive Access– Completed projects can be archived for future reference.

• Exporting Data– Export project data in CSV or Microsoft Excel format.

For more information about the new Portfolio Monitor, visitwww.imaginatik.com/portfolio_monitor.

About Imaginatik

Imaginatik provides Collective Intelligence andIdea Managementsolutions. Top companies all over theworld use our Idea Central software platform to identify and develop the important ideas and strategiesthat will drive the future of their business. For nearly 15 years, Imaginatik has helped customers includingPfizer, Boeing, Chubb and Cargill achieve outstanding results with the know-how of our experiencedconsulting team and our highly configurable Web-based software. Imaginatik is a public company tradedon the London Stock Exchange [LSE:IMTK.L] and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer withoffices in Boston, Mass. and London, U.K. The company collaborates with several academic institutionsincluding the IXL Center at Hult International Business School.

For more information visitwww.imaginatik.com.

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