Press Release

October 25, 2004

Outercurve and ComStock to Provide Market Data Driven Financial Solutions for BlackBerry®

ISELIN, NJ and Bedford, MA - Outercurve Technologies, a leading global provider of wireless handheld business solutions, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with ComStock, Inc. a subsidiary of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC). ComStock will provide real-time, worldwide market data via Outercurve’s SnapShot Market Indicators financial applications suite for BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds™ from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM).

Outercurve’s SnapShot Market Indicators is a vital new tool that allows users to receive real-time push based quotes, charts and news on their BlackBerry® devices. SnapShot Market Indicators combines the power and convenience of Outercurve's flagship InfoEdge On-DemandTM service with ComStock’s comprehensive market data to create a valuable application for financial professionals.

"Outercurve’s wireless solutions are designed to give financial professionals the most extensive selection of financial news research, business intelligence and real-time market data on their BlackBerry® devices," said Derek Roga, Outercurve’s President and CEO. "Working with ComStock will help us achieve our goal of providing our customers with quality financial information."

“Outercurve is a tremendous example of a value-added partner”, says Paul Zinone, Vice President and Managing Director of ComStock. “The combination of their innovative technology with our global market data allows users to stay connected to the market even when they are away from their offices and desktops computers.”

About Outercurve Technologies

Outercurve Technologies is a leading global provider of wireless handheld business solutions. Outercurve's InfoEdge service provides organizations using the BlackBerry® wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM) the ability to create, deploy and manage robust client-server wireless applications. By using InfoEdge, its unique development environment and over-the-air application deployment capability, companies can rapidly deliver packaged and/or custom applications to thousands of mobile users globally, thereby reducing time to market, total cost of ownership and significantly increasing the value of their technology investment. InfoEdge is delivered through partnerships the company has with wireless carriers in the US, Hong Kong, Europe, Singapore, and Australia. For more information about Outercurve Technologies please visit
www.outercurve.com

About ComStock

ComStock, Inc., a subsidiary of Interactive Data Corporation, is a leading provider of real-time global financial information to financial institutions, financial information re-distributors and online media portals worldwide. ComStock's suite of services ranges from a real-time data feed, to fully customized and hosted market data solutions.

About Interactive Data Corporation

Interactive Data Corporation is a leading global provider of securities pricing, financial information, and analytic tools to institutional and individual investors. The company supplies time-sensitive pricing (including evaluated pricing), dividend, corporate action, and descriptive information for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world’s best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the company’s services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management, and valuation activities.

Interactive Data Corporation is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. Through its branded businesses, FT Interactive Data, ComStock, CMS BondEdge, and eSignal, Interactive Data Corporation has approximately 1,800 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 60 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation.

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