Interactive Data Managed Solutions Enhances IS.Slider

IS.XLPort For Easy And Fast Export Of Real-time And Fundamental Data Into MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL

FRANKFURT, Germany – March, 8 2007 – Interactive Data Managed Solutions, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading provider and operator of customized financial information systems, has greatly enhanced the export of real-time and fundamental data from its financial terminal IS.Slider. IS.XLPort is a add-in designed to facilitate the fast export and real-time processing of large amounts of data in MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL. Due to dynamic cell referencing, users are enabled to manage large dynamic portfolios, quote lists, calculators, and scenario analyses in MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL. A data wizard simplifies the use of IS.XLPort and provides search functionalities across various asset classes. IS.XLPort is especially geared to the needs of asset managers who want to manage and assess various, extensive portfolios in real-time mode.

Easy to use, fast export

IS.XLPort provides easy and intuitive use. The workflow regarding the search, identification and integration of the data is supported by wizards. First, a special selection window enables the user to identify instruments through a search across various asset classes. Then, the specific notation of the instrument can be selected. Finally, the user can specify the data fields that should be exported into MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL. Thus, real-time quotes, fundamental data, calculated key figures, index constituents or price histories, among other content, can be exported out of IS.Slider in just one step. A MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL spreadsheet is then created and updated in real time. The user can also choose to export data from IS.Slider into MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL by using the “copy” and “paste” function. A third possibility is the direct use of the RTD()-functionality of MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL, by defining the parameters via IS.XLPort. Already defined quote list in MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL can be extended to include more securities or data fields by simply copying the RTD()-formula and adjusting the parameters.

IS.Slider also offers the real-time data export via DDE link (“Dynamic Data Exchange”). Due to the higher performance and the ability of the RTD()-functionality for dynamic cell referencing, IS.XLPort provides more flexibility and is therefore especially suited for large data sets and frequently changing portfolios.

“We are committed to continuously enhancing the user-friendliness of IS.Slider,” said Stephan Wolf, chairman of the executive board of Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG. “We maintain a close relationship with the users of our financial terminal, and precisely match the functionalities to their work flows. IS.XLPort is especially geared toward the requirements of asset managers.”

IS.XLPort is an optional add-in for users of IS.Slider. Via the authentication in IS.Slider, users gain access to data that must be activated. Technical requirements for using IS.XLPort is MICROSOFT® OFFICE EXCEL 2002 (or higher), MICROSOFT® NET Framework 1.1, and a local installation of the IS.XLPort Software.

IS.Slider

IS.Slider is Interactive Data Managed Solutions’ customizable financial terminal. It can be tailored specifically to the investment, advisory, and sales processes in private banking and asset management. As the data can be permissioned and billed per user, IS.Slider allows flexible and targeted deployment. Apart from real-time quotes and historical/fundamental data, IS.Slider also provides access to risk figures, performance figures, company data, annual reports and analyst recommendations. Tools for technical and mathematical analysis complement the offering. Access to internal data, such as in-house research, content management systems or customer relationship management systems, can be integrated into IS.Slider. The terminal offers an intuitive, convenient user interface. Approximately several thousand users in 14 countries worldwide use IS.Slider.

About Interactive Data Corporation

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company’s businesses supply time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data 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. Through its businesses, Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics, and eSignal, the Company has approximately 2,200 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company is headquartered in Bedford, Mass. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 62 per cent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation.

Evaluated pricing is provided in the US through Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. and internationally through Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. and Interactive Data (Australia) Pty Ltd.

For more information about Interactive Data and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com.

Interactive Data Real-Time Services is a leading provider of real-time global market data to financial institutions, redistributors and online financial portals worldwide. Offerings from Interactive Data Real-Time Services include PlusFeed, a consolidated, low latency datafeed. Also managed as part of this business is Interactive Data Managed Solutions, a leading provider and operator of customized financial market information systems.