BEARINGPOINT PARTNERS WITH GOOGLE TO LAUNCH SEARCH SOLUTIONS PRACTICE GROUP

Companies to Bring Search-Centric Information Solutions to Major Enterprise Customers

McLean, Va., February 14, 2006 – BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE), the leading global management and technology consulting firm, today announced an agreement with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) to deliver search solutions to major enterprise customers.  For more information on BearingPoint’s search solutions practice please visit www.bearingpoint.com/googlesearch.

BearingPoint and Google are working together to bring powerful but simple Google search solutions to complex enterprise environments. BearingPoint extends Google’s search capabilities by offering companies customized search technology tailored for specific business environments in industries such as pharmaceuticals, banking, brokerage, high-tech and aerospace.

“We are enthusiastic about providing the marketplace with our new suite of solutions for Google’s search products and see a tremendous opportunity to address a significant and growing sector,” said Harry You, CEO, BearingPoint.  “Search technology is rapidly becoming a critical application in today’s business environment and BearingPoint is committed to developing the products, services and partners that keep us at the forefront of the information technology landscape.”

"Google's enterprise business more than doubled in 2005, and we look forward to continued success in 2006," said Dave Girouard, general manager, Google Enterprise.  "As companies realize that search is critical to global business, we're pleased that BearingPoint is delivering the integration services, application plug-ins, and on-the-ground expertise that customers are demanding."

You continued, “Enterprise users expect the same level of functionality, simplicity and ease-of-use in the enterprise that they experience as consumers on the Internet.  This is part of a shift we call consumerization of the enterprise and Google search products are at the leading edge of this trend.”

The ability for employees to quickly and easily access corporate information accelerates.