PITTSBURGH - June 27, 2007 - Fortune Small Business magazine ranked Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ: ANST) 29th on its annual FSB 100 list of fastest-growing small public companies.

"It's an honor to be included among the FSB 100," said Nicholas Csendes, Ansoft's president and CEO. "Ansoft's ongoing innovation in the high-performance electronic design software market and its unwavering commitment to customers and shareholders are the driving forces behind our continued growth."

Fortune Small Business ranks the top 100 public companies with annual revenues of less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1, basing selections on percentage growth in earnings, revenue and stock performance over the past three years.

To learn more about the FSB 100, visit http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2007/index.html, or see the print edition of Fortune Small Business dated July/August 2007.

About Fortune Small Business
Fortune Small Business is a general interest business magazine published ten times a year as a joint venture by The Fortune Group at Time Inc. and American Express Small Business Services. Each issue provides hard-hitting, informative coverage of the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. economy-small business. FSB is delivered to 1 million small business owners. Time Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner. For more information, please visit http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb.

About Ansoft
Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to achieve first-pass system success when designing mobile communication and Internet-access devices, broadband networking components and systems, integrated circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electromechanical systems. Ansoft markets its products worldwide through its own direct sales force and has comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout North America, Asia and Europe. To learn more, please visit www.ansoft.com.

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