Sapient Named a UK Leader in Web Design by Independent Research Firm

By Sapientnitro, PRNE
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

LONDON, April 1, 2010 - Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) today announced that its marketing services group,
SapientNitro (www.sapientnitro.com/, previously known as Sapient
Interactive*), was named a leader in the "The Forrester Wave(TM): UK
Interactive Marketing Agencies - Web Design Capabilities Q1 2010" report
published by leading independent analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc.

"Forrester Wave reports are acknowledged to be the go-to sources of
authoritative and credible insight into the interactive industry and we are
proud to be included," said Nigel Vaz, Managing Director, SapientNitro. "We
are the only agency that can deliver multichannel marketing and multichannel
commerce, with strong technology capabilities, and this recognition reflects
the high-quality, innovative design work that we continue to produce for
leading brands worldwide."

Forrester's evaluation of the web design capabilities of nine leading UK
interactive marketing agencies across 19 criteria found that SapientNitro to
be a leader in transaction-led projects. In the report, SapientNitro received
higher than average web site user experience review scores, with one of the
sites provided for evaluation scoring 20 and the second reference site
scoring 14. The report also found that one of those sites featured a
"radically innovative interface".

    In addition, the report called out the following key findings:

    - "Sapient performed well due to the consistently above-average usability
      of its two reference sites... strong measurement capabilities,
      differentiated market positioning, and credible tactics to prepare for
      emerging technologies."

    - "The agency's London office deploys large global teams to deliver
      solutions...with a focus on how to help brands sell more or cut costs
      without sacrificing creativity."

SapientNitro is the world's first customer experience company and aims to
create and engineer highly relevant experiences that accelerate business
growth and fuel brand advocacy for its clients. SapientNitro picked up nine
Cannes Lions awards in 2009, was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave: US
Interactive Agencies Web Design Capabilities report as well as the Digital
Strategy and Execution report and was deemed "Agency to Watch" by Ad Age. In
2009 it was ranked number one in NMA's Top 100 Interactive Agencies in the UK
for the third consecutive year.

*Notes to editors

At the time of producing the report, SapientNitro was known as Sapient
Interactive, and it is referred to as such throughout The Forrester Wave(TM):
UK Interactive Marketing Agencies - Web Design Capabilities Q1 2010 report.

About SapientNitro

SapientNitro (www.sapientnitro.com/), part of Sapient(R), is
the world's first customer experience company. We create and engineer highly
relevant experiences that accelerate business growth and fuel brand advocacy
for our clients. By combining multi-channel marketing, multi-channel commerce
and the technology that binds them, we influence customer behaviour across
the spectrum of content, communication and commerce channels, resulting in
deeper, more meaningful relationships between customers and brands.
SapientNitro services global leaders such as Citi, The Coca-Cola Company,
Mars, Singapore Airlines, Target and Vodafone through our operations in North
America
, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit
www.sapientnitro.com or follow us on Twitter @sapientnitro
(twitter.com/sapientnitro).

Contact: Pippa Melamet D: +44(0)20-7608-4632

Contact: Pippa Melamet, D: +44(0)20-7608-4632, E: pippa.melamet at hotwirepr.com

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