Percussion Software Products Recognized for Excellence by Canadian e-Content Awards and Lotus Advisor Editors' Choice Awards

WOBURN, MA - April 6, 2005 - Percussion Software, a leading developer of practical software solutions enabling customers to maximize the value and quality of enterprise content, today announced that a trio of its products has been recognized for excellence with awards from the 2005 Canadian e-Content Awards and 2005 Lotus Advisor Editors' Choice Awards.

• The Rhythmyx 5.5 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system won the Canadian e-Content Award for Content or Records Management Software/System.
• Rhythmyx also won a Lotus Advisor Editors’ Choice silver award for Content Management.
• Lyrix, a comprehensive Lotus Domino Content Integration solution, won a Lotus Advisor Editors’ Choice silver award in the Integration category.
• ServerAdmin Plus 8.5, an integrated solution for managing Lotus Domino servers and Lotus Notes clients, won a Lotus Advisor Editors’ Choice silver award for Administration Tools.

“We are honored to be recognized by the Canadian e-Content Awards and Lotus Advisor Editors’ Choice Awards,” said Barry Reynolds, CEO of Percussion Software. “These awards reflect Percussion’s track record as a strong provider of quality software products that maximize the value of enterprise content. As we work to innovate and improve our products over time, we appreciate the recognition we continue to receive from the industry.”

The Canadian e-Content Awards recognize and honor electronic content products that demonstrate innovation in facilitating knowledge creation and e-business processes. "This year's winners displayed high levels of innovation, vision, functionality and market fit," said Heather Wilson, chair of the judging committee which is made up of a panel of industry experts and professional users of e-content solutions. "We continue to be impressed with the caliber and innovation of the entrants which we see as a sign that the Canadian e-content industry is thriving." The judging committee noted that Percussion’s Rhythmyx "simplifies the process allowing organizations with mid-tier requirements to meet their communication and publishing needs."

The Lotus Advisor Editors' Choice Awards said, “Percussion Rhythmyx is a robust enterprise content management solution that manages Web content, documents, digital assets, portals, and scanned images. Rhythmyx is great for managing big channel sites where it can be difficult to track everything that's out there. With its automation, you can build links to related content based on similar key words and can manage sunsetting and content aging smoothly. Especially nice are the Rhythmyx FastForward feature sets: pre-built application functionality you can use to get a head start in your own environment.”

Commenting on Lyrix, Lotus Advisor Editors’ Choice Awards noted, “Percussion Lyrix offers direct Domino content reuse. You can use it to share Domino data with enterprise applications such as portals, content management solutions, J2EE/.NET Web applications, sales force automation, customer relationship management, and document management. Lyrix is based on a Web services architecture that automatically transforms Notes documents and unique Domino attributes (such as Rich Text, embedded images, doc links, attachments) into standard XML and xHTML. Lyrix offers two modes: a live mode called ‘Content Services’ and a transfer mode called ‘Content Transfers.’ The live mode lets other enterprise applications access Domino content in real-time, so there's no need to create new applications or migrate. The transfer mode supports ongoing, periodic transfers of Domino content and systematic content migrations. Lyrix doesn't require any coding to expose Domino content, and it doesn't require any Domino skills or application knowledge for non-Domino developers or system integrators.”

Lotus Advisor Editors’ Choice Awards also said, “Percussion ServerAdmin Plus again stands out as an administrator tool this year with its launch of version 8.5, which continues to build upon its rich admin control feature set. Still installed on a single client with no server configuration required, it lets an administrator build and apply rules to servers, databases, and even clients. From moving databases to new servers including the automatic updating of user bookmarks to analyzing ACLs and applying security rules across your entire organization with only a couple of clicks, ServerAdmin Plus greatly simplifies the life of the Domino administrator. The new version lets you control user settings from locations and connections to many user preferences.”