Leading Analyst Firm Rates Percussion Software's Rhythmyx as "Positive" in WCM MarketScope

WOBURN, MA – December 5, 2005 – Percussion Software, a leading developer of practical software solutions enabling customers to maximize the value and quality of enterprise content, today announced that its Rhythmyx ECM system has been given a "Positive Rating" for Web Content Management (WCM) by leading industry analyst firm, Gartner, Inc. The Gartner MarketScope for Web Content Management, 2005 focuses on WCM software vendors that target large and midsize businesses with licensed server-based content management software. The 16 vendors covered in the report provide comparable WCM offerings with a broad feature set, supporting a wide variety of corporate functions, according to Gartner.

"It's very gratifying to be rated among the top six WCM vendors in Gartner's MarketScope for Web Content Management," said Percussion CEO Barry Reynolds. "We believe this rating from one of the industry's leading market-watchers reflects Rhythmyx's core strengths, including robust functionality out-of-the-box, strong custom development capabilities, multi-channel delivery and support for global, multi-site Web environments. This has been a momentum-building year for Rhythmyx, as name-brand customers such as Thrifty Car Rental and the British Library leverage Rhythmyx capabilities to drive significant online revenues and to more effectively manage and share online content. These and other businesses across a wide range of industries are proving that Rhythmyx is the practical choice. WCM solutions built with Rhythmyx can open vital new channels and positively impact revenues."

Percussion's Positive rating in the Gartner MarketScope for Web Content Management is the latest in an impressive year so far for Percussion and the Rhythmyx ECM system. Recent awards include:

• Percussion was named one of the 2005 "100 Companies That Matter Most" in the digital content industry by EContent magazine. This is the third consecutive year that EContent named Percussion a leader in the Content Management category.
• Percussion's work with the NSPCC, a UK children's charity, was awarded with Best Intranet Project at the International Information Industry Awards 2005 and with runner up at The Information Management Awards 2005 for Best Intranet.
• Rhythmyx FastForward for WCM rapid implementation capabilities won Best of Show in the Web Content Management Category at the 2005 AIIM On Demand conference, sponsored by AIIM E-DOC Magazine.
• Thrifty Car Rental's global, multi-site THRIFTY.com Web implementation won a first place IBIC (Internet/Intranet Best in Class) Award in 2005 for its use of Rhythmyx.
• Rhythmyx was named to KMWorld's 2005 Trend-Setting Products list.
• Rhythmyx also won the 2005 Canadian e-Content Award for Content or Records Management Software/System, and a Lotus Advisor Editors' Choice silver award for Content Management .

In Gartner's MarketScope, a Positive rating refers to companies that "demonstrate strength in specific areas, but are largely opportunistic." Gartner recommends that current customers "continue incremental investments" while potential customers "put this vendor on a shortlist of tactical alternatives."