Sunnyvale, Calif. - November 26, 2001 - Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), the leading provider of Content Infrastructure, today announced that Adobe, Akamai Technologies, Artesia, IBM and Virage are extending the reach of Content Infrastructure to address the complex media management and delivery requirements of customers in industries such as entertainment and media.

"Today Interwoven's Content Infrastructure manages rich media assets for many customers around the world," said Robert Perry, senior analyst at the Yankee Group. "Specialty applications in enterprises such as media and entertainment have a need for Content Infrastructure's core strengths to manage complex media assets. Interwoven, in conjunction with its partners, effectively meet the unique needs of these enterprises."

Interwoven is working with leading vendors including IBM, Adobe and Artesia, for complex media storage, processing and retrieval, Virage for digital video encoding, indexing and rich media applications and Akamai for delivery of dynamic Web content at the Internet's edge. These leading digital asset management vendors will now be able to offer their customers a comprehensive solution that leverages Interwoven's core strengths including virtualization, collaboration and syndication of all assets in the digital spectrum.

- Akamai EdgeSuite services is an integrated set of functionalities designed to reduce Internet infrastructure costs and complexities by off-loading all the elements of an enterprise's Web presence for assembly and delivery from Akamai's globally distributed network Integrated with Interwoven's Content Infrastructure, the solution enables customers to virtualize content interactively prior to deploying those digital assets and associated metadata to the Internet's edge.

- Artesia's TEAMS product specializes in capturing, processing and managing rich media assets integrating broadcast, print and Web-based delivery channels. With this new alliance, via a proven integration to TeamSite, Interwoven customers can pull in Web-ready copies for multiple initiatives and delivery channels by utilizing its unique collaborative model with its branching structure.

- IBM Content Manager , cited by IDC as the market share leader for rich media asset management, is the core of IBM's enterprise content management strategy and provides a unified framework for managing, Web-enabling and delivering all types of digital content. Through tight integration with TeamSite, assets in IBM Content Manager can be searched and retrieved within TeamSite's collaborative framework for further development and integration of all related assets and people involved with the initiative.

- Virage is a leading provider of enterprise-scale video content management and publishing solutions. Virage technology allows video for Web delivery to be imported into TeamSite, integrated with related content and syndicated as a whole-site edition into production.

"Empowering our customers with a complete solution for capturing, processing and delivering their complex media assets along with the rich media assets already being managed in TeamSite is at the core of today's announcement," said Frank Florence, senior vice president of business development at Interwoven. "The combined solution of Interwoven and innovative technologies from the leading digital asset management players provides a unique value proposition to our joint customers with specialized requirements."

Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV) is the world's leading provider of Content Infrastructure software. Its content infrastructure product suite includes content aggregation, content collaboration, content management, content intelligence and content distribution. Its products are the de facto standard for more than 700 Global 2000 companies including British Airways, Cisco Systems, General Electric, General Motors and Philips. Interwoven teams with the leading best-of-breed eBusiness application providers to provide customers an end-to-end platform for eBusiness. For more information on Interwoven and its proven XML-based Content Infrastructure solutions, visit the Interwoven Website at www.interwoven.com.tw .

"Interwoven provides a rich environment for customers to store, manage, collaborate and deliver rich content," said Julie McEntee, director of product management, Server Products, Adobe Systems. "TeamSite, an ideal collaborative environment for Web development, combined with Adobe's Altercast, will offer customers a scalable cost-effective digital asset management solution."

"Artesia Technologies is proud to have contributed to some of the most successful DAM deployments in production today, many of which build upon Interwoven's powerful Content Infrastructure," said Scott Bowen, COO and president of Artesia Technologies. "Artesia's TEAMS is the proven and trusted DAM source for leading content infrastructure providers as exhibited by our tight integration with Interwoven. TEAMS supports TeamSite's collaborative model and branching capability by leveraging media assets across multiple initiatives being pursued in parallel."

"Through the integrated Akamai-Interwoven solution that leverages the open specifications Edge Side Includes (ESI) rich media assets managed within TeamSite can be previewed in-context with the live site prior to deployment for delivery via Akamai's global network," said George Kurian, vice president, market strategy at Akamai Technologies. "This unique approach dramatically reduces Web infrastructure complexities and speeds the process by which customers deploy rich, interactive content and applications."

"As an industry leader in the video content management and publishing area, Virage is helping to meet growing customer demand for broader use of video content in today's enterprises," said Dave Girouard, senior vice president of products and services at Virage. "TeamSite's whole-site versioning capability becomes increasingly important for capturing a complete snapshot of the Website for rollback or audit requirements."