Dr. Mark Hale to Discuss the Importance of Standards-Based XML in eBusiness

SUNNYVALE, Calif., - September 17, 2002 - Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), the leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), today announced that Interwoven XML expert Dr. Mark A. Hale, P.E., will be speaking at a session entitled Using Standards-Based XML for eBusiness at the fifth annual XML World Conference at the Marriott in New Orleans, September 23-25.

XML World 2002 is a conference and exhibition that, over the last five years, has brought together developers, customers, and vendors from across the globe to explore the XML phenomenon. The September conference will host a group of events that have in the past been staged separately and that focus on Content Management, Portal Solutions, Wireless Applications, and Electronic Business Environments. This year, each of these components will constitute an independent track over which a co-chair, selected for their leadership in each field, will organize a timely and relevant program. Attendees include developers, architects, technology managers, business strategists, integrators, and investors

Interwoven Session Title: Using Standards-Based XML for eBusiness

Speaker: Dr. Mark Hale, Director of Content Technologies and Standards Architect, Interwoven, Inc.

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 25, 3:15-4:00pm

Session Description: Extensible mark-up language (XML) is emerging as the great enabler of eBusiness. Because it reduces the time-to-market and cost of implementation, XML is a driving force between the technological shift that is levelling the competitive business playing field.

The low-entry cost and flexibility of XML enables fast time-to-market for new eCommerce initiatives. In this presentation, Dr. Hale will explore how standards-based XML facilitates rapid content creation and helps make content available anywhere, in any format, and on any device. He will describe how publishing templates based on XML allows non-technical knowledge workers to create, deploy, and repurpose content.

Real-world examples in the aerospace, government, and technology sectors will be covered that show the use of Content Services, introduced earlier this year by Interwoven and its partners. It is the only publicly available specification designed to expose Enterprise Content Management as a Web service enhancing the reliability of platform integration.

About Dr. Mark Hale
Dr. Mark Hale has been working for a number of years in the field of information systems integration. He is internationally known for his work in content technology solutions for business and is considered to be a leading authority on business strategies for adopting XML. He has worked for more than a decade in the field, writes for numerous technical journals and speaks around the globe on XML and content management. Dr. Hale serves on standards bodies for W3C, OASIS, IETF, and IEEE and heads the Interwoven Developer Network (http://devnet.interwoven.com). While on the research faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Hale served on more than ten application framework steering committees and has taught graduate and short courses on the subject.

Editors' Note: Members of the press interested in scheduling appointments with Dr. Mark Hale can contact Kathleen Means at (408) 530-5718 or Kathleen.Means@interwoven.com.

About XML World
Since 1998, XML World 2002 has become the industry's leading XML Business conference. This year the theme is about fusion, the bringing together of different threads in the story of modern business applications - personalized content, wireless mobility, enterprise portals and instantaneous business transactions - for the benefit of all involved.

About Interwoven
Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV) is the world's leading provider of Enterprise Content Management software. The Interwoven 5 platform provides complete content lifecycle services including Content Processing, Content Management, Content Intelligence, Content Production and Content Distribution. Its products are used by more than 1000 global organizations including British Airways, Cisco Systems, General Electric, General Motors and Singapore Airlines. Interwoven teams with the leading best-of-breed enterprise application providers to provide customers complete, collaborative business enterprise solutions. Recently, Interwoven won Transform Magazine's "2001 Product of the Year" award for Enterprise Content and Collaboration Technology. For more information on Interwoven and its proven XML-based ECM solutions, visit the Interwoven Website at www.interwoven.com.tw.

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