SUNNYVALE, Calif. -February 17, 2004- Interwoven Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), the world's next-generation enterprise content management (ECM) company, today announced that leading UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has cut the time its lawyers spend searching, retrieving, and sharing documents as a result of implementing Interwoven WorkSite, the legal industry's leading solution for matter centric collaboration. Matter centric collaboration goes beyond traditional document management to provide an electronic equivalent to the physical matter file.

The investment is part of an overall firm strategy to improve operational efficiency, focusing on document storage and working practices. Using Interwoven WorkSite Server software, all correspondence and paperwork is now stored electronically in a central repository, making it easier and more cost-effective for lawyers to search, retrieve, and access documents.

The firm also used WorkSite as part of its own merger, finalized in May 2003, between Addleshaw Booth & Co. and Theodore Goddard. "Most firms are currently drowning in paper and e-mail. Managing this is not an effective way for lawyers or lawyers to spend their time," said Damian Griffiths, IT director at Addleshaw Goddard. "We needed a system to automate our document management processes and make a lawyer's day-to-day work far more time and cost-effective. Without Interwoven WorkSite we could not have completed our own merger last year so swiftly or successfully. We were able to ensure all documents and data were available to our entire staff within days of the merger completion."

With over 500 lawyers located across the UK, Addleshaw Goddard was also looking for a solution that would enable geographically dispersed teams access to the same matter file irrespective of their location. Other important factors in the purchase decision were speed of implementation, ease of use, and tight integration with existing applications including Microsoft Office suite.

"We converted 1.6 million documents without any major hitches-which is no mean feat-and the support we received from Interwoven was key. We always knew Interwoven was right behind us if we needed advice or help," said Dan Simms, technical services manager at Addleshaw Goddard. "We were very impressed with the speed at which we were able to deploy the technology. One of our office systems was up and running in one day."

"We couldn't be happier with our relationship with Interwoven. This rollout was one of the smoothest I've seen in my career and the responsiveness and the openness of its staff is second to none. We needed a tailored and customized system and that's what was delivered," Griffiths concluded.

"Our commitment to customer service and ongoing product innovation are key priorities within Interwoven," said Chris Junker, vice president for worldwide legal sales, Interwoven. "We are delighted to demonstrate once again we have delivered on our promises and continue to be a formidable player in the global legal markets."

In the future, Addleshaw Goddard plans to integrate more of the Interwoven product suite and roll out both content management and portal capabilities. Addleshaw Goddard is a leading UK law firm advising clients who are FTSE350 and comparable organizations, leading businesses and private individuals on a wide range of legal needs. Addleshaw Goddard's lawyers deliver high value business solutions across a wide range of industry sectors through leading Commercial, Corporate, Employment & Litigation, Finance and Projects, and Property teams. The firm has 169 partners, over 500 other lawyers and a firm-wide complement of more than 1,200 people in total, and turnover for the financial year ended 31 May 2003 was £120 million. The firm acts for more than 40 FTSE 350 clients and has over 100 clients of an equivalent size, in addition to in excess of 160 financial institutions and almost 100 public sector organizations.
Interwoven, Inc. is the world's next-generation enterprise content management (ECM) company. Interwoven's patented, award-winning ECM platform integrates the six pillars of content management: collaboration, e-mail management, document management, Web content management, digital asset management, and records management. Allied with the leading enterprise application providers, the Interwoven ECM platform provides complete content lifecycle management for more than 2,700 organizations worldwide including Air France, Citibank, Ford, General Electric, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, and Yamaha. In the legal industry, Interwoven (previously iManage) is the market leader with The Global 100 of law firms, which includes premier firms such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Holland & Knight, and Jones Day. For more information visit www.interwoven.com.tw.