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Idiom Launches Global Partner Network To Empower E-Business Globalization

Akamai, BroadVision, Digital Island, Eprise, Interwoven and Vignette Among Charter Members to Offer Broad Range of Global e-Business Expertise

Waltham, MA - October 4, 2000 - Idiom Technologies, Inc., the premier provider of e-business globalization solutions, today launched the Idiom Global Partner Network™, the industry's most comprehensive globalization partnership program dedicated to providing organizations with a full breadth of best-of-breed technologies and services to maximize global e-business. Charter members of this new program include leading software and technology vendors, interactive agencies, system integrators and translation and localization services to complement Idiom's e-business globalization solutions.

Today, companies seeking leadership in the global economy face ongoing challenges in implementing an e-business strategy that markets to a worldwide audience. According to IDC, a research firm in Framingham, Mass., more than 50% of the147 million Web users today are non-English speakers; and by 2003, 60% of the one billion Internet users will be non-English speakers.

"By joining forces with companies that offer cutting-edge technology and services which complement our WorldServer™ software and professional services, Idiom extends its leadership in helping organizations market to a worldwide audience," said Fred Lizza, president & CEO, Idiom Technologies, Inc. "Idiom is committed to offering customers the most comprehensive and effective e-business globalization solutions on the market and we view our Global Partner Network as a critical component to delivering on this commitment."

Idiom complements its WorldServer software and professional services with Global Partner Network members' offerings concentrated in three areas: Technology (i.e. content management, e-commerce, application server, content delivery, version control and database systems), I-Builders (i.e. interactive agencies, systems integrators and consulting), and Globalization Services (i.e. translation, localization and software internationalization). Combining Idiom's WorldServer technology and services with the products and services delivered by its Global Partner Network, customers are provided with a full solution to accelerate their global and ethnic e-business initiatives, preserve investments in existing technologies and Web resources, and reduce training and implementation costs. Charter members includes:

Adero
(www.adero.com)
Akamai
(www.akamai.com)
BroadVision
(www.broadvision.com)
Crimson Language
(www.crimsonlanguage.com)
Digital Island
(www.digitalisland.net)
Foreign Exchange Translations
(www.fxtrans.com)
Eprise
(www.eprise.com)
GlobalReach
(www.glreach.com)
GlobalVision
(www.globalvis.com)
InterDimensions
(www.interdimensions.com)
Interwoven
(www.interwoven.com)
LUZ, Inc.
(www.luz.com)
Multilingual Translations Management
(www.mtm-international.com)
OneRealm
(www.onerealm.com)
Planet Leap
(www.planetleap.com)
Rubric
(www.rubric.com)
Vignette
(www.vignette.com)
Translations.com
(www.translations.com)
Worldynamics
(www.worldynamics.com)
WTChen & Company
(www.wtchen.com)


"The Global Partner Network offers a leading portfolio of partners connected to help customers succeed at e-business globalization," said Steve Sayre, Vice President of Marketing, Idiom Technologies Inc. "We are teaming up for the benefit of our mutual customers to provide the technologies and services necessary for the entire globalization process."

"Idiom's WorldServer and the Global Partner Network allows BroadVision customers powerful globalization services when building their personalized worldwide applications," said Cliff Apsey, VP, Solution Marketing, BroadVision, Inc.

"We are pleased to be among Idiom's Global Partner Network charter members," said Chris Turner, vice president, North American sales, Akamai. "Through the Global Partner Network, Akamai and Idiom can work jointly to provide organizations with the Web infrastructure and content delivery services needed to conduct speedy, reliable e-business on a global scale."

"In today's economy, organizations rely on the Web as the most efficient and powerful communication medium for marketing to a global audience," explains Eprise President and CEO Joe Forgione. Every organization must utilize effective content management practices in order to attain success from e-business initiatives. The Global Partner Network creates a valuable resource for Eprise customers to further utilize best-of-breed technology and services to tailor Web experiences."

"Partnering with Idiom is an exciting opportunity for Planet Leap", said Thomas Sharbaugh, Managing Director of Planet Leap. "The WorldServer solution, combined with Planet Leap's deep experience in creating and adapting multi-cultural and multi-lingual materials, will give customers a superior solution for executing globalization of Web-delivered marketing communications."

WorldServer
Idiom WorldServer™ is Web infrastructure software for globalization that enables the coordinated and efficient development of multilingual, multicultural Web sites and automates and synchronizes their management. Idiom WorldServer facilitates implementation of a Web strategy that embraces multiple countries, sites, languages, cultures, and business practices, while leveraging existing Web architectures, Web content, and other enterprise systems. WorldServer provides the infrastructure for globalizing and maintaining content across multiple locales, enabling site contributors to work collaboratively regardless of location.

About Idiom Technologies, Inc.
Idiom is the leading provider of software, strategy and services for e-business globalization. Idiom WorldServer™ is Web infrastructure software for globalization that enables the coordinated and efficient development of multilingual, multicultural Web sites and automates and synchronizes their management. Idiom strategy and services offerings include WorldWise™ (www.idiominc.com/worldwise), the premier on-line resource center for e-business globalization, and the Global Readiness Assessment™ to help companies develop or expand a path to successful globalization. Idiom's customers include multinational companies and dot-coms such as Lycos®, Staples.com™, Travelocity™, and Xilinx, Inc.™. Idiom is funded by Greylock, JAFCO Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, and Sigma Partners. Idiom was recently named one of Computerworld's "Top 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000" and by UPSIDE Magazine as one of the "Hot 100 Private Companies." For information on Idiom products and services, call (781) 464-6000, visit www.idiominc.com or email info@idiominc.com.