Bowne Global Solutions and GlobalSight Partner To Enable Multinational Companies to Compete on the Global Web

Business Wire, May 9, 2001

Business & High-Tech Editors

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001

"DotGLOBAL" Delivers Complete Solution Combining

Leading Technology and Professional Services for The

Development and Maintenance of Multilingual Websites

Bowne Global Solutions, a division of Bowne & Co, Inc. (NYSE:BNE), and GlobalSight Corp. today announced a strategic alliance designed to help global companies successfully compete on the multilingual Internet. GlobalSight is the leading provider of infrastructure software and strategy for Web globalization and Bowne Global Solutions is the leading provider of professional services including the development, localization and maintenance of global web content. The companies have combined their technology and services into a complete solution called DotGLOBAL.

"This year marks a significant milestone in Internet growth," said Carl Glaeser, chief executive officer of Bowne Global Solutions. "The Asia-Pacific region has overtaken North America as home to the largest number of Internet users and Western Europe is expected to catch up shortly. Predicting this trend, we evaluated a number of Web globalization software providers, and we chose the leader, GlobalSight, as our technology partner. The company's infrastructure and linguistic technologies will help deliver our multi-language localization, web content creation and global marketing consulting services effectively to multinational companies ready to leverage the truly international nature of the Internet."

The DotGLOBAL partnership will provide an unprecedented level of globalization expertise to multinational companies, enabling them to accelerate their Web globalization initiatives. As a result, international companies will realize more effective penetration into new markets, faster time to market, increased international revenues, centralized information management and workflow, and a more consistent global brand.

"Bowne Global Solutions' premier localization and Web content creation services, teamed with GlobalSight's leading globalization software, provides an unbeatable solution for international businesses that are going global online," said Doug Chapin, president and chief executive officer for GlobalSight. "Reaching new international markets online is one of the best ways companies can grow revenue and market share. Through its global reach, local expertise and strong management, Bowne is the acknowledged industry leader with a long-time record of helping multinational companies increase international revenues while controlling costs."

"GlobalSight focuses on building great technology. We focus on multi-language services - together we bring our clients the best-in-breed solution for quickening the pace of a company's global e-business. Especially today, international revenue is an essential part of corporate strategy resulting in robust demand for our unique services. This translates to steadily increasing revenues and improved profitability for our company," Glaeser concluded.

About GlobalSight

GlobalSight is the leading provider of infrastructure software and strategy required to develop and maintain global Web sites. The company's globalization management system (GMS), GlobalSight System3, automates the localization, leveraging, and global management of e-business content for delivering timely, relevant information online to multilingual, multicultural audiences. GlobalSight's comprehensive solutions help multinational companies increase international revenues, strengthen customer and partner loyalty, and build a more consistent global brand. GlobalSight customers include Hewlett-Packard, GE, Palm Inc., Imation and Mercury Interactive. Investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Deutsche Bank Capital Partners, Whitney & Co., 3i and Protege. Visit GlobalSight at www.globalsight.com or e-mail info@globalsight.com.

About Bowne Global Solutions

Bowne Global Solutions, (www.bowneglobal.com), is the leading provider of comprehensive globalization solutions - enabling its customers to reach their customers in any part of the world. Bowne's global team delivers strategy consulting, technical communication, product localization and multi-language web content creation and management services to the world's most respected companies. With this suite of integrated globalization services, Bowne Global Solutions enables industry leaders in the technology product, corporate online learning and digital entertainment industries to compete and grow global market share through locally-relevant, culturally-connected products and services.

Bowne Global Solutions is a division of Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE:BNE), the world's largest financial printer and also a provider of outsourcing services, legal software and digital print-on-demand solutions.

The Company noted that forward-looking statements concerning future performance like those contained throughout the press release, are, of course, subject to factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested here, including demand for and acceptance of the Company's services, new technological developments, competition and general economic or market conditions.