eRoom Technology Delivers Major Update to eRoom.net Hosted Digital Workplace

Business Wire, August 26, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2002

Award Winning Hosted Service Adds Integrated Real Time Services, Business Process Support and Improved Usability to Enhance Team Productivity

eRoom Technology, Inc., a leading provider of software and hosted services for extended enterprise collaboration, announced today the immediate availability of eRoom.net(TM) 6.0, a major update to the company's award-winning digital workplace hosted (subscription) service. eRoom.net 6.0 introduces integrated real time collaborative services, easy-to-use business process and approval management capabilities, as well as a broad range of usability enhancements.

Ideally suited to the management of extended enterprise projects and collaborative business processes across extended value chains, eRoom.net 6.0 addresses the market's growing need for a hosted, reliable and secure way of accessing leading-edge digital workplace capabilities. Scaling to support the needs of groups ranging from independent project teams to departments of large enterprises, eRoom.net is helping to change the way businesses collaborate across organizational and geographical boundaries to conduct business faster, smarter and more efficiently than ever before.

"In an industry where everyone from architects and builders to government agencies and contractors are involved in making project decisions, multi-organizational review and approval processes are critical," said Bliss Kaye, Chief Information Officer for International Design and Construction Online (e-IDC.com), Inc., a portal for the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. "With eRoom.net 6.0, we will be able to offer our construction clients a whole new level of integrated approval management and review capabilities, directly impacting the speed at which they are able to move projects through the concept and design phase to bidding and construction. For our clients, this translates into faster, more cost-effective projects that create a significant advantage in a highly competitive marketplace."

The advancements in eRoom.net 6.0 focus on three key areas: support for cross-enterprise business processes, additional digital workplace tools and enterprise extensibility. These advancements solidify the company's leadership position in target industries, including professional services firms, high tech and other discrete manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions and government agencies. The eRoom.net solution is used in these markets for a broad range of business applications such as client engagement management, product and service lifecycle management, supply chain collaboration and clinical trial design.

"Based on the same scalable technology that Fortune 500 companies have been using for years to run projects with thousands of participants, eRoom.net offers another choice for our customers, alleviating all server administration and technical start-up time," said Jeffrey Beir, president and CEO of eRoom Technology, Inc. "With eRoom.net 6.0, customers benefit from the comprehensive digital workplace capabilities delivered in subscription hosted service form, providing a flexible alternative to our packaged service offerings."

eRoom.net is a subscription service that provides businesses with instant access to eRoom Technology's leading digital workplace platform. Easy to access and use, eRoom.net minimizes start-up costs and time-to-productivity, while providing a highly scalable architecture that expands to meet growing user demand. Requiring only an Internet connection and an industry-standard Web browser, businesses can begin using eRoom.net by simply logging on to the service at www.eroom.net.

About eRoom Technology

eRoom Technology is a leading provider of extended enterprise collaboration software and services which enable organizations to work more closely with their customers, suppliers, and business partners. The eRoom(R) digital workplace brings together the work, the tools and the team, enabling organizations to manage the collaborative activities that support their complex and rapidly-changing business projects and processes. Customers use eRoom digital workplaces to help get products to market faster, drive down production costs, enhance customer relationships, and improve the work products that drive their businesses. The eRoom solution is used by more than 700 companies, including, Airbus, A.T. Kearney, Aventis Pharmaceutical, BIC, Bausch & Lomb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Compaq, Deloitte Consulting, EDS, Flextronics, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard, Ketchum, Mercer Consulting, Pharmacia, Pfizer, Siemens, Solectron, and Sony. More information about eRoom Technology and its product offerings can be found at www.eroom.com.

Editor's Note: eRoom is a registered trademark and eRoom.net is a trademark of eRoom Technology, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.