Percussion Software Introduces Lyrix 2.5™ Content Integration Product for IBM Lotus Domino®

Business Wire, July 18, 2005

WOBURN, Mass. -- Lyrix 2.5 Extends the Value of Domino Content Enterprise-Wide; Includes Ability To Transform Content to Standard Document Formats, including Word and PDF

Percussion(R) Software, a leading developer of practical software solutions enabling customers to maximize the value and quality of enterprise content, today introduced version 2.5 of Lyrix(TM), its popular Lotus Domino(R) content integration product. Lyrix 2.5 will be introduced at the Lotus Advisor LIVE trade show, July 18-20 at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort, Las Vegas, NV. Advisor LIVE is the premier technical conference for IBM Lotus software.

Lyrix 2.5 now allows organizations to gain increasing value from their investment in Lotus Domino by enabling the transformation of Domino content to standard document formats, such as Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, xHTML and XML. This allows organizations to reuse Domino content in the wide variety of corporate applications that readily accept these formats. For example, using Lyrix, rich Domino content can be easily archived in centralized document repositories, made available for access in corporate portals or transferred to a company's Web site. Version 2.5 will be available next month.

New features include:

--Convert Domino content to Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF Documents - transforms Domino content, including embedded attachments and images, into formats acceptable by most enterprise applications;

--Extract associated metadata - enables easy organization of Domino content in new applications by preserving and transferring associated metadata;

--Extract attachments - transfers attachments and relevant metadata to RDBMS or file systems;

--Enhanced user interface - simplifies use of the product by providing an intuitive, task-oriented, user interface; and

--Single Sign 0n - Lyrix's Web services API supports user authentication from other enterprise applications, eliminating the need for multiple end-user log-ins, and also preserves appropriate content access levels based on each user's Domino user name.

"Lyrix customers have asked us to simplify how rich Domino content can be moved to other enterprise applications and eliminate the need for time-consuming custom coding. Lyrix 2.5 achieves this goal, making Domino content reuse as easy as possible," said Barry Reynolds, CEO of Percussion Software. "Lyrix 2.5 is a result of our in-depth knowledge of the content needs of Domino organizations."

Lyrix 2.5 enables direct, out-of-the-box reuse of Domino content, in a wide variety of enterprise applications:

--Document Management solutions

--Records Management and archiving solutions

--Web sites and Portals

--Contract Management applications

--Collaboration Platforms

Lyrix 2.5 also provides programmatic, bi-directional access to Domino content using the product's Web services API. This enables real-time access to Domino content, automatically transforming unique Domino attributes - Rich Text, embedded images, doc links, attachments, etc. - into standard XML and xHTML.

Lyrix gives organizations a practical way to reuse Domino content. Business users can continue working with Domino as they always have, while simultaneously reusing the Domino content in other enterprise applications. Lyrix does not force an organization to port Domino applications to another platform or to migrate all Domino content to a new repository. By providing organizations with a comprehensive range of options, Lyrix allows them to choose the right future for each of their Domino applications. It extends the useful life of Domino content with minimal impact and easily managed transitions.

About Percussion Software

Percussion Software's family of practical software solutions enables customers to maximize both the value and quality of their enterprise content through cost-effective content management, ease of content reuse, optimized delivery to multiple channels and increased efficiency. The company's flagship product, Rhythmyx, based on open standards, is the first Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution to provide cost-effective, multi-channel delivery of easily reusable content. Percussion's Lyrix 2.5 product, the first comprehensive Lotus Domino Content Integration solution, transforms proprietary Domino content for reuse in other enterprise applications. Lyrix 2.5 builds on Percussion's Domino expertise, gained over the past 10 years from the company's line of award-winning and innovative Power Tools for Lotus Domino: Notrix, PowerFlow, and ServerAdmin Plus.

Percussion's portfolio of over 2,500 customers includes Fortune 1000 companies as well as other global, industry and public sector leaders, including Armstrong World Industries, Bank One, Bayer, Colgate, the FAA, Hitachi, HUD, IBM, ICI Paints, Intel, Jefferson Health System, MasterCard International, McKesson, Merck, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Prudential Insurance, Shell Chemical, the Dept. of State, 3M, Thrifty Car Rental, Toshiba and Verizon. Founded in 1994, Percussion Software is self-funded and profitable. More information can be found on the Web at www.percussion.com.