Percussion Software Appoints Pete Atkinson as Managing Director, European Operations

Business Wire, July 11, 2006

WOBURN, Mass. -- Percussion Software has appointed Pete Atkinson as Managing Director, European Operations from his previous position as Percussion's Sales Director. Pete joined Percussion in 2004 from Tridion UK where he was Head of Channel Sales and Public Sector.

"My key aim is to continue to build upon the success achieved so far and expand our sales operations further into Europe," said Mr. Atkinson. "We have a strong solution in Rhythmyx and a strong management team in place to win further market share and establish Percussion as the leading WCM provider for multi-channel, customer-centric content and applications."

Mr. Atkinson has twenty years experience within the European IT industry, having worked for companies including Mediasurface, SSA Softwright and IBM. While at Percussion Software, he has helped to grow the Rhythmyx business while overseeing the UK sales team. In the last two years, Percussion has won business from organizations including The University of London, Alliance & Leicester, Symbian and The British Library.

"We are delighted to announce Pete's appointment and look forward to working with him in his new role, said Percussion CEO Barry Reynolds. "Since Pete joined Percussion he has contributed to the company's growth in Europe and we are confident that under Pete's leadership, our expansion in the UK and on the Continent, which is so strategically important, will continue."

About Percussion Software

Percussion Software's family of practical software solutions enables customers to maximize both the value and quality of their enterprise content. The company's flagship product, Rhythmyx 6, is an enterprise-ready Web Content Management (WCM) system for creating customer-centric business applications. Rhythmyx 6 enables organizations to achieve a higher return-on-content by delivering dynamic, frequently changing content to customers. Based on open standards, it provides organizations with a robust platform that allows customer-centric content to interoperate with other enterprise content, regardless of repository or ECM system. With Rhythmyx 6, content can be easily managed across multiple sites, multiple channels and multiple lines of business in order to ensure consistency of brand and customer experience.

Percussion's portfolio of over 2,500 global customers includes Bayer, Hitachi, IBM, MasterCard International, Motorola and Toshiba. Its UK customers include Alliance & Leicester, ARM Ltd, the British Library, DLA Piper Rudnick, ICI Paints, National Express, NESTA, Newcastle Building Society, NSPCC, Natural History Museum, Nottingham Trent University, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Symbian, Tate, the University of London and the V&A. More information can be found on the Web at www.percussion.com.

Percussion Software is a registered trademark and Rhythmyx and Lyrix are trademarks of Percussion Software. All other registered trademarks and trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.