WorkplaceIQ Selected by Knight Ridder, National Equipment Sales, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, and Oce Printing Systems USA to Automate Management of Real Estate Assets

Market Wire, 20050229

WorkplaceIQ, Inc., a premier provider of technology solutions for the real estate industry, today announced four new corporations have selected WorkplaceIQ's Corporate Real Estate Management solution. This solution will allow these corporations to better manage their real estate portfolio, leases and contracts in multiple locations around the globe.

"These companies can now save significant money by automating lease and contract payments, streamlining real estate business processes, electronically centralizing real estate information and maximizing space efficiencies to avoid unnecessary occupancy costs," said Robert T. Vanderwerf, Chief Operating Officer of WorkplaceIQ. "These companies join an elite roster of progressive organizations using WorkplaceIQ to cut costs, make more informative real estate decisions, and gain competitive advantages in order to stay at the forefront of their industries."

WorkplaceIQ Powers Corporate Real Estate Management

WorkplaceIQ's Corporate Real Estate Management System is a comprehensive, enterprise web-based property management suite for tenants doing business in multiple locations nationally and globally. With powerful applications for lease administration, property portfolio, transaction, contract and project management, WorkplaceIQ automates and facilitates the processes and functions of real estate management for occupants from site acquisition to disposition.

About Knight Ridder

Knight Ridder is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with products in print and online. The company publishes 32 daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets, with a readership of 8.5 million daily and 12.1 million Sunday. Knight Ridder also has investments in a variety of Internet and technology companies and two newsprint companies. The company's Internet operation, Knight Ridder Digital, creates and maintains a variety of online services, including Real Cities (www.RealCities.com), a national network of city and regional destination sites in 56 U.S. markets. Knight Ridder and Knight Ridder Digital are located in San Jose, California.

About Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

AMCC designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions empowering intelligent wide-area networks. AMCC utilizes a combination of digital, mixed-signal and high-frequency analog design expertise coupled with system-level knowledge and multiple silicon process technologies to offer integrated circuit products that enable the transport of voice and data over fiber optic networks. The company's system solution portfolio includes switch fabric, traffic management, network processor, framer/mapper, PHY and PMD devices that address the high-performance needs of the evolving intelligent optical network. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego, California. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our Web site at www.amcc.com.

About National Equipment Sales

National Equipment Services (NES) offers industrial and construction clients a range of rental equipment, from forklifts and truck-mounted cranes to hand tools. It also rents portable storage tanks for petrochemical companies. NES has more than 240 locations in 37 states and Canada. NES has expanded operations in Canada and as an automotive supplier by acquiring Brambles Equipment Services, the North American rental operations of Australia's Brambles Industries. Although rentals make up about 75% of its revenues, the company also sells new and used equipment, as well as parts and related gear. It also offers equipment service and repair.

About Oce Printing Systems USA, Inc.

Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Oce Printing Systems USA, Inc. is a leading supplier of digital document management and delivery technology. The company's solutions are based on Oce's advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the world. Supporting the Oce workflow solutions are Oce digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Oce also offers a wide range of consulting services.

The parent company, Netherlands-based Oce N.V., with a workforce of more than 22,000 people and 2002 revenues of $3.2 billion, maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Japan. Oce's North American headquarters is located in Chicago with major business units in Chicago; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; San Jose, CA; Salt Lake City; and Fiskeville, RI. North American revenues were $1.3 billion for fiscal 2002, and employment is currently 9,600. For more information about Oce, visit www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult www.oce.com.

About WorkplaceIQ, Inc.

WorkplaceIQ is the leading technology solutions provider for the Retail 500, Fortune/Global 5000 and Service Provider markets in the real estate industry. The company's complete range of technology solutions allow real estate professionals to manage large portfolios of properties, leases and contracts across the entire lifecycle of real estate property activities from acquisition through disposition, saving corporations millions of dollars per year. WorkplaceIQ customers include leading corporations such as AG Edwards, Au Bon Pain, Bed Bath & Beyond, Blue Cross, Circuit City, Cisco Systems, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Mars, Inc., Susquehanna Bank, and Williams-Sonoma as well as four of the industry's largest service providers including CB Richard Ellis, Insignia/ESG, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Trammell Crow. WorkplaceIQ is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, go to www.workplaceiq.com.