OpenPages Announces Availability of SOX Express for IBM WebSphere Application Server

Market Wire, November, 2005

OpenPages, the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) solutions, today extended support for industry-leading application servers with the availability of SOX Express for the IBM WebSphere Application Server.

"The world's largest corporations rely on OpenPages to reduce the time and cost burdens of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance," said Peter Emerson, vice president of business development at OpenPages. "With support for IBM WebSphere, our customers can deploy SOX Express on their choice of application servers, leveraging existing technology investments and conforming to corporate standards."

As the foundation of the IBM WebSphere® software platform, WebSphere Application Server, Version 6.0 provides a Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition J2EE) and Web services offering to deploy, integrate, and manage dynamic e-business applications, with full J2EE V1.4 compatibility, multiple deployment options, improved ease of use and broad cross-platform support.

OpenPages SOX Express is an enterprise compliance management solution that reduces the time and resource costs associated with ongoing compliance for Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. SOX Express combines powerful document management, business process management and flexible reporting capabilities in an extremely easy-to-use environment that enables an organization to document financial controls and automate the ongoing test and review process. Completely web-based, SOX Express maximizes end-user participation with little training. Its dashboards can be used by project managers, documentation team members, internal auditors and external auditors to plan, document and test the internal controls framework of the company, and to attest to the financial statements.

For more information on OpenPages' line of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management solutions or to register for a weekly webinar, please call 781-647-3800 or visit www.openpages.com.

About OpenPages

Founded in 1996, OpenPages is the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management (GRCM) software solutions. OpenPages' solutions streamline knowledge-intensive processes to improve corporate accountability, reduce disclosure process cost, enhance internal controls management productivity, and increase investor confidence. The company's portfolio of solutions includes SOX Express, the market-leading enterprise application for automating the compliance requirements of Sections 404 and 302 of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and OPtimum ORM, an enterprise risk management software solution that enables entities to identify, analyze and manage operational risk on an integrated, company-wide basis. The world's largest corporations in diverse markets -- including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, media/entertainment, retail/consumer, energy, high technology, health services and life sciences -- rely on OpenPages for cost-effective, efficient, sustainable governance, risk and compliance management. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with international headquarters in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, and regional offices throughout North America.

OpenPages is a trademark of OpenPages, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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