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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- SunNetwork 2002 Conference and Pavilion - FatWire Software, a provider of dynamic content management and developer of the powerful Web application assembly system UpdateEngine6, today introduced FatWire Spark pCM (portal Content Management) for the Sun[tm] ONE Portal Server, a key component of the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) to deliver Services on Demand. Integrated with the Sun ONE Portal Server 6, Spark pCM allows users to easily accelerate portal implementation, reduce integration costs and streamline administration. At the SunNetwork 2002 Conference and Pavilion at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, FatWire will showcase Spark pCM integrated with the Sun ONE Portal Server in booth #A62.

Under the terms of the parties' joint marketing agreement, FatWire and Sun will co-market the integration by engaging in a variety of sales and marketing activities, including web presentations, on-line demos, white papers, and customer engagements. Sun ONE Portal Server clients can obtain Spark pCM for $25,000 (USD). The agreement marks the beginning of a strategic business relationship between Sun and FatWire to offer portal content management solutions at affordable prices. The relationship will focus on delivering low-cost, integrated content management for the release of the portal server, Sun ONE Portal Server 6, and is available immediately for enterprise and mid-market customers. In addition, the integrated content management solution provides users with an easy, simplified approach to creating new content or modifying information from existing repositories.

"Our customers know that the business benefits of a portal implementation are enhanced by integrating content management functionality," said John Fanelli, director of product marketing, Portal and Communication Services and Network Identity, Sun Microsystems. "Now, the aggressively priced FatWire Spark pCM for the Sun ONE Portal Server Version 6 uses 100% Java technology to provide high impact features to create, manage and publish content to the portal. This partnership enables our customers to easily create and publish departmental-level or enterprise-wide content directly within the portal to achieve faster return on investment (ROI) and lower overall total cost of ownership (TCO)."

"As a leader in dynamic content management software, FatWire is uniquely positioned to provide low-cost, user friendly portal content management that can easily be upgraded to FatWire's UpdateEngine enterprise-level dynamic Content Management solution," said Mark Fasciano, president and CEO of FatWire. "Together, FatWire and Sun have the proven expertise to address the portal needs of every Global 2000 company, as well as the rapidly growing small and mid-market."

FatWire's Spark pCM, when integrated with the Sun ONE Portal Server, provides users with portlet interfaces for content creation and production as well as system administration. With Spark pCM, business users create, produce, and deploy rich, focused content incorporating multiple data types. FatWire Spark pCM includes complete content management functionality including:

• Friendly business user interface
• Pre-built portlets
• Tools for administrators and developers
• "To Do" List
• Workflow with approve / reject
• Browse an unlimited number of content areas
• Check in / check out
• RealObjects WYSIWYG editor for content authoring
• Rollback
• Search
• Metadata tagging
• Easy installation for seamless integration

As customers' content management needs grow, they can easily add content display portlets or upgrade to enterprise UpdateEngine6. Based in Java technology, the Sun and FatWire integrated content management solution enables customers to scale seamlessly and upgrade quickly. Additionally, Spark pCM also integrates with Sun ONE Directory Server for access and identity management.

FatWire Spark is the latest addition to FatWire's dynamic content management product suite, which includes, UpdateEngine dynamic Content Management and Web Application Assembly system, and UE Studio. FatWire Spark was launched earlier this year at InfoWorld's prestigious CTO Forum in San Francisco.

About Sun ONE
Sun ONE, the integration of Sun's award-winning portfolio of software products, is Sun's vision, architecture, platform and expertise that enables the development and delivery of services on demand. Through its open, integratable architecture, Sun ONE extends current enterprise systems to help reduce costs and complexity while improving organizations' return on assets. Sun ONE represents a significant initiative in Sun's evolution to providing an open end-to-end architecture building on the company's offerings across systems and development environments. Further information is available at www.sun.com/sunone.

About FatWire Software
FatWire Software is a leading provider of dynamic content management software for Fortune 1000 companies. FatWire's powerful e-business software, UpdateEngine6, has the only true enterprise level dynamic content management software at its core. UpdateEngine6 is the only Web application assembly system that empowers business users, power users, and developers to efficiently build and manage Web sites while providing unlimited scalability and flexibility. Founded in 1996, FatWire Software is headquartered in New York and operates offices throughout the US.

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