May 15, 2002
Tony Higham Named Chief Solutions Officer at FatWire Software
MINEOLA, NY -- FatWire Software, the leader in dynamic content management and developer of the powerful Web application assembly system UpdateEngine6, today announced that Tony Higham has joined the company as Chief Solutions Officer. Mr. Higham, previously Chief Technology Officer at Rare Medium, will find practical and cost-effective solutions to customer challenges using FatWire's best-of-breed technologies.

"With his extensive technical experience as a life-cycle application developer, we are happy to have Tony Higham aid FatWire in developing tools to create reliable solutions to real business problems," said Mark Fasciano, FatWire's CEO. "Tony's skills along with his impressive track record as a software engineer will prove valuable as we continue to grow our presence in the content management marketplace."

Tony Higham, 37, brings 24 years of experience at established technology companies to FatWire. As CTO for Rare Medium, he led a customer-focused team of software engineers evaluating new technologies for clients, and assisted the business development team in discovering and closing new opportunities. Prior to joining Rare Medium in 2000, Mr. Higham held the positions of technical director of eBusiness and eBusiness solutions architect at PSINet. From 1996-1999 Mr. Higham served as the Principal Systems Engineer at Lotus Development Corporation where he designed and implemented enterprise infrastructure and applications using Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere technologies. For three years prior, he was a Groupware Analyst at SITA, a global airline telecom provider, and from 1986 to 1992 Mr. Hingham served as Senior Systems Engineer for Philips Data Systems. Tony is also the technical editor for WebSphere Advisor magazine.

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. For specific information about FatWire, please call 516-328-9473 x424.