Percussion Software Adds Wellstream to Its Roster of Solution Partners.

Business/Technology Editors

STONEHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001

Company to Team with Systems Integrator to Offer Lower Cost,

Best-of-Breed Web Content Management for Today's Business World

Percussion(R) Software, a leading provider of Web content management

systems, today announced a solution partnership with Wellstream, a leader in enterprise business technology solutions. The companies will jointly market Wellstream's offerings and Percussion's next generation, native XML-based Rhythmyx Content Manager(TM) to fast-paced companies quickly establishing a Web presence. Together, the complementary offerings will enable companies to implement a complete enterprise solution that meets their e-business needs today, but is flexible enough to evolve with changing requirements and technologies.

"Most of our customers have significant content management requirements that often transcend the assumed boundary of the customer, or Internet site, and commonly include extranet and intranet initiatives as well," said Eric Tabon, vice president of technical development at Wellstream. "Our vision for our customers is to leverage information, or content, from across the entire enterprise. Percussion's open architecture strengthens that vision by allowing us to provide our clients with flexible, state-of-the-art content management capabilities."

The partnership will expand Wellstream's professional service offerings, improve Percussion's customer service capabilities, and extend the reach of both companies into numerous vertical markets, such as financial services, publishing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, cross media, government, and manufacturing. According to the partnership agreement, both companies will actively market Rhythmyx to potential customers with Percussion providing the software and Wellstream the services.

"By partnering with Wellstream, Percussion can now broaden the Rhythmyx message and extend its professional services for implementation," said Barry Reynolds, president and CEO of Percussion. "Wellstream will integrate Rhythmyx with established industry leaders in other technology areas, providing customers with the strongest enterprise Web content management solutions available."

Wellstream helps companies overcome systems integration barriers by aligning technology solutions with business goals, and connecting disparate systems across the organization. The result is greater access to information and heightened productivity for employees, partners and customers. Percussion's Rhythmyx Content Manager automates content creation, approval and delivery for company Web sites using standards-based technologies. With its robust workflow capabilities, Rhythmyx allows content to be reviewed, approved and assembled with other content items to produce pages specifically for the target Web sites.

About Wellstream Technologies

Founded in 1998, Wellstream Technologies Corporation is a full-service technology consulting firm specializing in the delivery of enterprise architecture solutions for companies nationwide. A rapidly expanding firm with more than 60 clients, Wellstream is renowned for its leading-edge products, quality services and satisfied customers. Wellstream is headquartered in Denver, CO with offices in Seattle, WA. For more information, please visit www.wellstream.net.

About Percussion

Percussion(R) Software (www.percussion.com) delivers next-generation, native XML content management solutions to fast-paced companies with mission-critical Web sites. Percussion's flagship product, Rhythmyx Content Manager(TM), brings the company's six years of expertise in processing and transforming data and documents to new customers requiring a more efficient way to deliver fresh content to the Web. With its open, standards-based architecture, Rhythmyx allows customers to integrate other critical e-commerce components to build a "best of breed" system. Rhythmyx Content Manager won a Crossroads 2001 A-List Award as one of the "Best New Enterprise Solutions for Business and Technology Infrastructure." Rhythmyx was selected as an Editors' Choice by PC Magazine in March 2001 and received Spring Internet World 2000's "Best of Show" for "Best Web Application Development Software." In 2000, Deloitte & Touche recognized Percussion Software for the second consecutive year as one of the fastest growing high-tech companies in New England.