Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), the world's next-generation enterprise content management (ECM) company, today announced it has expanded its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and value-added reseller (VAR) program by adding new products to Interwoven's portfolio of offerings. The program enables independent software vendors and application service providers to quickly bring to market tightly integrated, private-labeled software applications based on proven Interwoven technologies.

One of the biggest challenges for software developers developing content-rich applications has been around creating robust content management capabilities. These capabilities need to provide: a feature-rich environment for business users; a set of capabilities that scale as content and user adoption grows; security through a bulletproof but easy to use model; and functionality that is dynamic and open to change as the product roadmap shifts to accommodate users' needs over time. Previously, partner offerings around these capabilities have had similar challenges, notably because of the state of the underlying technology -- most is legacy code with an abstraction layer built on top and was not designed with the software developer or the OEM/VAR channel in mind.

"When our customers asked us for a way to help bring more people from their organizations into our project portfolio management solutions, Primavera looked at a number of vendors offering collaborative environments, focusing on enterprise-class solutions that we could integrate with easily," said Bob Schatz, vice president, Development, Primavera Systems, Inc. "No other vendor came close to Interwoven's Worksite MP platform. In addition to the rich feature set and an excellent API, the people at Interwoven really made our decision simple."

Added Schatz, "The integration effort was extremely smooth, which gave us a competitive time-to-market advantage. With our combined strengths in project management, document management, and collaboration, people working on projects are now connected in a way never possible before, significantly improving their ability to execute successfully."

Interwoven's expanded program includes:
-- Interwoven WorkSite MP Server software offers developers the only
next-generation, fully integrated stack for collaboration and document
management, combining a virtual team room concept with traditional
document management and business process management.
-- Interwoven TeamSite Content Server software delivers the foundation to
manage enterprise content creation, management and distribution to
internally and externally facing Internet-based business applications,
such as enterprise portals, intranets, self-service applications,
Websites, and extranets.
-- Interwoven MetaTagger Content Intelligence Server software drives
content relevance for critical initiatives like portals, enterprise
search, and business applications, enabling organizations to reduce
costs, realize higher revenues, and improve workforce productivity.
-- Interwoven OpenDeploy Distribution Server software cuts distribution
costs by an average 50% by automating inefficient, customized code and
content distribution processes that often plague complex
Internet-application environments.
-- Interwoven MediaBin Asset Server software offers developers a means by
which they can catalog, manage, transform, and deploy digital assets,
including photographs and logos, audio and video, datasheets and ads,
presentations and documents.

All products are based on Java SDKs and an open, service-oriented architecture (SOA), in which Interwoven provides the first comprehensive SOA in the content management industry. The SOA provides easy-to-integrate, standards-based access to content management services such as task management, workflow, user access, project configuration, and versioning from J2EE and .NET applications -- boosting productivity and reducing development costs enterprise-wide.

"The Xchanging Repository is set to simplify the whole underwriting process and radically decrease the time it takes to process highly complex insurance claims," said David White, IT director, Xchanging. "Xchanging needed a Java-based product to underpin the repository, and after a lengthy market review we decided to implement Interwoven's solution because it met two key requirements: the need for advanced security and superior ease-of-use. Interwoven's technology is capable of providing this within our repository."

By choosing to integrate existing Interwoven technology rather than building these capabilities in-house, partners benefit by speeding time-to-market, reducing development risk associated with changing user needs, deploying best-of-breed functionality, decreasing research and development expenditures, and increasing competitive differentiation.

"Like a lot of software companies, we are very aware of what it means to provide solutions around users' real business problems, ranging from compliance applications, deal management, to contract management," said Steve Pattison, vice president alliances and business development for Interwoven. "We believe Interwoven has the most deployable, robust platform on the market, as it forms the foundation for the business solutions we are delivering to more than 2,700 customers today -- and we are extremely excited that this same leading platform is being extended to the software developer community. We truly value the partnerships that are forming around bringing new solutions to market based on the award-winning Interwoven platform."

The Interwoven OEM/VAR program is designed to significantly increase revenues for both organizations by leveraging complementary strengths. For more information on Interwoven solutions, e-mail partner@interwoven.com, call 866-341-3786, or use our Partner Inquiry form found at http://www.interwoven.com/cgi-bin/isv_dev_reg.cgi .