Traction Software Enters German Market and Provides German Localization for Industry's First Enterprise Weblog

TRACTION SOFTWARE ENTERS GERMAN MARKET AND PROVIDES GERMAN LOCALIZATION FOR INDUSTRY'S FIRST ENTERPRISE WEBLOG

Powerful Web-based Information Sharing System Streamlines Team Communications

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Dana Harris
Red Javelin Communications, Inc.
Phone: (978) 440-8392
Email: dana@redjavelin.com

PROVIDENCE, R.I. June 1, 2004 - Traction® Software, Inc., the leader in Enterprise Weblog software, today announced its entry into the German market with the establishment of German sales operations led by Mr. Markus Sindhoff. The Company also announced today the immediate availability of Traction® TeamPage Release 3.1 Enterprise Weblog software with German language localization.

"We see growing European demand for Traction's market-leading Enterprise Weblog software," said Greg Lloyd, President and co-founder, Traction Software. "With the addition of the German interface, localization choices include German, Japanese and English, demonstrating our growing commitment to the global market. Mr. Sindhoff will ensure that we continue to deliver the highest quality of service for our customers and partners in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria."

Based in Bottrop, Germany, Mr. Sindhoff brings a wealth of channel knowledge and customer experience to the Traction team. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sindhoff was responsible for building reseller and customer relationships for Syncsort GmbH. He was also integral to the growth of Seagate Software's first Central European office, helping build the team from three to 21 employees.

The Backbone for Working Communications
Traction is the backbone for an organization's working communication. Comprised of the industry's first enterprise-class weblog software and a user-friendly newspaper-style interface, Traction helps organizations streamline their communications by eliminating the frustrations and inefficiencies of broadcast email, discussion groups, and point collaboration solutions.

Traction's Enterprise Weblog software creates a simple, secure web site that makes it easy to gather and selectively communicate research, analysis, meeting notes, productive dialog, action items, objectives, decisions, and other information that needs to be shared quickly and easily across the internal or external web. Traction TeamPage's newspaper-presentation format provides an interface that's easy to navigate by time, importance and topic. Traction also features a built-in search engine that facilitates finding and using information posted from any web browser or clipped from virtually any source, including E-mail, web pages, and Microsoft Office documents. A unique permission model provides flexible security, enabling the general public to view certain weblog information, while ensuring that other information is viewed or edited by specific groups.

Traction TeamPage allows collection, indexing and delivery of content in any mixture of languages (including European, Slavic, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew) using the Unicode standard for all text. With Traction's Skin Definition Language (SDL), customers can create a new Traction look and feel with only HTML editing tools. Text from any locale installed on the Traction server can deliver web pages, depending on server or user preference.

Currently deployed by commercial and government enterprises, Traction TeamPage serves a variety of applications, including: market research, competitive intelligence, project/program management, law enforcement, and others. For example, the U.S. Department of Justice's Western States Information Network (WSIN) analyst team uses Traction TeamPage for collecting, analyzing and distributing information used to fight crime. Leading financial, pharmaceutical, and technology companies such as the Numerica Group PLC and Autodesk apply Traction similarly, but for competitive intelligence, market research, and product management applications.

For German Sales & Product Information, Contact:

Mr. Markus Sindhoff
Traction Software Inc.
Liboriweg 19
46244 Bottrop
Germany
+49 (0) 20 45 - 413 874
msindhoff@tractionsoftware.com

About Traction Software
Traction Software is the leader in Enterprise Weblog software, delivering easy-to-use tools for groups and teams to communicate, share, organize and link information from all sources in context. The firm's flagship product, Traction TeamPage™, makes the business intranet a writable web that is as easy to use as email. Traction's pending patent covers the fundamental indexing, cross-reference and navigational elements that jointly make the Traction platform unique. The company distributes its products directly and through global partners. Traction Software was founded in 1996 and is located in Providence, Rhode Island. Investors include In-Q-Tel, The Slater Center for Interactive Technology and private individuals. Learn more at tractionsoftware.com.

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Traction is a registered trademark and Traction TeamPage is a trademark of Traction Software, Inc.