Interwoven Achieves Leader Status in META Group's Evaluation of Web Content Management Markets

Interwoven Achieves Leader Status in META Group's Evaluation of
Web Content Management Markets
Company Scores Points for Integration Capabilities, Platform Openness, and
Customer Loyalty 


SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interwoven, Inc.
(NASDAQ:IWOV), the world's next-generation enterprise content management (ECM)
company, today announced that it has been ranked as a market leader in META
Group's METAspectrum(SM) report for Web Content Management. META Group
(NASDAQ:METG) is a leading provider of information technology (IT) research,
advisory services, and strategic consulting.

The new METAspectrum evaluation provides an objective assessment of companies
that provide solutions designed to drive Websites, including capacity planning,
site design and layout, look and feel, navigation, content development,
production, content delivery, session tracking and site evolution. According to
META Group, the core focus of Web Content Management products is to empower
business users, as well as Webmasters and Website developers, to create and
manage Website content efficiently.

Interwoven was positioned in the leader segment of the METAspectrum analysis
and was specifically recognized for its strengths in platform openness,
integration capabilities, ease of administration, standards support, and
partner integration.

"Interwoven ECM is a proven technology and the choice of more than 2,800
leading enterprises around the globe -- and our pioneering strength in WCM laid
the foundation for our current success in the broader ECM market," Martin
Brauns, chairman and CEO of Interwoven. "I am pleased with META's recognition
of our visible traction in both North America and EMEA, most notably the strong
integration capabilities of our ECM suite as well as a growing, loyal customer
base."

Today, Interwoven provides the industry's best-integrated Enterprise Content
Management suite. Interwoven's ECM platform is critical to enabling key
content-rich solutions for the enterprise, including enterprise intranets and
portals, corporate governance, marketing content management and Web change
management.  Interwoven's solutions leverage the full suite of Interwoven ECM
components: collaboration, e-mail management, document management, Web content
management, digital asset management, and records management.  Announced in
2003, Interwoven offers the first comprehensive services-oriented architecture
in the content management industry, and provides easy-to-integrate,
standards-based access to content management services such as task management,
workflow, user rights, project configuration, and versioning -- boosting
productivity and reducing development costs enterprise-wide.

"We developed METAspectrum to enable IT professionals to quickly evaluate
vendors based on their ability to deliver on the presence and performance
criteria that matter most in a given market," said Gene Alvarez, vice president
with META Group's Content and Collaboration Strategies group. "Within Web
content management, our research indicates that well-defined, integrated
content services -- which only few vendors are achieving -- and high levels of
customer satisfaction are key to success in this space."

About METAspectrum

META Group's METAspectrum(SM) methodology provides a framework for evaluating
or selecting an appropriate IT vendor or product, simplifies the decision
process, and enables more effective technology investments. META Group's
research efforts, which adhere to the company's commitment to objectivity, are
conducted independently, based on industry best-practice methodologies and
subject to the highest levels of review by META Group's research community. To
learn more about METAspectrum, visit metagroup.com/metaspectrum or call
800-945-META.

About Interwoven

Interwoven, Inc. is the world's next-generation enterprise content management
(ECM) company. Interwoven's patented, award-winning ECM platform integrates the
six pillars of content management: collaboration, e-mail management, document
management, Web content management, digital asset management, and records
management. Allied with the leading enterprise application providers, the
Interwoven ECM platform provides complete content lifecycle management for more
than 2,800 organizations worldwide including Air France, Citibank, Ford,
General Electric, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, and Yamaha. For more information
visit:  http://www.interwoven.com/.

NOTE:  METAspectrum(SM) market evaluations and results are the sole property of
META Group, Inc. Permission to use the results requires prior written approval
from META Group and should not be deemed an endorsement of any company or
product.

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