Bottomline Technologies' Subsidiary Create!form Joins the PeopleSoft Partner Connection Program as a Certified Software Partner.

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Portsmouth, N.H. & Waltham, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004

Create!form, a former J.D. Edwards partner and output management

solutions provider, partners with PeopleSoft and achieves integration

certification with PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World

Create!form, Inc. - A Bottomline Technologies Company (NASDAQ: EPAY) and a leading global provider of software products that streamline and e-enable output formatting and delivery of business documents, today announced that Create!form has been named a PeopleSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSFT) Partner Connection Certified Software Partner and has achieved integration certification with PeopleSoft(R) EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft(R) World.

PeopleSoft Partner Certifications Director, Glenn Sulzberg, said, "PeopleSoft is pleased to welcome Create!form to its Partner Connection program as a Certified Software Partner. PeopleSoft's certified software partner track was designed primarily for software companies to drive new product offerings and functionality through certified software integrations and the development of complementary software technology. Create!form products now offer integrated document output management options to PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World users."

Create!form, Inc. President, Kurt A. Mueffelmann, said, "With more than 1,250 J.D. Edwards customers worldwide, as a former J.D. Edwards partner for 13 years, Create!form is pleased to be named as a PeopleSoft partner and successfully complete the PeopleSoft certification process. Create!form is dedicated to continuing its long-established J.D. Edwards relationship now as a PeopleSoft partner. We look forward to providing enhanced output formatting, delivery and archiving capabilities to PeopleSoft's HCM, FMS and CRM customers worldwide. Create!form has always been committed to delivering product excellence and superior certified integrations, which continues now with the PeopleSoft product lines."

Create!form's software products, Create!form version 3.0 for use with PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne and Create!form classic version 2.7 for use with PeopleSoft World, are the first output management products to undergo PeopleSoft certification for integration with PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World. Create!form offers a complete suite of output management products that complement and enhance the output capabilities of PeopleSoft applications. Create!form products provide document formatting, intelligent delivery, and self-service archiving capabilities to match specific enterprise business needs.

About Create!form, Inc. - A Bottomline Technologies Company

Founded in 1987, Create!form, Inc. develops and markets a full suite of document output management solutions that provide powerful document formatting, delivery and archiving capabilities for midrange business applications. Create!form software leverages existing IT investments and enables companies to streamline their business and transactional documents by transitioning from hard copy to more efficient and cost effective electronic output processes, without the need to reengineer existing systems. Recently acquired by Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), Create!form's regional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, and extensive partner network, support customers in a variety of markets including manufacturing, distribution, health, government, finance, insurance, and education. Create!form has more than 4,000 customers in over 50 countries, including Hallmark Cards, Farmers Insurance, Baxter Healthcare, Dow Chemical and Harley Davidson. For more information, visit www.createform.com.

Create!form is a trademark of Create!form, Inc. - A Bottomline Technologies Company. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

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