CIENA Corporation Goes Live with RedDot's Content Management System; RedDot Eliminates Webmaster Bottleneck and Streamlines Publishing Process for CIENA's 1,000 Page-Plus Web Site.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004

RedDot Solutions (http://www.reddot.com), a leading provider of enterprise content management solutions, announced today that CIENA Corporation (www.ciena.com), a leading global provider of innovative network solutions, has gone live with the RedDot Enterprise Content Management Solution. RedDot eliminates bottlenecks and simplifies the publishing process of its corporate Web site.

"Out of all the CMS products CIENA evaluated, RedDot was by far the easiest to use and implement," said Thomas Berger, manager of Internet communications, CIENA Corporation. "Our end users have required no more than a simple 15-minute demo. The implementation has been easy because we have been able to do it in stages, one section at a time."

Prior to implementing RedDot, CIENA faced delays in getting content published. Simple routine tasks such as adding a press release or updating a product datasheet could get backlogged because all changes to the site flowed through the Webmaster. RedDot eliminated this bottleneck by providing an intuitive interface that enabled authors at CIENA to manage and maintain their own content.

"In addition to its ease of use, RedDot gives us the ability to manage content at the document level, allowing us to break down our documents or Web pages into components and manage each content component individually," said Berger.

"CIENA caters to companies all over the world and through their dynamic products and services they help these companies produce valuable business opportunities," said Detlef Kamps, president of RedDot Solutions. "Their Web site plays an instrumental role in delivering information to these customers. We are pleased to have enabled CIENA to streamline the process of content creation and approval, while at the same time improving the quality of their content."

About CIENA

CIENA Corporation delivers innovative network solutions to the world's largest service providers and enterprises, increasing the cost-efficiency of current services while enabling the creation of new carrier-class data services built upon the existing network infrastructure. Additional information about CIENA can be found at www.ciena.com.

About RedDot Solutions

RedDot Solutions Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise content management solutions. RedDot empowers online content contributors with solutions renown for high- performance, rapid implementation, scalability, flexible workflow and personalization to efficiently manage complex content needs. Built on open industry standards, RedDot's XML-enabled, browser-based technology offers the most intuitive content management solution in the industry. With 1000 customers worldwide, including Federal Express, The New York Times, March of Dimes, Bank of New York, Kraft, Honda and Starbucks, RedDot manages dynamic content on 3,000+ Web, intranet and extranet sites. Recently, RedDot won InternetWorld's "Best in Show" and the Seybold editors' "Hot Pick" for RedDot Content Management Server. RedDot Solutions Corporation is headquartered in New York City with offices in Santa Clara, Toronto and throughout Europe. For more information visit: http://www.reddot.com/.