Captiva Signs IBM to Resell Its Input Management Solutions And Services.

SAN DIEGO -- IBM DB2 Content Manager Customers to Benefit from the Streamlined Transformation of Paper Documents

E[acute accent]Captiva Software Corporation, (NASDAQ:CPTV) a leading provider of input management solutions, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with IBM, the world's largest information technology company, for IBM to resell Captiva's software and services. The agreement will allow IBM to offer Captiva's input management solutions to its customers to accelerate the capture and processing of forms and documents into IBM's DB2 Content Manager enterprise content management (ECM) systems. Teamed with DB2 Content Manager, Captiva's solutions will help customers more effectively capture and load digital documents and data into a central repository to streamline the management and delivery of information across applications and enterprises. E[acute accent]"IBM offers the industry's broadest portfolio of content management solutions to help simplify information management and deliver information on demand," said Brett MacIntyre, Vice President, IBM Content Management. "This agreement with Captiva expands our industry-leading content management solutions to better enable clients to leverage the value of their information." E[acute accent]"Working together, IBM and Captiva will be more responsive to our joint customers in providing a flexible, streamlined set of solutions for capturing and managing data and reducing costs," said Howard Dratler, Captiva's Executive Vice President of Field Operations. "This new reseller agreement with IBM represents an excellent opportunity for Captiva to reach a wider audience with our robust enterprise input management solutions and proven service offerings." E[acute accent]Captiva has an extensive customer base that already uses its software solutions in conjunction with IBM DB2 Content Manager and other IBM systems, such as Allstate, BASF, DKV, Grange Insurance, HSBC Bank, National City Bank, Progressive Insurance, Wachovia and many others.

E[acute accent]About IBM's Information Management Business

E[acute accent]There are more than 60 million DB2 users from 645,000 companies worldwide relying on IBM Information Management Solutions. IBM is the only data management software vendor to provide customers with integrated solutions for database management, tools, content management, enterprise information integration and business intelligence. For more information please visit www.software.ibm.com/data.

E[acute accent]About Captiva Software Corporation

E[acute accent]Captiva Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CPTV) is a leading provider of input management software solutions. Since 1989, the company's award-winning products have been used to manage business critical information from paper, faxed and scanned forms and documents, Internet forms and XML data streams into the enterprise in a more accurate, timely and cost-effective manner. These products automate the processing of billions of forms and documents annually, converting their contents into information that is usable in database, document, content and other information management systems. Captiva's technology serves thousands of users in insurance, financial services, government, business process outsourcing, manufacturing and other markets. For more information, visit www.captivasoftware.com.

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