SiteScape Announces SiteScape Forum 4.1 for Linux; SiteScape Forum 4.1 Provides Broadest Platform Support Available Today for Collaboration Software.

MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--

SiteScape, Inc., a leading provider of easy-to-use collaboration software, today announced that SiteScape Forum version 4.1 is now available on Linux, further strengthening SiteScape's lead in providing customers with the broadest platform support. SiteScape Forum (formerly AltaVista Forum) now runs on both Alpha- and Intel-based Windows NT(R), Compaq TRU64(tm), Sun Solaris(R) and Red Hat Linux(R). Support for such a diverse range of platforms ensures that SiteScape users can quickly and painlessly upgrade to larger systems with different operating systems as they outgrow their existing ones or as corporate policies change.

Version 4.1 also offers cascaded summits, a hierarchical way in which to organize information; the ability to distribute or delegate administrative responsibilities; and the ability to post email to forums.

"During the past year and a half that we've been using SiteScape Forum, we've created more than 50 distinct collaboration forums," said Jeff Rucker, knowledge manager, of EDS' E.Solutions Consulting Division. "We're looking forward to implementing the cascaded summits feature of version 4.1. It should not only allow us to better organize information and push administrative tasks out to the individual forum administrators, but it will also allow users who belong to multiple teams to log in just once. With so many people using Forum, these features should really simplify the management aspects for us."

"We see a lot of interest in building public communities on Internet websites," said Matt Cain, VP of Meta Group' s Workgroup Computing Service. "We feel it's going to be one of the next big applications of collaboration products. Collaboration tools like SiteScape Forum allow companies to build bi-directional relationships with their customers, thereby enabling a tighter corporate-customer partnership which is critical to long-term customer retention strategies."

New Features

The new features within version 4.1 are primarily designed to improve the organization and retrieval of information by providing a hierarchical structure, and to ease the management burden of large installations by distributing or delegating administration.

-- New Linux version - runs on Red Hat V5.2 or greater.

-- Cascaded summits - a hierarchical way to organize information and groups of users, i.e., corporate, division, department, and project. Each "sub-summit" can be individually customized and have its own calendar.

-- Distributed administration - system administrators can delegate administrative tasks to the owner of each "sub-summit". This also allows for more granular access controls.

-- Email postings - Users can email to a designated address, whereupon Forum will post it in the appropriate forum as a new entry.

-- Enhanced calendar - calendars now reflect cascaded summits. Users can merge calendars, i.e., corporate calendar postings can be seen from personal calendars.

-- Automated archiving/backup - administrators can set which Forums they want archived and automate the date and time of backup.

"What makes SiteScape Forum so powerful," states Tim Butler, president of SiteScape, "is its ability to organize and find information. Cascaded summits provide yet another way to group related information and nicely augments features like threaded documents and full-text search. Our goal is to make a product that fits into any environment and works the way people are used to working."

Pricing and Availability

SiteScape Forum 4.1 is priced at US $3,995 per server license; additional CPU licenses are $2,395. A one-time upgrade from SiteScape Forum 4.0 is $1,995 for the first CPU and $1,495 per additional CPUs. It will be available on August 31 for download from the SiteScape website (www.sitescape.com) or through SiteScape's extensive worldwide reseller network.

About SiteScape

SiteScape is a leading provider of web-based, team collaboration software, support, and customization and hosting services. Founded in August 1995 as a full-service provider of Internet solutions, SiteScape is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts with offices in Alexandria, Virginia and North Carolina. In April 1999, SiteScape acquired the collaboration software AltaVista Forum from Compaq Computer, Inc., along with the highly seasoned team of engineers who designed, developed and supported this software. For more information about SiteScape and its products, visit www.sitescape.com.

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