Industry Accolades Confirm Documentum Leadership In Enterprise Content Management

So Far in 2001 - 5 Months of High Forrester TechRankings and 7 Awards and High Marks in Forrester Research TechRankings™

PLEASANTON, Calif. – August 3, 2001 - Documentum (Nasdaq: DCTM), the leading enterprise content management provider, today announced that since January 2001 it has received seven coveted industry awards for the Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform and content management solutions. Since March 2001, it has also received high marks in the Forrester Research eBusiness TechRankings™ of content management vendors for five consecutive months.

"The technology industry is extremely demanding," said Whitney Tidmarsh, vice president of product marketing for Documentum. "To receive consistent recognition for our vision and product performance is very gratifying. It’s a benchmark against which we continually measure ourselves."

Documentum began the year by winning Product of the Year for the second year in a row from Transform magazine (formerly Imaging and Document Solutions magazine). Transform annually selects outstanding products that have not only demonstrated excellence in innovation, but in providing real-life solutions to business challenges.

The company has gone on to win the following awards:

• Named to eCompany Now’s "Owner's Manual: The Definitive List of the Best Companies Building Business on the Web"
• InfoWorld’s Technology of the Year for eCommerce Content Management
• Investor’s Business Daily Top Ten Most Profitable E-Commerce Companies
• Network Computing’s 2001 Well-Connected Award in Web Content Management
• CMP Media’s RealWare Award for Best Content Management Solution
• Software Magazine’s Top 500 Software Companies (Ranked 102)

Along with industry awards, the Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform version 4.2 has, since March 2001, received high marks in Forrester Research’s eBusiness TechRankings™ product testing and analysis of content management vendors. Forrester’s eBusiness TechRankings™, which is updated monthly to reflect changing trends and advancements in the technology industry, contains detailed, objective research to help companies select and implement the best technology for their eBusiness initiatives. eBusiness TechRankings combines product testing results and market analysis to help firms understand rapidly changing technology markets, accelerate and improve product selection, and effectively gauge implementation costs and effort.

To view the complete Forrester TechRankings Scorecard for Documentum during the month of July, 2001, visit: http://www.forrester.com/TechRankings/Reprint/1,4727,14390670,00.html. For ongoing information about Forrester’s TechRankings, visit: http://www.forrester.com/TR.

"The awards we receive and the positive industry reviews reinforce our intense focus on achieving best-in-class results," said Dave De Walt, president and CEO of Documentum. "In this marketplace, total commitment is the only way to capture success."

For more information on these awards and Forrester’s TechRankings™, please visit:

http://www.documentum.com/news_events/reviews/index.html

About Documentum

Documentum is the industry’s leading enterprise content management provider, automating the production, exchange and personalization of all types of content, making it easier for the Global 2000 to gain competitive advantage by connecting employees, business partners and customers, worldwide. Built on an Internet-scale, XML-enabled and standards-compliant platform, Documentum products manage Web content, power portals, enable collaborative commerce, and solve regulatory content challenges. Over 300 partners across all major industries, including high tech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, consulting services, government, manufacturing, financial services, automotive, retail, and consumer goods, build and implement specialized applications using Documentum’s content management infrastructure. For more information, visit Documentum on the Web at www.documentum.com

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