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Plumtree Positioned in Leader Quadrant in 2004 Smart Enterprise Suite Magic Quadrant Leading Analyst Firm Also Positioned Plumtree in Leader Quadrant in Horizontal Portal Magic Quadrant SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Enterprise Web leader Plumtree Software today announced that it has been positioned in the leader quadrant in Gartner's Smart Enterprise Suite 2004 Magic Quadrant.* Published May 17, the report evaluates the market position of 22 vendors and signifies the emergence of the Smart Enterprise Suite (SES) as a "framework for service oriented applications." Plumtree was also positioned in the leader quadrant in Gartner's 2004 Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Product Market, published March 30. According to Gartner, a prominent technology advisory and research firm, leaders are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. The SES category includes suites with integrated portal, collaboration and content management technologies. As a platform for application development, SESs are also evaluated on their service-oriented architectures, Web services interfaces and development tools. "We feel we advanced into the previously empty leader quadrant this year through strong execution, an expanding and satisfied customer base, new partner applications and our Radical Openness product strategy," said Plumtree CEO John Kunze. "Plumtree has delivered a suite of products that work together as a cohesive yet flexible application development framework." "Both the SES and the horizontal portal reports recognize our simultaneous support of Java and .NET environments, and our Web services support. These reports also confirm our contention that portals, suites and application servers are not an ends in themselves, but means to an end, where the end is building -- more quickly and at lower cost -- applications that can solve business problems," said Kunze. About Plumtree Software Plumtree Software is the Enterprise Web leader. Plumtree's mission is to create a comprehensive Web environment for employees, customers and partners across the enterprise to interact with different systems and work together. Plumtree's Enterprise Web solution consists of integration products for bringing resources from traditional systems together on the Web, shared services such as collaboration, content management and search for building new Web applications, and a portal framework for delivering these Web applications to broad audiences. Plumtree's independence and its Web Services Architecture allow its solution to span rival platforms and systems, helping maximize customers' return on their existing technology investments. With offices in more than a dozen countries, Plumtree has licensed over 600 customers, including Boeing, Ford Motor Company, Procter & Gamble and the U.S. Navy. For more information, visit Plumtree on the Web at http://www.plumtree.com/. NOTE: Plumtree is a registered trademark of Plumtree Software, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners. Magic Quadrant Disclaimer *Smart Enterprise Suite 2004 Magic Quadrant, G. Phifer et al, May 17, 2004. Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products, 2004, G. Phifer et al, March 30, 2004. The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted May 17, 2004 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Press Contact Carilu Dietrich Plumtree Software 415-399-7047 DATASOURCE: Plumtree Software CONTACT: Carilu Dietrich of Plumtree Software, +1-415-399-7047, or Web site: http://www.plumtree.com/

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