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Idiom Enhances E-Business Globalization With Third Generation Of Worldserver

Patent-pending Business Rule Linkage Synchronizes the Globalization Process

Waltham, MA - October 11, 2000 - Idiom Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of e-business globalization solutions, announces the latest version of WorldServer™ Web infrastructure software for globalization. The new version further enables organizations to coordinate the globalization process, decrease translation costs and reach global markets more effectively and efficiently.

"Organizations are making global resource investments and enhancing processes that are driving business expansion," said Fred Lizza, president and CEO of Idiom Technologies, Inc. "WorldServer provides a global infrastructure that allows customers to streamline business processes to effectively reach prospective global customers. Idiom remains focused on supporting e-business organizations with the right tools and services to succeed with their worldwide initiatives."

WorldServer is the most comprehensive and flexible management system available for e-business globalization. This release of the software builds on the existing market-leading solution by adding the following capabilities and benefits:

Through a new customizable user interface, users can define a role-driven process to more efficiently manage globalization tasks. The new user interface broadens the reach of Idiom's patent-pending Business Rule Linkage™.
An offline translation workbench and innovative localization tools reduce localization time and costs, and enable customers to modify content and complete tasks in a streamlined environment.
WorldServer now enables customers to create an efficient "globalization community" comprising worldwide content contributors, translators and managers.

"Our business depends upon our customers' personalized experience as they make their online travel arrangements," said Ned Booth, Vice President of Global Market Development, Travelocity. "WorldServer has significantly reduced our international site management costs and allowed us to focus on the personalized and localized approach to reaching our global customers."

WorldServer
WorldServer™ is Web infrastructure software for globalization that enables the coordinated and efficient development of multilingual, multicultural Web sites and automates and synchronizes their management. The power of WorldServer lies in a combination of its patent-pending Business Rule Linkage, its Web content interface and its innovative globalization tools. Idiom's Business Rule linkage technology enables customers to enforce business rules regarding content reuse. WorldServer's Web Content Interface ensures an open architecture and easy integration with existing Web environments. This enables users to work with content wherever it is stored, thereby leveraging their content management facilities. WorldServer's robust suite of localization tools facilitates the quick and accurate translation of Web content within WorldServer or with third-party translation packages.

About Idiom Technologies, Inc.
Idiom is the leading provider of software, strategy and services for e-business globalization. Idiom WorldServer™ is Web infrastructure software for globalization that enables the coordinated and efficient development of multilingual, multicultural Web sites and automates and synchronizes their management. Idiom strategy and services offerings include WorldWise™ (www.idiominc.com/worldwise), the premier on-line resource center for e-business globalization, and the Global Readiness Assessment™ to help companies develop or expand a path to successful globalization. Idiom's customers include multinational companies and dot-coms such as Lycos®, Staples.com™, Travelocity™, and Xilinx, Inc.™. Idiom is funded by Greylock, JAFCO Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, and Sigma Partners. Idiom was recently named one of Computerworld's "Top 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000" and by UPSIDE Magazine as one of the "Hot 100 Private Companies." For information on Idiom products and services, call (781) 464-6000, visit www.idiominc.com or email info@idiominc.com.