With More Than 20 Years of IT Success, New MD Will Drive Continued Expansion of Japan Operations

Sunnyvale, California. - October 21, 2002 - Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), a world leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), today announced that Tadashi Murakami has been appointed as the managing director of Interwoven's Japanese subsidiary, Interwoven K.K. (Japan). Murakami has extensive experience providing information technology (IT) solutions, with more than 20 years experience in enterprise sales and operations management with companies such as Japan Parametric Technology Co., Ltd. and SAS Institute Japan, Inc.

"The appointment of Tadashi Murakami will allow Interwoven to best serve the needs of existing Japanese customers and partners and to develop the potential of the Japanese market for enterprise content management software," said Anurag Srivastava, vice president of Asia Pacific region, Interwoven.

"Interwoven's market-leading, proven products are being used successfully across Japanese industry sectors such as manufacturing, public services, telecommunications and finance," said Tadashi Murakami, managing director of Interwoven Japan. "I am committed to extending the Interwoven Japan sales and partner program to deliver Interwoven enterprise content management to an even broader segment of the Japanese market."

Prior to joining Interwoven, Murakami was regional sales director for Japan Parametric Technology Co., Ltd. where he managed and developed a successful operation serving high-end CAD/CAM software requirements to Japanese business, especially the national automotive industry. He was previously a sales director at SAS Institute Japan, Inc., providing data warehouse analytical technology and business intelligence (BI) applications. Murakami is a graduate of Nihon University, Japan.

About Interwoven
Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV) a world-leading provider of Enterprise Content Management software. The Interwoven 5 platform provides complete content lifecycle services, including Content Processing, Content Management, Content Intelligence, Content Production and Content Distribution. Its products are the de facto standard for more than 1000 global companies including British Airways, Cisco Systems, General Electric, General Motors and Singapore Airlines. Interwoven teams with the leading best-of-breed enterprise application providers to provide customers complete, collaborative business enterprise solutions. Interwoven won Transform Magazine's "2001 Product of the Year" award for Enterprise Content and Collaboration Technology. For more information on Interwoven and its proven XML-based ECM solutions, visit the Interwoven Website at www.interwoven.cn.

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