Attributes customer commitment, employee dedication and product innovation to strong growth

Boston, October 5, 2005 -- PaperThin, Inc., a leading mid-market Web publishing and content management software vendor today announced it has again been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New England. The program is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in New England by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth from 2000-2004.

PaperThin’s president and founder, Todd Peters attributes a strong commitment to customer care, employee dedication and excellence in product innovation to the company’s 304 percent revenue growth over the past five years. "PaperThin continues to lead the market for Web content management by consistently anticipating our customer’s needs and building innovative solutions that deliver real business value," said Todd Peters. "Our strong growth, widespread industry adoption and high customer retention further validate our position in the market. I am pleased that the hard work and devotion of the PaperThin team has allowed us to garner this award yet again."

"Deloitte’s New England Technology Fast 50 companies have shown the strength, vision and temerity to succeed in today’s very competitive technology environment," said Stephen DiPiertro, a partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP and chairman of Deloitte’s New England Technology Fast 50 program. "We applaud the successes of PaperThin, Inc. and acknowledge it as one of the very few to accomplish such a fast growth rate over the past five years."

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2000 and $1,000,000 in 2004, be headquartered in North America, and be a “technology company,” defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company’s operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology.

About PaperThin:
PaperThin, Inc. is a privately held Massachusetts-based company. Since 1993, PaperThin has helped organizations and government agencies of all sizes to significantly reduce the time and expense involved in creating, updating and managing Web content. PaperThin’s flagship product, CommonSpot™ Content Server, powers Internet, intranet and extranet sites worldwide for organizations of all sizes, including the AFL-CIO, Booz Allen Hamilton, Business Software Alliance, Cornell University, Mayo Clinic, National Park Service, The Gillette Company, Turner Sports, and Vanderbilt University. CommonSpot was named a “Trend-Setting Product of 2005” by KMWorld and has been twice recognized for Good Value among leading content management vendors by industry analysts at CMS Watch. And, PaperThin was recognized as one of New England’s fastest growing technology companies in the 2004 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50.

PaperThin’s select group of partners includes industry leading Web design and development firms, system integrators, software manufacturers, and training firms, worldwide. For more information about PaperThin, Inc., please visit http://www.paperthin.com and for additional details about CommonSpot Content Server, visit http://www.paperthin.com/Products/Index.cfm.

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PaperThin Contact:
Heidi Unruh
hunruh@paperthin.com
617.471.4440 x218