Press Release

Radius to deliver Microsoft® Content Management Server in major new partnership

16 January 2002, Feltham: Following on from the launch, early in 2001, of its eLGPortal secure transactional portal for local authorities, Radius today announces its partnership with cScape Strategic Internet Services for the delivery of Internet solutions based on Microsoft®'s Content Management Server.

Phil Benton, Radius Computer Services' Managing Director, commented:

"The future of content management in e-Government environments is about the synergy of processes and technologies - the relationship between people, the data they generate, manage and deploy, and the devices they use to carry this out. Yesterday's boundaries between document management, intranet content management, website content management, knowledge management and customer relationship management are fundamentally breaking down.

At Radius our work with Local Authorities, on delivering secure transactional services on websites, has lead us to search for the best solution for managing the content of both external websites and intranets. After a lengthy evaluation, Radius decided to focus on Microsoft's Content Management Server product, and in particular on cScape's excellent track record in delivering full Internet websites for local authorities quickly and effectively.

The partnership, announced today, brings together cScape's unrivalled experience, innovation and design skills in implementing Content Management Server, with Radius' overall technical and management skills in deliveringcomplete websites, both informational and transactional, to local authorities."

Rob Killick, cScape's CEO, commented:

"Most organisations understand the importance of choosing the right content management solution but are faced with a bewildering range of options, rapid technological development and shifting expectations from all corners.

The rapid growth of content maintained on websites, extranets and intranets shows no sign of slowing. Add to the picture related developments, such as the gradual emergence of the mobile Internet and web services - which will offer more opportunities, but also more challenges. In fact, the technological innovations and expectations of citizens, employees and other interest groups appear to combine to set ever-increasing standards for content availability, ease of access and ease of management.

cScape and Radius solutions rest upon not only what combination of products or applications are best, but how these combinations measure up for the longer-term environment."

Radius and cScape, working with Microsoft will be presenting and demonstrating content management solutions for local authorities, based on Microsoft® Content Management Server and Microsoft® SharePoint Portal, at the e-Government roadshow to be held at 7 venues in March 2002. click here for further details.

cScape Strategic Internet Services Ltd is the leading Microsoft partner for implementation of Content Management Server in the UK and is responsible for the implementation of Microsoft Content Management Server for the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames and London Borough of Ealing.

Further details can be found at www.cscape.com.