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Award-Winning eXpresso™ Hosted Spreadsheet Service Debuts On Salesforce.com® AppExchange

Innovative Software as a Service Application Now Allows Salesforce.com Users To Store, Edit and Collaborate On Microsoft Excel® Spreadsheets in Real Time

Palo Alto, CA - August 06, 2008 - eXpresso™ Corporation, a pioneering provider of online community solutions for businesses, today announced that its flagship eXpresso hosted online spreadsheet service is available to Salesforce.com users via the Salesforce.com AppExchange. Now, from within their Salesforce.com dashboard, users can upload, securely store, organize, edit and collaborate on their important Microsoft Excel® spreadsheets in real time with any number of co-workers or business associates.

eXpresso is available in its basic version, eXpresso Open, at no cost. eXpresso Pro, the product's professional-grade version, is available under free 30-day trial as well as paid subscription; the versions can be installed from the Salesforce.com AppExchange Web site, www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

Since its debut in 2007, eXpresso has re-defined convenience and productivity for the 150 million businesspeople worldwide who use Excel spreadsheets on a regular basis. The highly-regarded Software as a Service (SaaS) application has not only won tens of thousands of users worldwide, but also received "Best Of" honors from both PC World and InfoWorld magazines due to its ease of use and list of convenient community features including chat and simultaneous, real time editing.

As an approved AppExchange offering, eXpresso has been certified by Salesforce.com for seamless operation within the Salesforce.com environment. "Corporate sales, in all its forms, is an inherently collaborative process. eXpresso is a natural fit with Salesforce.com because it allows sales teams to initiate, build, share and store the spreadsheets that are essential to their daily sales activities," said John Howard, vice president of business development for eXpresso. "We believe Salesforce.com users will quickly find eXpresso, through its integration within Salesforce.com, to be a major boost to their overall performance and efficiency."

Real-Time, Flexible
Once downloaded, eXpresso allows Salesforce.com users to access and edit their Excel spreadsheets from within the Salesforce.com environment, simply by clicking on the eXpresso tab on the Salesforce dashboard. Spreadsheets can be created or updated using Salesforce data, and files can be shared and/or simultaneously viewed and edited in real time with any number of invitees.

Collaboration is a hallmark of the eXpresso experience. Users may hold live online meetings to discuss and update spreadsheets; rights may be extended to invitees on the fly to "view only," or to edit, spreadsheet files. Even more, eXpresso can be configured to send alerts to a person's Salesforce dashboard or email when designated users access or change a spreadsheet.

Because spreadsheets are stored at eXpresso, rather than on any one user's hard drive, files are always accessible from any Web-enabled workstation. Latest versions of sales figures, marketing plans or other key spreadsheets are always up to date, and distribution challenges are eliminated.

Availability
eXpresso is immediately available via the Salesforce.com AppExchange in both its eXpresso Open (basic) and eXpresso Pro (full-function) versions. eXpresso supports Salesforce Unlimited, Enterprise, Team, Professional, and Developer editions.

For more, or to install eXpresso for Salesforce.com, visit the eXpresso AppExchange page: www.salesforce.com/appexchange/detail_overview.jsp?NavCode__c=&id=a0330000004jVmYAAU.

About eXpresso™:
eXpresso is a pioneering provider of managed business community solutions. The company offers secure, hosted online workspaces suitable for business collaboration, beginning with the Excel spreadsheet environment. The unique capabilities in the eXpresso service leverage multiple homegrown, patent-pending technologies, enabling users to access, share, compare and collaborate on business information from any location. The privately-owned company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. To learn more, visit www.expressocorp.com.

eXpresso is a trademark of eXpresso Corporation. Microsoft Excel is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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