LONDON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interwoven, provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions for business will be hosting its second consecutive Gear Up event in Europe on 18 -19 October at the Hilton London Tower Bridge, London. Gear Up'06 Europe is a unique opportunity for businesses to learn how Interwoven's ECM solutions help accelerate revenue, improve operational effectiveness and manage risk across the enterprise.

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At Gear Up'06 industry analysts, Interwoven senior executives, partners, and customers -- including HBOS, Tesco, HSBC and AXA Group Solutions -- will share the value that Interwoven solutions deliver worldwide. At the PartnerPavillion, organisations such as Microsoft, Sun, Phoenix and eCopy are on hand to help delegates assess their existing technology solutions and examine how these could be optimised for greater efficiency and effectiveness.

Held appropriately at Hilton Hotel Corporation's new flagship hotel in London Bridge, keynote speakers will include Ian Sloan, director of content, Hilton Hotels, who will explain how the company is using Interwoven to meet customer expectations online. Additional keynotes will come from Daniel Pollick Piper, Global CIO, DLA Piper, an international law firm; Gabriele Vinci, director, Internet Technologies and Debra Logan, vice president, Gartner Research.

With the opportunity of attending over 30 breakout sessions focusing on areas including customer experience, product development, solutions and technology innovation, Gear Up'06 embraces all-things ECM. Evening entertainment will come in many guises with leading impressionist John Culshaw of BBC's Dead Ringers fame hosting a celebratory gala evening.

Commenting on GearUp'06, Eric Hansen, European CEO, Interwoven says: "ECM is no longer purely the preserve of IT professionals. It extends across the entire organisation and embraces personnel such as marketing and line-of- business executives responsible for brand management, customer acquisition and customer satisfaction as well as corporate finance and compliance professionals who are concerned about risk management security and audits. The continuing success of GearUp is testament to the value that organisations place on ECM in enhancing overall business performance Building on the success of last year's inaugural event, GearUp has quickly established itself as a key date in the information management calendar."

About Interwoven

Interwoven, Inc., provider of Enterprise Content Management solutions for business, enables organizations to unify people, content and processes to minimize business risk, accelerate time-to-value and sustain lower total cost of ownership. Interwoven delivers deep industry-specific solutions which reduce business process cycle time from initial collaboration through design, production, sales, marketing, legal review, IT and service. Interwoven leads the industry with a service-oriented architecture today and easy-to-use, best- in-class components and solutions. Today, over 3,600 customers, law firms, and professional services organizations worldwide are Interwoven customers including adidas, Airbus, Avaya, Cisco, DLA Piper, the Federal Reserve Bank, FedEx, HSBC, LexisNexis, Microsoft, MTV, Samsung, Shell International, Visa, Samsonite, White & Case, and Yamaha. Interwoven is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world. For more information visit: http://www.interwoven.com/.

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