Seasoned Software Industry Executive Strengthens Global Sales Force During New Era of Growth

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 -
PALO ALTO, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Tacit Software, Inc., the leading provider of software that ensures the right collaboration, today announced that Bruce Duchene has joined the company as Vice President of Global Field Operations. Mr. Duchene brings over 24 years of proven leadership in the enterprise software market to his position at Tacit. In this new role, Mr. Duchene will be responsible for building and growing Tacit's presence in the collaboration marketplace as well as overseeing the delivery of customer value.

"Bruce joins us at an exciting time of growth and we are pleased to welcome him to our executive team," said David Gilmour, Founder, President and CEO of Tacit. "We are confident in his ability to excel in this newly defined role where he will take ActiveNet 3.0 and its emphasis on addressing specific problems of disconnectedness in the enterprise and turn that into top and bottom line success for our customers."

Previously, Mr. Duchene held executive sales positions with Determine Software, Octave Software and Vignette Corporation. At Vignette, Mr. Duchene served as Vice President of Sales and was responsible for developing business operations in North America and Latin America. During his 3-year tenure at Vignette, the company became the fastest growing enterprise software company in history with annual revenue growth from $3 million to over $500 million. Mr. Duchene also held senior sales positions at Scopus Technology, Infinium and Oracle Corporation.

"Tacit is a company with an incredible vision and a strong commitment to helping global enterprises address the problem of disconnectedness in their organizations," said Duchene. "I look forward to working with the team to help strengthen Tacit's position in the marketplace and its identity as a provider of systems that drive tremendous business value by connecting the right employees inside the enterprise."

About Tacit
Tacit Software drives meaningful collaboration among employees in large enterprises. Our technology continuously processes e-mail, documents and other business communications and automatically discovers each employee's work focus, expertise and business relationships. The result is an active network of information sharing that enables employees throughout the organization to connect with one another on key topics and speeds the organization's ability to solve problems and address issues. Tacit's customers include Sanofi-aventis, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Government. Founded in 1997, Tacit is privately held with headquarters in Palo Alto, California. More information is available at http://www.tacit.com.