Candidates band together in a united front against better-recognized opposition

Boston, MA (October 1, 2003) - Intranets.com, the leading provider of online collaboration services, today announced that a group of more than 40 California gubernatorial candidates are using its collaboration service to better promote their political agendas, more easily exchange ideas, and set clear campaign strategies in preparation for the October 7th recall election. Unlike some of the better-known frontrunners, these gubernatorial candidates are pooling their resources and working together in order to more effectively voice their concerns and talk about the real issues facing California's future.

"I initially spoke to Intranets.com because I knew there were many qualified candidates not being heard because of all of the noise surrounding this recall," said Bill Vaughn, a structural engineer and candidate # 124 (in a field of 135). "Intranets.com was able to easily set-up a web-based Intranet where real candidates with real concerns like myself could post and organize crucial information. In addition, since the Intranets.com calendar can be viewed by everyone that visits our site, it has been especially useful to help us arrange events and other activities."

The candidates benefiting from Intranets.com's collaboration services offer many different political views and agendas. The point is not to homogenize their views, but to provide a readily accessible forum where candidates can coordinate their efforts in order to maximize exposure for all. Intranets.com's online suite of integrated applications includes a document manager, database, online calendar, task manager, and more. By utilizing these collaboration tools, candidates can easily work together to schedule joint press conferences, debates, and other campaign forums.

"What all of these candidates share is a need to be heard in a very crowded field, with a very tight deadline," said Rick Faulk, CEO of Intranets.com. "Intranets.com provides a forum for group coordination that allows these candidates to level the playing field in a way that's never been done before."

About Intranets.com
Intranets.com is the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services for small businesses or departments and groups inside large organizations. The company serves more than 350,000 users across 10,000 companies worldwide and offers a secure, web-based collaboration suite to share critical business information quickly and easily at any time from anywhere. Privately held and profitable, Intranets.com is led by an experienced team of software industry professionals who are committed to providing a secure, customizable, easy-to-deploy intranet solution supported by world-class customer service. Intranets.com is a PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" winner and is rated one of the world's "Top 25" leading service providers by ASPNews. The company has also been ranked by the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts for two consecutive years. For more information or to take a FREE 30-day test drive, visit http://www.intranets.com/pr, e-mail corpsales@intranets.com or call 888-932-2600 or 781-565-6000.

About the California Gubernatorial Candidates
On October 7, 2003, the state of California will hold an election in which voters will determine whether to recall incumbent governor Gray Davis. Should Davis be recalled, the new governor would be the candidate with a plurality of votes. There will be a total of 135 gubernatorial candidates on the ballot in this special election, representing a host of political parties, views, and issues.

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