Hamburg, March 08, 2004 – CoreMedia, the leading provider of innovative Smart Content Technology, today announced that it has signed a comprehensive five-year contract with GMX, the German communications service provider and email and messaging specialist. CoreMedia's software will provide sophisticated content management services for the personalized high-capacity portal. Additionally, the company will employ further CoreMedia modules and services for the large German Internet portal GMX.
GMX is Germany's pioneer and specialist for convenient, fast communication and information via the Internet. Its core business comprises free and paid-for web services around email and messaging.
In the future, CoreMedia's technology will be used for all GMX portals - which presently already count over 1 billion page impressions per month - as well as for the GMX corporate website. Integrated into GMX processes, Smart Content Technology will administer both media asset management and multi channel delivery of editorial content on various portals. Additionally, user profile based personalized offers will be implemented with CoreMedia technology.
"Our cutting-edge Smart Content Technology is the ideal solution for the high-end requirements of large portals in any language. With GMX, we underline our leading market position for content management for high-capacity websites", said Sören Stamer, Founder and CEO of CoreMedia. "Including the GMX portals, about 3,000 million page impressions per month will be managed by CoreMedia technology".
"By employing the robust CoreMedia Smart Content Technology, the composition of editorial content and e-commerce offerings of our portals will become even more attractive to our customers," commented Jens Dhein, director of sales at GMX. "We were particularly convinced by the technical maturity and the high reliability of CoreMedia's product and services."

About GMX

GMX (www.gmx.net) is Germany's pioneer and specialist for convenient, fast communication and information via the Internet. Its core business comprises free and paid for web services around email and messaging.
Through the innovative connection of email and messaging functionality with its GMX MediaCenter, a multifunctional online hard drive for web-based clipboards and file sharing of photos, music, texts and other files, GMX sets Internet communication trends.
As one of the most far reaching Internet service providers in Germany with over 17 million registered member accounts, GMX is an effective platform for one-to-one marketing. GMX users receive a variety of information and offers in 15 different theme channels.

About CoreMedia – The Content Technology Experts

CoreMedia AG (www.coremedia.com) is the leading provider of first-grade standard software for content management systems (CMS), digital rights management (DRM) and multi-channel delivery. Specializing on high-end markets for complex content technology, including mobile service delivery, CoreMedia is an active member of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and a leading mobile DRM provider.

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, CoreMedia has over 100 employees and a worldwide network of implementation partners that includes 450 trained consultants. CoreMedia brings together the innovative force of a university spin-off and the sustainability of an enterprise that is managed by its founder with the stability of a principal shareholder such as Deutsche Telekom.

With over 1,000 sold licenses, CoreMedia is one of today's most successful software companies. Leading enterprises have implemented CoreMedia Smart Content Technology for sophisticated service delivery and integrated information management. Over 100 of the foremost companies in 20 countries within the telecommunications, media, industrial, financial and public service sectors have successfully employed CoreMedia's technology, among them Bertelsmann, Continental, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Telekom, Debitel, O2, EPCOS, NEC/Mitsubishi, Nokia, SEAT, T-Mobile, T-Online, RWE, Wincor Nixdorf, and the German government.