January 21, 2004--Boston, Mass.—Macromedia, supplier and supporter of Internet technologies such as ColdFusion®, Flash™, and Dreamweaver®, uses ARCHIBUS/FM—the #1 total infrastructure and facilities management solution in the world—to strategically apply space usage information to the company's real estate planning process. As a result, Macromedia has saved millions of dollars through thoughtful consolidation and helped provide a more comfortable working environment for its employees.

Optimizing Space Assets
Macromedia uses ARCHIBUS/FM to create accurate, defensible reports on the company's space and infrastructure usage. In its early days of accelerated growth, the company used ARCHIBUS/FM to identify excess space and find ways to put it to better use. Today, similar reports help Macromedia proactively plan for its future needs.

"We can project growth and know precisely the amount of space and infrastructure we'll need. ARCHIBUS/FM gives us a better way to measure our requirements and apply this knowledge to our real estate envelope," says Jim Morgensen, Vice President of Real Estate, Facilities and Services at Macromedia.

Having accurate occupancy figures paid off quickly. Following a business acquisition, California-based Macromedia took on a lease obligation for a building in Massachusetts. After evaluating how each business unit in the building was using space, Macromedia was able to consolidate operations from about 225,000 sf to about 80,000 sf and sublet the rest, resulting in cost avoidance of approximately $2 million a year.

Macromedia was able to consolidate its operations to a lesser extent in some of its San Francisco buildings—a laudable achievement in that heated real estate market.

"With ARCHIBUS/FM, we were able to plan contiguous space for employees and arrange for shared space and infrastructure—such as software engineering labs—bringing our total real estate costs down," says Morgensen. "In addition to the revenue potential we realized from subletting space, we saved money by writing off the costs of our real estate and associated equipment that was under obligation."

About Macromedia
Macromedia is motivated by the belief that great experiences build great business. Macromedia provides the industry-leading software that empowers developers and designers to create and deliver those effective, compelling, and memorable experiences. For more information, visit www.macromedia.com.

About ARCHIBUS Inc.
ARCHIBUS is the #1 global provider of facilities and infrastructure management solutions and services. With ARCHIBUS/FM, organizations can use a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions that optimize return-on-investment, lower asset life-cycle costs, and increase enterprise-wide productivity and profitability. More than one million ARCHIBUS/FM enterprise and Web users collectively manage over 1.4 million buildings exceeding 16 billion sf. Available in over 100 countries and more than a dozen languages, ARCHIBUS/FM is supported through a global network of 1,600+ ARCHIBUS/FM-trained specialists. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., ARCHIBUS has pioneered computer-aided facilities management techniques since 1982. For more information, call (617) 227-2508 or visit www.archibus.com.